WHITE in Lingfield - Problems researching baptisms

[mph555l]

Hello,

Having tried to research my roots in the Lingfield area I have to say I am a little confused.
There are two IGI batch numbers for baptisms in Lingfield.

P006971     1559-1812   
C006972     1834-1864   

I have also just purchased the CD of surrey baptisms not in the IGI. For Lingfield the period covered is 1813-1875.

What is confusing me is the CD and IGI batch C006972 have many baptisms for the surname WHITE,
But there is not a single WHITE in the IGI batch  P006971.

Can there be an explanation of this ? It seems so unlikely no WHITE baptisms was registered in Lingfield before 1813,  and then suddenly from 1813 there are dozens. On the face of it, to me it seems  P006971 is missing all the WHITEs.

If I want to research WHITE baptisms in Lingfield before 1813 what would my best course of action ?

Any help and tips gratefully appreciated,

Best regards,

/Ian

[Valda]

Hi

If you can't visit Surrey History Centre, then you can order the parish registers on microfilm from your local Family History Centre and view them there.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

The National Burial Index has coverage of the burial registers of Lingfield from 1559-1840. The earliest White burial was in 1700.


Regards

Valda