The Leeds Public Library have the Quaker Birth , Marriages & Death records on film for all Yorks alot of the records are name indexed. Judith At 17:09 24/12/2007, you wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "richard ellis" <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> >To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:21 AM >Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire > >Hi Richard, > I got mine form a book in Bradford Library, and there are >additional details, in Leeds University, which we will gather soon and add >to the rest. > >It started in 1650's The book has lots of other small Quakers burial place >listed. I have not done these. Hope this helps. Janet. > >Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 Huddersfield >& Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire > > > > Dear Janet > > > > I'm delighted to know that - like me - you have been able to access > > Quaker records via the LDS - which indeed are available via the LDS > > website on the internet. > > > > However I am fairly sure that the earliest dates of such Quaker records > > only started in the 1670's - and that it is only via deduction that one > > could establish the connections to earlier family members via C of E > > parish records > > > > My earliest record is a Quaker marriage in Yorkshire in 1676, though > > there are positive links to earlier birth and marriage records, when the > > family was C of E. > > > > I do think that the "list" should know that Quaker births and marriages > > are recorded on the IGI - but not identified as such ie as Quakers - > > with the best "clue" being only a recorded birth, and not a baptism, > > whilst I assume that would be no separate identification of a Quaker > > marriage.( though someone may know!) > > > > Richard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of janet thomas > > Sent: 22 December 2007 22:43 > > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire > > > > > > I have read the responses to the Quakers with interest. Living in > > Australia, > > I imagine that you don't have much access to records in England. You may > > find that the actual Monthly Meeting records that you are looking for are > > filmed by LDS. I have English Quakers myself and have researched those MM > > records from Salt Lake and from my local FHC. My Quakers migrated in the > > 1670s to America but I have found all of them in the English MM records > > prior to that time. Mine are from Derbyshire and YKS and from these Quaker > > records, I was able to get them back to the beginning of the parish > > registers before they were Quakers. > > > > Those MM records are wonderful as they can tell you a lot about the > > society > > they lived in and about the individuals as well. For example, one of mine > > was thrown out for drinking and mistreating his family. I have also read > > with interest the discussions of slavery and the decision that Quakers > > could > > no longer own slaves and how that issue was treated in the meetings. > > Fascinating stuff! > > > > The records are found in the meeting, not in the town where they lived > > unless they are the same. There are lists of the meetings online. As I > > lost > > my hard drive in the spring with all of my favorites, I cannot easily > > locate > > this. But Google should work. Some of these MM minutes are indexed as > > well. > > The searchable databases look great but once you find someone, it is well > > worth going into the original records (or transcripts if that is all you > > can > > get). The Quaker birth and marriage records are not on the IGI for some > > reason and Quakers and Jews are the 2 groups exempt from needing to be > > married in the C of E prior to 1837. > > > > If you want to pursue this, contact me off the list. It has been a few > > years > > since I worked on this so I will need to dredge the memory. > > > > Janet Sugden Thomas > > Stamford, CT > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1190 - Release Date: > > 19/12/2007 19:37 > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. >It has removed 64034 spam emails to date. >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > >------------------------------- >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 message

I have a book published in 1979 written by W Pearson Thistlethwaite 'Yorkshire Quartley Meeting[of the Soc of Friends]' 1665-1955 it has a very good surname index in the back if anyone would like a lookup Judith At 19:18 24/12/2007, you wrote: >The Leeds Public Library have the Quaker Birth , Marriages & Death records >on film for all Yorks alot of the records are name indexed. >Judith > > > > > > > > > > > >At 17:09 24/12/2007, you wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "richard ellis" <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> > >To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:21 AM > >Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire > > > >Hi Richard, > > I got mine form a book in Bradford Library, and there are > >additional details, in Leeds University, which we will gather soon and add > >to the rest. > > > >It started in 1650's The book has lots of other small Quakers burial place > >listed. I have not done these. Hope this helps. Janet. > > > >Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 Huddersfield > >& Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire > > > > > > > Dear Janet > > > > > > I'm delighted to know that - like me - you have been able to access > > > Quaker records via the LDS - which indeed are available via the LDS > > > website on the internet. > > > > > > However I am fairly sure that the earliest dates of such Quaker records > > > only started in the 1670's - and that it is only via deduction that one > > > could establish the connections to earlier family members via C of E > > > parish records > > > > > > My earliest record is a Quaker marriage in Yorkshire in 1676, though > > > there are positive links to earlier birth and marriage records, when the > > > family was C of E. > > > > > > I do think that the "list" should know that Quaker births and marriages > > > are recorded on the IGI - but not identified as such ie as Quakers - > > > with the best "clue" being only a recorded birth, and not a baptism, > > > whilst I assume that would be no separate identification of a Quaker > > > marriage.( though someone may know!) > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com > > > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of janet thomas > > > Sent: 22 December 2007 22:43 > > > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire > > > > > > > > > I have read the responses to the Quakers with interest. Living in > > > Australia, > > > I imagine that you don't have much access to records in England. You may > > > find that the actual Monthly Meeting records that you are looking for are > > > filmed by LDS. I have English Quakers myself and have researched those MM > > > records from Salt Lake and from my local FHC. My Quakers migrated in the > > > 1670s to America but I have found all of them in the English MM records > > > prior to that time. Mine are from Derbyshire and YKS and from these > Quaker > > > records, I was able to get them back to the beginning of the parish > > > registers before they were Quakers. > > > > > > Those MM records are wonderful as they can tell you a lot about the > > > society > > > they lived in and about the individuals as well. For example, one of mine > > > was thrown out for drinking and mistreating his family. I have also read > > > with interest the discussions of slavery and the decision that Quakers > > > could > > > no longer own slaves and how that issue was treated in the meetings. > > > Fascinating stuff! > > > > > > The records are found in the meeting, not in the town where they lived > > > unless they are the same. There are lists of the meetings online. As I > > > lost > > > my hard drive in the spring with all of my favorites, I cannot easily > > > locate > > > this. But Google should work. Some of these MM minutes are indexed as > > > well. > > > The searchable databases look great but once you find someone, it is well > > > worth going into the original records (or transcripts if that is all you > > > can > > > get). The Quaker birth and marriage records are not on the IGI for some > > > reason and Quakers and Jews are the 2 groups exempt from needing to be > > > married in the C of E prior to 1837. > > > > > > If you want to pursue this, contact me off the list. It has been a few > > > years > > > since I worked on this so I will need to dredge the memory. > > > > > > Janet Sugden Thomas > > > Stamford, CT > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 message > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 message > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1190 - Release Date: > > > 19/12/2007 19:37 > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > >It has removed 64034 spam emails to date. > >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > >Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > > > > >------------------------------- > >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 message > > > >------------------------------- >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 message

Judith We would be very interested to hear of any HOWKER, HOULKER, HOLKER or similar references, please? Have a good Christmas! Geoff in damp Sevilla > Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:37:19 +0000> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com> From: judith.varley@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire> > I have a book published in 1979 written by W Pearson Thistlethwaite> 'Yorkshire Quartley Meeting[of the Soc of Friends]'> 1665-1955> it has a very good surname index in the back if anyone would like a lookup> Judith> > > > > > > > > > At 19:18 24/12/2007, you wrote:> >The Leeds Public Library have the Quaker Birth , Marriages & Death records> >on film for all Yorks alot of the records are name indexed.> >Judith> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >At 17:09 24/12/2007, you wrote:> >> > >----- Original Message -----> > >From: "richard ellis" <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk>> > >To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com>> > >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:21 AM> > >Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire> > >> > >Hi Richard,> > > I got mine form a book in Bradford Library, and there are> > >additional details, in Leeds University, which we will gather soon and add> > >to the rest.> > >> > >It started in 1650's The book has lots of other small Quakers burial place> > >listed. I have not done these. Hope this helps. Janet.> > >> > >Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 Huddersfield> > >& Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire> > >> > >> > > > Dear Janet> > > >> > > > I'm delighted to know that - like me - you have been able to access> > > > Quaker records via the LDS - which indeed are available via the LDS> > > > website on the internet.> > > >> > > > However I am fairly sure that the earliest dates of such Quaker records> > > > only started in the 1670's - and that it is only via deduction that one> > > > could establish the connections to earlier family members via C of E> > > > parish records> > > >> > > > My earliest record is a Quaker marriage in Yorkshire in 1676, though> > > > there are positive links to earlier birth and marriage records, when the> > > > family was C of E.> > > >> > > > I do think that the "list" should know that Quaker births and marriages> > > > are recorded on the IGI - but not identified as such ie as Quakers -> > > > with the best "clue" being only a recorded birth, and not a baptism,> > > > whilst I assume that would be no separate identification of a Quaker> > > > marriage.( though someone may know!)> > > >> > > > Richard> > > >> > > > -----Original Message-----> > > > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com> > > > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of janet thomas> > > > Sent: 22 December 2007 22:43> > > > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com> > > > Subject: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire> > > >> > > >> > > > I have read the responses to the Quakers with interest. Living in> > > > Australia,> > > > I imagine that you don't have much access to records in England. You may> > > > find that the actual Monthly Meeting records that you are looking for are> > > > filmed by LDS. I have English Quakers myself and have researched those MM> > > > records from Salt Lake and from my local FHC. My Quakers migrated in the> > > > 1670s to America but I have found all of them in the English MM records> > > > prior to that time. Mine are from Derbyshire and YKS and from these > > Quaker> > > > records, I was able to get them back to the beginning of the parish> > > > registers before they were Quakers.> > > >> > > > Those MM records are wonderful as they can tell you a lot about the> > > > society> > > > they lived in and about the individuals as well. For example, one of mine> > > > was thrown out for drinking and mistreating his family. I have also read> > > > with interest the discussions of slavery and the decision that Quakers> > > > could> > > > no longer own slaves and how that issue was treated in the meetings.> > > > Fascinating stuff!> > > >> > > > The records are found in the meeting, not in the town where they lived> > > > unless they are the same. There are lists of the meetings online. As I> > > > lost> > > > my hard drive in the spring with all of my favorites, I cannot easily> > > > locate> > > > this. But Google should work. Some of these MM minutes are indexed as> > > > well.> > > > The searchable databases look great but once you find someone, it is well> > > > worth going into the original records (or transcripts if that is all you> > > > can> > > > get). The Quaker birth and marriage records are not on the IGI for some> > > > reason and Quakers and Jews are the 2 groups exempt from needing to be> > > > married in the C of E prior to 1837.> > > >> > > > If you want to pursue this, contact me off the list. It has been a few> > > > years> > > > since I worked on this so I will need to dredge the memory.> > > >> > > > Janet Sugden Thomas> > > > Stamford, CT> > > >> > > > -------------------------------> > > > 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 message> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > -------------------------------> > > > 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 message> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > --> > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition.> > > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1190 - Release Date:> > > > 19/12/2007 19:37> > > >> > > >> > >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------> > >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.> > >It has removed 64034 spam emails to date.> > >Paying users do not have this message in their emails.> > >Try SPAMfighter for free now!> > >> > >> > >-------------------------------> > >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 message> >> >> >> >-------------------------------> >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 message> > > > -------------------------------> 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 message

Judith- Is it possible for you to lookup the surname Scott, James and Susannah 1840-1895 to see if they are in the book. Thanks from Canada. Rosanne Kirkham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Varley" <judith.varley@btinternet.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >I have a book published in 1979 written by W Pearson Thistlethwaite > 'Yorkshire Quartley Meeting[of the Soc of Friends]' > 1665-1955 > it has a very good surname index in the back if anyone would like a lookup > Judith > > > > > > > > > > At 19:18 24/12/2007, you wrote: >>The Leeds Public Library have the Quaker Birth , Marriages & Death records >>on film for all Yorks alot of the records are name indexed. >>Judith >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 17:09 24/12/2007, you wrote: >> >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "richard ellis" <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> >> >To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:21 AM >> >Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >> > >> >Hi Richard, >> > I got mine form a book in Bradford Library, and there >> > are >> >additional details, in Leeds University, which we will gather soon and >> >add >> >to the rest. >> > >> >It started in 1650's The book has lots of other small Quakers burial >> >place >> >listed. I have not done these. Hope this helps. Janet. >> > >> >Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 >> >Huddersfield >> >& Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire >> > >> > >> > > Dear Janet >> > > >> > > I'm delighted to know that - like me - you have been able to access >> > > Quaker records via the LDS - which indeed are available via the LDS >> > > website on the internet. >> > > >> > > However I am fairly sure that the earliest dates of such Quaker >> > > records >> > > only started in the 1670's - and that it is only via deduction that >> > > one >> > > could establish the connections to earlier family members via C of E >> > > parish records >> > > >> > > My earliest record is a Quaker marriage in Yorkshire in 1676, though >> > > there are positive links to earlier birth and marriage records, when >> > > the >> > > family was C of E. >> > > >> > > I do think that the "list" should know that Quaker births and >> > > marriages >> > > are recorded on the IGI - but not identified as such ie as Quakers - >> > > with the best "clue" being only a recorded birth, and not a baptism, >> > > whilst I assume that would be no separate identification of a Quaker >> > > marriage.( though someone may know!) >> > > >> > > Richard >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of janet thomas >> > > Sent: 22 December 2007 22:43 >> > > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com >> > > Subject: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >> > > >> > > >> > > I have read the responses to the Quakers with interest. Living in >> > > Australia, >> > > I imagine that you don't have much access to records in England. You >> > > may >> > > find that the actual Monthly Meeting records that you are looking for >> > > are >> > > filmed by LDS. I have English Quakers myself and have researched >> > > those MM >> > > records from Salt Lake and from my local FHC. My Quakers migrated in >> > > the >> > > 1670s to America but I have found all of them in the English MM >> > > records >> > > prior to that time. Mine are from Derbyshire and YKS and from these >> Quaker >> > > records, I was able to get them back to the beginning of the parish >> > > registers before they were Quakers. >> > > >> > > Those MM records are wonderful as they can tell you a lot about the >> > > society >> > > they lived in and about the individuals as well. For example, one of >> > > mine >> > > was thrown out for drinking and mistreating his family. I have also >> > > read >> > > with interest the discussions of slavery and the decision that >> > > Quakers >> > > could >> > > no longer own slaves and how that issue was treated in the meetings. >> > > Fascinating stuff! >> > > >> > > The records are found in the meeting, not in the town where they >> > > lived >> > > unless they are the same. There are lists of the meetings online. As >> > > I >> > > lost >> > > my hard drive in the spring with all of my favorites, I cannot easily >> > > locate >> > > this. But Google should work. Some of these MM minutes are indexed as >> > > well. >> > > The searchable databases look great but once you find someone, it is >> > > well >> > > worth going into the original records (or transcripts if that is all >> > > you >> > > can >> > > get). The Quaker birth and marriage records are not on the IGI for >> > > some >> > > reason and Quakers and Jews are the 2 groups exempt from needing to >> > > be >> > > married in the C of E prior to 1837. >> > > >> > > If you want to pursue this, contact me off the list. It has been a >> > > few >> > > years >> > > since I worked on this so I will need to dredge the memory. >> > > >> > > Janet Sugden Thomas >> > > Stamford, CT >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > 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 message >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > 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 message >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1190 - Release Date: >> > > 19/12/2007 19:37 >> > > >> > > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. >> >It has removed 64034 spam emails to date. >> >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >> >Try SPAMfighter for free now! >> > >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >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 message >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 message > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message >

Hi Judith, If you have time I would appreciate you looking for Huddleston / Hudleston / Huddlestone, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Many thanks, Robin (Huddleston) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Varley" <judith.varley@btinternet.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >I have a book published in 1979 written by W Pearson Thistlethwaite > 'Yorkshire Quartley Meeting[of the Soc of Friends]' > 1665-1955 > it has a very good surname index in the back if anyone would like a lookup > Judith > > > > > > > > > > At 19:18 24/12/2007, you wrote: >>The Leeds Public Library have the Quaker Birth , Marriages & Death records >>on film for all Yorks alot of the records are name indexed. >>Judith >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 17:09 24/12/2007, you wrote: >> >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "richard ellis" <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> >> >To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:21 AM >> >Subject: Re: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >> > >> >Hi Richard, >> > I got mine form a book in Bradford Library, and there >> > are >> >additional details, in Leeds University, which we will gather soon and >> >add >> >to the rest. >> > >> >It started in 1650's The book has lots of other small Quakers burial >> >place >> >listed. I have not done these. Hope this helps. Janet. >> > >> >Janet Ogden Project Officer for Bradford FHSoc., FreeCEN 1891 >> >Huddersfield >> >& Saddleworth Also for FreeREG Yorkshire >> > >> > >> > > Dear Janet >> > > >> > > I'm delighted to know that - like me - you have been able to access >> > > Quaker records via the LDS - which indeed are available via the LDS >> > > website on the internet. >> > > >> > > However I am fairly sure that the earliest dates of such Quaker >> > > records >> > > only started in the 1670's - and that it is only via deduction that >> > > one >> > > could establish the connections to earlier family members via C of E >> > > parish records >> > > >> > > My earliest record is a Quaker marriage in Yorkshire in 1676, though >> > > there are positive links to earlier birth and marriage records, when >> > > the >> > > family was C of E. >> > > >> > > I do think that the "list" should know that Quaker births and >> > > marriages >> > > are recorded on the IGI - but not identified as such ie as Quakers - >> > > with the best "clue" being only a recorded birth, and not a baptism, >> > > whilst I assume that would be no separate identification of a Quaker >> > > marriage.( though someone may know!) >> > > >> > > Richard >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of janet thomas >> > > Sent: 22 December 2007 22:43 >> > > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com >> > > Subject: [WRY] quakers in yorkshire >> > > >> > > >> > > I have read the responses to the Quakers with interest. Living in >> > > Australia, >> > > I imagine that you don't have much access to records in England. You >> > > may >> > > find that the actual Monthly Meeting records that you are looking for >> > > are >> > > filmed by LDS. I have English Quakers myself and have researched >> > > those MM >> > > records from Salt Lake and from my local FHC. My Quakers migrated in >> > > the >> > > 1670s to America but I have found all of them in the English MM >> > > records >> > > prior to that time. Mine are from Derbyshire and YKS and from these >> Quaker >> > > records, I was able to get them back to the beginning of the parish >> > > registers before they were Quakers. >> > > >> > > Those MM records are wonderful as they can tell you a lot about the >> > > society >> > > they lived in and about the individuals as well. For example, one of >> > > mine >> > > was thrown out for drinking and mistreating his family. I have also >> > > read >> > > with interest the discussions of slavery and the decision that >> > > Quakers >> > > could >> > > no longer own slaves and how that issue was treated in the meetings. >> > > Fascinating stuff! >> > > >> > > The records are found in the meeting, not in the town where they >> > > lived >> > > unless they are the same. There are lists of the meetings online. As >> > > I >> > > lost >> > > my hard drive in the spring with all of my favorites, I cannot easily >> > > locate >> > > this. But Google should work. Some of these MM minutes are indexed as >> > > well. >> > > The searchable databases look great but once you find someone, it is >> > > well >> > > worth going into the original records (or transcripts if that is all >> > > you >> > > can >> > > get). The Quaker birth and marriage records are not on the IGI for >> > > some >> > > reason and Quakers and Jews are the 2 groups exempt from needing to >> > > be >> > > married in the C of E prior to 1837. >> > > >> > > If you want to pursue this, contact me off the list. It has been a >> > > few >> > > years >> > > since I worked on this so I will need to dredge the memory. >> > > >> > > Janet Sugden Thomas >> > > Stamford, CT >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > 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 message >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > 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 message >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1190 - Release Date: >> > > 19/12/2007 19:37 >> > > >> > > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- >> >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. >> >It has removed 64034 spam emails to date. >> >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >> >Try SPAMfighter for free now! >> > >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >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 message >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 message > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.7/1194 - Release Date: > 23/12/2007 17:27 > >