Cathy,
Thank you for your quick and helpful reply.
You seem to have found a way to record non US sources in Legacy that would work
for me. One of my concerns was possibly having a different Master Source for
every church. If I understand your two examples correctly you have some Master
Sources for individual churches and some for a central depository depending on
where you sourced the information.
Rather than have a mix I think I will start off my baptism Master Sources using
a central depository (SWHT/Parochial Church Council/Findmypast), understanding
that nothing works for ever. I have overlooked marriage banns in the past
because I didn't know what to do with them. Now you have given me direction.
Wouldn't it be great if Millenia provided add on packages that covered the
different methods of recording in various countries at different times, but
that would be a daunting task I'm sure.
Thanks again,
Barry Godbeer
On Saturday, April 22, 2017 9:56 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]>
wrote:
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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