Further to Andy's reply the Archives guide says that WDP53 St John the Baptist records run from 1538 to 1977 (Baptisms) so this is the obvious suspect. A check as Andy describes should prove it. Some entries are duplicated so try to find the same entry on via the St John link and you may end up on the same page. I have had the same problem but assumed St John the Baptist without really checking which of course I should have done. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Andy Micklethwaite Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:56 AM To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] St Hilda's Church, Halifax, 1538 At 09:30 11/01/2012, Maggie wrote: >Ancestry have this church listed with entries starting in 1538. The only St >Hilda-s I can find in Genuki were built several hundred years later. Does >anyone know what the Ancestry index really refers to? I have a Squire >Jaggar baptism recorded there about 1755, but can't give credence to it >without a church location. Hi Maggie At the bottom of the image there should be a reference number, like D21 - if there isn't, go to the next image until you find one. Then type that number into the CALM catalogue at WYAS prefixed by WDP - or sometimes WD - you might have to play around a bit unless any other lister can come up with a bullet proof method. http://catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/Overview.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog That way you should be able to find out the real church. HTH Andy. Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- 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

Try Dewsbury, I have found some of my ancestors listed by Ancestry in the West Yorkshire records as married 1702 St Hilda Halifax when I know the actual church was All Saints Dewsbury which is WPD9 as per the WYAS guide. Halifax St Hilda is WDP201 and according to the archives catalogue the records in their collection do not start until 1903 Sharon Buchanan vicechair@pontefractfhs.org.uk www.pontefractfhs.org.uk -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nick Taylor" <familyhistory@cnrt.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:17 AM To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WRY] St Hilda's Church, Halifax, 1538 > Further to Andy's reply the Archives guide says that WDP53 St John the > Baptist records run from 1538 to 1977 (Baptisms) so this is the obvious > suspect. A check as Andy describes should prove it. Some entries are > duplicated so try to find the same entry on via the St John link and you > may > end up on the same page. I have had the same problem but assumed St John > the Baptist without really checking which of course I should have done. > > Nick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Micklethwaite > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:56 AM > To: west-riding@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WRY] St Hilda's Church, Halifax, 1538 > > At 09:30 11/01/2012, Maggie wrote: >>Ancestry have this church listed with entries starting in 1538. The only >>St >>Hilda-s I can find in Genuki were built several hundred years later. Does >>anyone know what the Ancestry index really refers to? I have a Squire >>Jaggar baptism recorded there about 1755, but can't give credence to it >>without a church location. > > Hi Maggie > > At the bottom of the image there should be a reference number, like D21 - > if > there isn't, go to the next image until you find one. > > Then type that number into the CALM catalogue at WYAS prefixed by WDP - or > sometimes WD - you might have to play around a bit unless any other lister > can come up with a bullet proof method. > http://catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/Overview.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog > > That way you should be able to find out the real church. > > HTH Andy. > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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