Thank you Joan, Enjoyed looking at listings but the early dates I need for Stoughton are missing, others seem to get back into the 1500s. There were however parishes of interest to my search. Does any one know how to access the records listed? Perhaps in my old age I am not reading what is in the explanations properly so need help. Thank you again Joan for alerting us to this site it will be of great use. Lefayre.

On 18/09/2013 23:46, Lefayre wrote: > Enjoyed looking at listings but the early dates I need for Stoughton are > missing, others seem to get back into the 1500s. Not all the earliest registers still exist for every parish. The earliest registers start in 1538. West Sussex record office should be able to tell you what other sources of information there are available for that period. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/

Sorry, I missed something very obvious when making my previous posting - I blame my recent holiday! The Bishops' Transcripts (BT's) for Stoughton are available from 1571, so they pre-date the surviving parish registers by 100 years. The BT's are available at the West Sussex Record Office (WSRO) on microfilm MF586 and they have been transcribed and indexed under WSRO ref PAR 189/2/2. The baptisms and marriages are also on the FamilySearch web site and you can access the early dates via the batch numbers on the Steve Archer web site at http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/fs-ssx.htm . Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex