Hi Donna, The database is very good but not complete; I think it is an on-going process. Cannot give you any background information on its origin or who compiled it but it is as said, a Church of England database. I have found many clergy missing from it, but it does save a lot of searching around various other sources. One of the benefits is that it is possible to obtain lists of incumbents on a parish by parish basis but even in Sussex there are "missing" parishes - you only have to search the lists to see this. Cannot understand why this should be but perhaps a lot of work is being done by single parishes, then cross-checked with other sources. A great deal of information is from Capitular records which is a source rarely used. Although I am presently working on trying to complete the Sussex Convicts and Victims transcript for 1826-50, I do hope next year to get started on Church Court Depositions another useful source for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, again under used. This often includes statements by Sussex clergy and fills in many biographical gaps. I think we are extremely lucky that these days of the Internet make it possible to search a whole range of sources on-line, unlike my early days in the 1960s-70s when you had to travel from one record office to another to see records - but that's another story. Michael Burchall > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:15:34 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SFHG] CCEd Clergy of Church of England Database? > > Can anyone tell me the background of the CCEd (Clergy of Church of England Database)? > http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/index.html > > For instance, when it was begun? What organisation (COE?) is responsible for its content? Is there a religious or political concern about its content? In other words, if there are "voids" in the list/s, it is because those that are missing were NC, etc., > > I have read the web sight fully. But want to read an independent view of the site and hear what other users have found or know about it. I can then decide about the legitimacy/concerns about the information with regards to omissions etc., > > Any direction anyone can point me in will be most appreciated. > > It has been a great help to me in my research of my many family clergy...but then there are omissions and other "issues" that I cannot explain. > > Thanks, > Donna > In a very fall-like Michigan, USA > > The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message