Barry,
Church Records include Baptisms, Burials and Marriages. The records are
recorded in Church Registers or "record books" in Legacy speak.
So you're looking for Church records > Church record books > created at
local level (parish, congregation, meeting, etc) > and then the format
you've used. I've chosen to use the Microfilm/fiche rather than online
images as I've seem some at the Archives on microfilm in a rare visit to
England and some online.
I use the Film ID in the Master Source to acknowledge both sources: eg:
Images courtesy of South West Heritage Trust & Parochial Church Council
& FindMyPast
I actually make a Master Source for each church but I could have instead
chosen to make a Master Source for each Archive.
In my case: Dorset History Centre, the London Metropolitan Archives, etc.
I learn where the registers actually are archived.
So one Master Source reads: St Margaret (Topsham, Devon, England);
Images courtesy of South West Heritage Trust and Parochial Church
Council & FindMyPast, Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter.
and a source citation:
St Margaret (Topsham, Devon, England), "Marriages 1417A/PR/1/15
1837-1881," Page 1, No 1 1837 marriage of William Harris & Rebecca
Mawditt; Images courtesy of South West Heritage Trust and Parochial
Church Council & FindMyPast, Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter.
This "1417A/PR/1/15" is the Archive reference for that particular
register. If it's not obvious on the online site, I look at the Archive
catalogue and find it and also record their microfilm number, if any is
given. At the archives you can usually only see parish registers on
microfilm - and probably now the online images.
The Source Detail has a "Title" field for the name of the actual
register ( or church and register if you chose to have one Master Source
for Devon Heritage Centre)
Then one for Item of interest where I record the page and record number
from the register etc
Here's one for Dorset: Saint Lawrence (Folke, Dorset, England),
"Christenings PE/FOL/RE 2/1 1813-1906," p 1, no 3 baptism of George
Uppill (1813); Images courtesy DHC and Ancestry.com; DHC microfilm
MIC/R/511, Dorset History Centre, Dorchester.
Does that help?
Cathy
Barry Godbeer wrote:
I am having a hard time finding the a appropriate Source Writer for
Baptisms in various counties in England and Wales.
The Source Writer for Church Records mentions nothing about Baptisms,
unless I have developed tunnel vision, and it is there right under my
nose.
My OS is Microsoft Vista and my LFT is 8.0.0.598. Must update computer
soon!
As attachments are not allowed I will try to explain my problem.
I have an image of a Baptism, viewed in Findmypast, in the Parish of
Lower Brixham (Devon, England) that has a page number and an entry
number with a reference to South West Heritage Trust and Parochial
Church Council in the left margin.
The transcript, copyright of Findmypast, has, besides the name of the
individual, date of Baptism, father and mother,etc it list the
location of the Baptism as Brixham, All Saints (not mentioned on the
image), the Archive as South West Heritage Trust (no mention of the
Parochial Church Council), an archive reference (1955A/PR/1/1) that
makes no mention of the page number or line number and whose archive
reference is it?
For sourcing purposes who holds the original Baptism document, the
Parochial Church Council, South West Heritage Trust or Findmypast?
Only the South West Heritage Trust and Findmypast have URLs. In years
to come which of the three will still be around?
Do I select Source Writer>Church Records>Church Record Books>created
at local level (parish, congregation, meetings, etc and do I do the
best I can with that? The Source Detail related to this Master Source
is not very informative.
To date I have not attached any images or transcripts to any sources
or citations which might help complete the picture of the source, but
that's another To Do Task.
So does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone with ancestors in
England come up with a solution that makes sense?
Barry Godbeer
Canada
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