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Carole A
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Can anyone give me any information about accessing this library's information in relation to non-conformist records? I have looked at the CD and found some birth records (for Adamson, 1760s-70s) but it gives nothing else other than name, date and parent.
Is there any way of obtaining location details, for instance?
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Kazza
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Hi,
Have a look at their website, they will tell you how to access:
http://www.dwlib.co.uk/dwlib/
Kazza.
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 Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol. |
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trish251
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Thanks for this post Carole - I had never heard of this library and the website given by Kazza was most interesting.
You mentioned you have "looked at the cd" - could you explain what is the CD & where it is available.
thanks
Trish
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Kazza
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From Ancestry:
The General Register of Births, as the baptismal register was called, was an idea that originated with a group of Protestant dissenting ministers of what were called the Three Denominations (Baptist, Congregational, Presbyterian). It began to collect details of births of dissenting children because so many ministers of nonconformist congregations failed to keep registers. Arrangements were made with the trustees of Dr. Williams' Library for the librarian to receive and record the information. The record-keeping began 1 January 1743 (New Style).
All of these birth records have been microfilmed. They can be consulted in London at the Family Records Centre in Islington and at the National Archives at Kew. In addition, they are available on microfilm loan through LDS Family History Centers. The 2nd edition of the British Vital Records Index (BVRI), which can be purchased at the FamilySearch website, includes the Dr. Williams' Library register entries in its database.
Starting a Search in Nonconformist RecordsRefer to the Topographical Dictionary of England (Samuel Lewis, 1831), in order to discover what nonconformist churches existed in the vicinity of your ancestors in 1831. This publication is widely available today as a reprint, on CD-ROM and within the Ancestry.com databases (www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=4717&key=D7170 —Editor's Note: Available to subscribers with access to the UK and Ireland Records Collection).
Next, consult the IGI and the BVRI, being careful to note what is included. You can get good details about content within the source information options of the BVRI and, for the IGI, use the Atlas and Index of Parish Registers (C. Humphery-Smith, 2003), the Parish and Vital Records List at a Family History Center, or the batch number lists at the Hugh Wallis site: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm.
There are several other ways to check for surviving nonconformist registers. Using the National Archives website (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ), search their catalog, Procat; use the place as the keyword and enter "RG" in the department code box. This tip comes from their own website; try it and check the results against what is in the FHL. Also accessible through the National Archives website is the "Access to Archives" search facility. It references some nonconformist registers in repositories around the country, and is definitely worth a check. Finally, investigate the holdings of local libraries and archives.
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Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol.
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Carole A
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Thanks to all for those replies, will follow the leads.
For Trish - the CD I mentioned is the British Vital Records - I accessed it through the National Library in NZ, but am not sure where you are.
The problem I have is that this information gives only the names and dates, not location - I understand that more information is available from some sources for a fee but I am keen to avoid costs at this point.
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trish251
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Many thanks Carole & Kazza - I have access to the BVRI thanks Carole.
Trish
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