I looked at what purports to be the registers of Knaresborough and Harrogate and I agree that this just cannot be right. There are only 2 pages and whatever it is has to be a tiny chapel as it covers several years in two small pages. Knaresborough and Harrogate are not and were not tiny. The IGI listing is from the BTS. Hopefully, someone has located the REAL registers of Karesborough. If not, I can look this up in the BTS when I get to Salt Lake in January. Janet Thomas On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:01 AM, WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Knaresborough parish registers on Ancestry (SIZER) > (Elizabeth Allen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:24:59 +0000 (GMT) > From: Elizabeth Allen <lizziecallen@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [WRY] Knaresborough parish registers on Ancestry (SIZER) > To: "WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com" <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1321219499.91407.YahooMailNeo@web27104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have just rejoined Ancestry and was hoping to find the original > parish register entry for a baptism that I had found in the IGI on > FamilySearch. It was for Richard SIZER bpt 1 May 1767 in the parish > of Knaresborough. > > So far, I have been unable to find the baptism in question despite > looking carefully through what purports to be the registers > of ?"Knaresborough and Harrogate". Can anyone suggest why I can't > find it? Has Ancestry indexed the Knaresborough registers under a > different name? Or are the Knaresborough registers incomplete? > > I'm not familiar with this area and would be very grateful for any > help or suggestions that listers might be able to offer. > > Many thanks > > Lizzie Allen > > Cambridge > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the WEST-RIDING list administrator, send an email to > WEST-RIDING-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the WEST-RIDING mailing list, send an email to WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com > . > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 6, Issue 215 > *******************************************
Dear Janet Thank you for your input. Another lister has suggested that I contact both Ancestry and the West Yorkshire Archives Service in Wakefield (who worked with Ancestry on the digitisation) to see what they have to say. I'll report back to the List when I've had some answers. Many thanks too for your offer to look at the film of the BTs - it's much appreciated. Kind regards Lizzie >________________________________ >From: janet thomas <janetsthomas@gmail.com> >To: west-riding@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, 14 November 2011, 14:12 >Subject: Re: [WRY] WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 6, Issue 215 > >I looked at what purports to be the registers of Knaresborough and >Harrogate and I agree that this just cannot be right. There are only 2 >pages and whatever it is has to be a tiny chapel as it covers several >years in two small pages. Knaresborough and Harrogate are not and were >not tiny. The IGI listing is from the BTS. Hopefully, someone has >located the REAL registers of Karesborough. If not, I can look this up >in the BTS when I get to Salt Lake in January. > >Janet Thomas > >> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:24:59 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Elizabeth Allen <lizziecallen@yahoo.co.uk> >> Subject: [WRY] Knaresborough parish registers on Ancestry (SIZER) >> To: "WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com" <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > >> I have just rejoined Ancestry and was hoping to find the original >> parish register entry for a baptism that I had found in the IGI on >> FamilySearch. It was for Richard SIZER bpt 1 May 1767 in the parish >> of Knaresborough. >> >> So far, I have been unable to find the baptism in question despite >> looking carefully through what purports to be the registers >> of ?"Knaresborough and Harrogate". Can anyone suggest why I can't >> find it? Has Ancestry indexed the Knaresborough registers under a >> different name? Or are the Knaresborough registers incomplete? >> >> I'm not familiar with this area and would be very grateful for any >> help or suggestions that listers might be able to offer. >> >> Many thanks >> >> Lizzie Allen >> >> Cambridge >> > >