***LMA/Ancestry "Missing" Parishes***

[dawnsh]

Hi Janine

The records for St Anne Soho are taken from the Bishops Transcripts at the London Metropolitan Archives. These are the records of the Diocese of London. The original registers are deposited at the City of Westminster Archives and not part of the LMA project.

I've had a look at the LMA catalogue and there's a gap so yes, they are missing along with 1811.

Dawn

[neanie2]

Thanks for your reply. So would I be correct in thinking that the parish registers would be available for those missing years at the Westminster archives?

And  second question... so are the LMA marriage records from a variety of sources, or are they all from the Bishops transcripts?
Thanks ( and i will now go and have a proper look at the catalogues)
Janine

[dawnsh]

Hi Janine

The Anglican parish registers transcriptions are taken from the actual parish registers which are deposited for safe keeping at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Until recently, the Westminster parishes listed at the top of this topic were not included, but as the Bishops Transcripts are deposited at the LMA (the official depository for the Bishop of London), some of these are now included.

The missing years, if they survive, can be consulted, usually on microfilm to preserve the originals, at the City of Westminster Archives.

Some non-conformist records are now online also.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1906

Dawn

[Valda]

Hi

The London boroughs of Barking,  Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest officially became part of Greater London only in 1965. Before that those areas now covered by the four London boroughs were part of the county of Essex.

The family history society which covers the East End of London is the 'East of London Family History Society'. They have produced information on their website on the whereabouts of parish registers in the area.


http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/area/parishes/


Generally if it is Hackney and Tower Hamlets the parish registers are held at the LMA and therefore covered by Ancestry and if its parishes in the four London boroughs previously mentioned, they are held either with the local boroughs archives or at Essex Record Office if they are in fact deposited. If the registers are held at Essex RO then the local borough archives may hold microfilmed copies and indexes.

Parishes concerned in the four London boroughs would be these from the East of London FHS list

Aldborough, Barking, Barkingside, Becontree, Canning Town, Chadwell Heath, Chigwell, Cranham, Dagenham, East Ham, Forest Gate, Goodmayes, Havering, Hornchurch, Ilford, Little Ilford, North Woolwich (part), Plaistow, Rainham, Romford, Seven Kings, Stratford, Upminster, Upton Park, Victoria Dock, Wanstead, Wennington, West Ham, Woodford.


Regards

Valda

[Beth42]

Holy Trinity, Clapham, Surrey Baptisms in 1825 - LMA/Ancestry
There are two pages (36 and 37) missing from the Clapham Parish Register of Baptisms in 1825 containing 16 baptism entries - No.281 to No.296.

Go to "Birth, Baptism & Christening - London, England, Births and Baptisms 1813-1906"

Browse                            - Borough `Lambeth'
Parish or Poor Law Union   -`Holy Trinity Clapham'
Year                                 - 1825
When the image opens on the top right of the screen there are `Images 1 of 19' GO and arrows.
If you go to image 13, Baptism Register pages 34 and 35 are displayed and the last entry on the page 35 is No.280 (lower left corner) for a baptism that took place on 4th September 1825.

When you go to image 14, Baptism Register pages 38 and 39 are viewable and the first entry on the pages is No. 297 for a baptism that took place on 2nd October 1825 - so 16 baptisms are not there (transcripts are on FamilySearch however).

[dawnsh]

Thanks for this info Beth, I'll pass it on to the LMA.

Dawn

[Lynn36]

Hi,
I'm looking for a marriage which Pallots indexes at Christchurch Newgate in 1837.  I've looked through the images of the Christchurch marriage register on Ancestry and they seem to start in July 1837.  Has anyone found the images for Jan-Jun 1837 on Ancestry?  Does anyone know for sure if they even still exist?

Lynn

[dawnsh]

Hi Lynn

Welcome to Rootschat 

They don't appear to be online, the old style register for 1836 is there, but no old style register for the first months of 1837 before civil registration started.

I'll pass this on to the LMA, but if I'm there I'll see what they have.

Dawn

[Lynn36]

Thanks Dawn.  I'm relieved to know it wasn't me!  Would it be sensible for me to post a lookup request with the details in case other researchers are able to help?

I also had a problem with the images of the baptism registers for St Andrew Holborn in 1802.  When you try to browse through them straight from the Ancestry card catalogue you get the Burial register.  The baptism register is there though as I found the record I wanted from a name search. 

Regards,
Lynn