Hello all, I am researching Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Baptisms and the book I have says the pages were damaged from August 24, 1709 through April 7, 1717 so that last names of children born were not legible nor the names of their parents. Is there any other source of births that can be checked aside from parish registers for births for that time period? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Joan in Freeport,N.Y.

Sometimes there are Bishops Transcripts available. These are the copies of the parish register sent to the bishop for his information, they are usually kept at the record or archive offices, at least mostly they are in Somerset, for Wooton Basset, particularly, I don't know. These are your best bet though. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: <Joaras@aol.com> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:38 PM Subject: [WSX] DAMAGED PAGES IN PARISH REGISTER -WHERE NEXT? > Hello all, > > I am researching Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire Baptisms and the book I have says > the pages were damaged from August 24, 1709 through April 7, 1717 so that > last names of children born were not legible nor the names of their parents. > Is there any other source of births that can be checked aside from parish > registers for births for that time period? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Joan in Freeport,N.Y. > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Ordering BMD Certificates and how much: see > http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certificates.asp > http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certe_w/fees.asp > >