WSP- I subscribe to the Nottinghamshire rootsweb and thought this message might be of interest to WSPers who may be looking for English records through LDS. Robert Whaley Rochester, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:54 AM Subject: Re: IGI > > christine wrote: > > > > I was interested to read that the IGI for Notts is not taken from parish > > registers - does this mean that in other areas whole registers were passed > > to the LDS? > > No. Registers were not "passed to" the LDS. The LDS offered to film the > registers and leave a copy of the film for the church. Many churches > allowed this, many did not. > > >Who was responsible for granting permission > > The Parochial Church Council (PCC). > > and why did they > > not give permission in Nottingham? > > Not all parishes declined. You can search the LDS Family History Library > Catalog online now to determine whether films for a particular parish > are held: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp > > For example,St Peters Nottingham registers (baptism, marriages and > burials) were filmed and may be borrowed thru LDS Family History > Libraries worldwide - while St Mary's Nottingham was not filmed. > Generally speaking (and this applies not just to parishes in > Nottingham), those parishes which did not participate in the filmings > declined because of LDS religious practices (i.e. the baptism of the deceased). > Circumstances and discussions no doubt varied from one PCC to the next. > But as one rector (in another Diocese) recently related to me, no one > expected to be thwarting worldwide efforts at genealogical research...no > one knew the LDS would form the world's largest genealogical library and > that the films would be made available worldwide to researchers of all faiths.;-) > > Presumably this explains why I have > > managed to find no reference so far to any of my ancestors? > > > > Quite possibly. > In some areas, a family history or genealogical society may be > undertaking the indexing of registers, and for a fee will search its > database for you. Apparently Notts FHS is doing this. > While such indexes are neither worldwide nor free like the IGI, if you > can figure out the geographic area (such as Nottingham) they certainly > can help lead you to the right parish. > Once you identify the parish, you can then proceed to search its extant > registers - however, the manner of accomplishing this will depend > largely upon the practices of the local county records office and > possibly also the family history or genealogical society. Some county > records offices sell duplicates of their fiche of parish registers while > others (such as Notts Archives) do not. Some family history societies > are undertaking transcriptions of parish registers and will sell fiche > of these transcriptions while others (such as Notts FHS) will not. > So far as I know at this point in time, if you wish to search parish > registers in Notts that weren't filmed by LDS, you'll need to go to > Notts Archives yourself, find a friend to do so for you, or else hire a > professional researcher in Nottingham. BTW, if you go there yourself, > consider transcribing more than you need....and let this email list know > it. There are plenty of folks who will help you put the information you > transcribe online to help all researchers. The contents are in the > public domain, however the problem is logistics - you have to go there > to see the films in order to transcribe them.;-) > > Hope this helps answer some of your questions. > > Kind regards, > Sandy > > > > > ==== NOTTSGEN Mailing List ==== > To submit more names to the Notts surname list: > http://www.flashbase.com/forms/notts > >