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Missprim
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Re: Kendal Parish Records to buy
« Reply #30 on: Tuesday 10 March 09 14:48 UTC (UK) »
Hi Jillruss,

Sorry I should have explained things a lot better.  I normally go into the Lancashire Record Office web site from the home page which has a side column on the left hand side of the screen. Two items from the bottom of the list is "Records Search" click on this and it will open a short menu.  The first item below "Overview" is "LANCAT" (short for Lancashire Record Office On-line Catalogue).  Click on LANCAT and it will open a new screen with an oblong purple button "Begin a new search".  Click on the button and it opens a search facility.  I just simply put in the name I'm interested in (e.g.Troughton) and a list will appear several pages long.  The first items will be Marriage Bonds in the middle will be Quarter Sessions etc and the end of the list will be the Wills and Admons. 

Click on "Full Record" at the left hand side of any item and it will reveal more information.  You should be able to tell if the person named is one of "yours" but do be careful.  I thought I had found a will for my Elizabeth Fisher but when I ordered a copy it turned out to be someone else!!  Lancashire Archive seem to charge at least £5.00 per will whatever the size - one page or many - and it isn't always obvious when there is an Admon rather than a Will.

I've been doing the actions to get the explanation right.  There are 5 pages of Troughton items with 50 items to a page, although the last page may be a bit shorter than the others. So that means there are over 50 Wills/Admons listed and something over 100 Marriage Bonds.  I hope you find something interesting amongst them.  

I'm not sure if the search will work with wildcards.  I tried the advanced search when I first found the index but got in the muddle so have stuck to simple search since then using the "and" "or" commands to keep common name lists to a reasonable length; (e.g. "Troughton and Kendal") will give you all the instances of Troughton with Kendal as the place where the event took place or as the place of residence.  Don't forget to try any variant spellings it is sometimes amazing what can get thrown up from these on-line indexes.

Best wishes,

Missprim
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jillruss
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Re: Kendal Parish Records to buy
« Reply #31 on: Tuesday 10 March 09 15:04 UTC (UK) »
Thanks!

If I may say so, beautifully explained - and I shall now enjoy myself looking up Troughton and my other Westmoreland names. Let's hope I can find something to help me that bit further along.

I've bookmarked the search page now so should be okay to go!

Once again, thanks for the link and for your patience with my Doh!!ness (good word, eh!?).

Jill
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