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For years I couldn't trace the birth or baptism records of the children of a couple who I had the marriage of, and both wills of, so knew the names of many of their children. I suspected they may have been non conformists, but didn't do, what I now see was rather obvious - search JUST for the name of the ancestor with no parent's name put in  ! I think whenever I looked for the baptism or birth records of the ancestor or her siblings, I was always putting in at least the father's first name. But on finding another will, which mentioned an unknown sibling with a much more unusual first name, that led me to the register of the New Broad Street Independent Meeting in London, under the leadership of John Guysse, minister, an independent and supporter of Calvinism

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:History_of_Nonconformists_in_London%2C_England_and_surrounding_counties#New_Broad_Street_Meeting_House

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_History_and_Antiquities_of_Dissentin/wpIsAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover

All the baptism records are grouped by family, all in the form

Mr. Cooke's Daughter Sarah Sept. 23. 1728 (Apothecary)
                     son John Oct. 20. 1729
                    Daughter Sarah Dec. 1. 1732

So, unusually for the period, you do get a father's profession, but no name!

I have been looking through several parish's removal orders (both to and from the parish) and also settlement examinations, which often provide quite fascinating information about a person's origins, early life, or type of work they had and at what age and time. It also gives a very good idea of how people moved around the local area, and around the country (and even wider British territories). When people became destitute, perhaps through illness and becoming unable to work, they became chargeable to the parish in where they resided. That parish would then enquire as to whether that person had a legal settlement in the parish and so was eligible for parish relief. If they had served one year as a servant, or served an apprenticeship, the parish in which that occurred would be their legal place of settlement, rather than their parish of birth.
   What I am really unclear about is how the process of removal was handled. Would the person, and their family if they had any, be escorted to their legally agreed place of settlement? If they were not, what was to stop them becoming vagrants and moving parish to parish as they liked? What about cases where people's legal place of settlement was agreed to be in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or some other British territory, such as America, Australia, India etc? Or the other end of England say from Hampshire to Durham? Surely it was not practical to expect the people to return to there? So in such cases, how was it handled?

https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/from-the-elephant-man-to-forgotten-londoners-a-graveyard-of-untold-secrets-revealed-7912/


"TheGenealogist has unveiled a comprehensive new searchable database of burial records for the City of London Cemetery. This remarkable resource opens up unprecedented access to historical records, allowing researchers to trace the final resting places of hundreds of thousands of individuals who were laid to rest in one of London’s most significant burial grounds.

For the first time, family historians can easily navigate through extensive burial records with just a few clicks. The digital archive provides a treasure trove of information that was previously difficult to access, offering insights into the lives and deaths of individuals who played a part in the rich tapestry of London’s history. "

"When the cemetery was officially consecrated in 1857, it represented a significant leap forward in urban cemetery design. Unlike the cramped, chaotic burial grounds of the past, this new cemetery offered spacious plots, organised sections and a sense of dignity to the memorial process. It could accommodate up to 250,000 burials—an almost unimaginable number at the time—and provided options for various social classes and religious denominations."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Cemetery_and_Crematorium

Anyone else getting these, getting so many today trying to access either the DNA or simply the records search pages ?