Mike Fisher in Droitwich my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com Hi Adrian I agree with you and that was what my posting said. We used to have a register office in Droitwich but that has closed and I to register my mothers death at an office used by the registrar at Worcester Royal Hospital. Mike Fisher in Droitwich my family tree http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com On 15/07/2012 21:39, Adrian Bruce wrote: > <<snipped>> > Mike, > I think you will find it is as it says: Register Office registers - not the > Parish Registers that you have always seen at the CRO. I think that these > are those that were previously held in the individual Record Offices (and as > such you will not have seen them directly - only getting a copy > certificate): these have now been consolidated at N-u- L I think. > > I stand to be corrected but this is my interpretation. I have certainly > looked at an original Parish Register at Stafford within the last month. > > John > <<snipped>> > I'm hoping that's what you meant because your first line seems to say this, > but on the other hand, what Mike wrote, read correctly to me. > > The parish registers from the churches go to the appropriate RECORD office. > So yes, the original parish registers are at Stafford and will remain there, > as you wrote. (Actually, you're quite lucky to see an original PR - the vast > majority are filmed and locked away except to serious users who can > demonstrate their need and ability to use them.) > > Sorry to labour this, but the original concern seems to have arisen from a > confusion between RECORD and REGISTER / REGISTRAR's office. Hence I'm being > perhaps a little over-sensitive to ensure clarity. > > Adrian > > > > >