I apologise if I've missed something in my years of genealogical study, but there seem to be two separate and entirely different sets of baptism records for St Mary Lambeth covering the same period. I've previously used one set at LMA on microfilm. These cover 1797-1812 and can now be accessed online at Ancestry. However, at Ancestry there is a second and separate set covering 1794-1813, and this is also available online on the new FamilySearch site. This second set has many fewer baptisms - which appear as 6-10 baptisms done on a single day every month or so - none of which appear in the bigger first set. They are recorded by George Gibson, Chaplain. On Ancestry, both sets seem to have come from LMA. It looks like, on about one day a month, a set of baptisms were done separately, and recorded separately. Why? Can anyone explain this? If this really is the same church/parish, why was there a separate (and smaller) list of parish baptisms? Thanks David M

David, There are several possible explanations. One is that George Gibson was a chaplain to a hospital or home or a chapel of ease which didn't have a separate baptism register. He kept a record of baptisms in a notebook for entry into the main register later.) I was baptised at the hospital where I was born but the baptism is in the register of the parish church with a note of where the baptism took place.) There are also surviving notebooks of clergy who noted the baptism details at the time of the ceremony for entry later in the baptism register by the Parish Clerk. Gerry On 20 Nov 2011, at 07:33, David Martin wrote: > I apologise if I've missed something in my years of genealogical study, but > there seem to be two separate and entirely different sets of baptism records > for St Mary Lambeth covering the same period. > > I've previously used one set at LMA on microfilm. These cover 1797-1812 and > can now be accessed online at Ancestry. However, at Ancestry there is a > second and separate set covering 1794-1813, and this is also available > online on the new FamilySearch site. This second set has many fewer > baptisms - which appear as 6-10 baptisms done on a single day every month or > so - none of which appear in the bigger first set. They are recorded by > George Gibson, Chaplain. > > On Ancestry, both sets seem to have come from LMA. > > It looks like, on about one day a month, a set of baptisms were done > separately, and recorded separately. Why? > Can anyone explain this? If this really is the same church/parish, why was > there a separate (and smaller) list of parish baptisms? > > Thanks > > David M > > > ------------------------------- > 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

On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 07:33 +0000, David Martin wrote: > I apologise if I've missed something in my years of genealogical study, but > there seem to be two separate and entirely different sets of baptism records > for St Mary Lambeth covering the same period. I believe this set may be the register of baptisms at the General Lying-In Hospital, York Road, Lambeth 1794 -1813 microfilm number X038/012