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Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« on: Sunday 23 October 11 09:59 BST (UK) »
Apologies if already done, feel free to delete  :)

Lots of lovely parish images on FindMyPast.  I'm having a high old time  ;D
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Shepherd, Moran, Bath, Keating, Putt - Chester
Trussell - Flint / West Bromwich
Hughes - Flint / Oakenholt
Challinor / Chaloner - Chester / Wirral / Hawarden / Holt
Reynolds - Chester
Edwards - Rossett / Pulford
Strange - Chester / Shropshire
Bayliss - Rossett / Allington / Pulford

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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 23 October 11 10:12 BST (UK) »
Ah! I have been on holiday!

I sent for copies of direct descendant parish registers from Cheshire over a year ago but now I am filling in ALL Cheshire ancestors.  It could take a while  ;D
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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 23 October 11 10:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks - I hadn't spotted this either, so I'll be busy!


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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 23 October 11 10:26 BST (UK) »
I am getting two images per record (for most people so far).  Any idea why?
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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 23 October 11 10:51 BST (UK) »
What a very timely heads-up. Thank you Parmesan.
I'm one of those being frustrated on a daily basis by ancestry's inability to resolve appalling load times that have afflicted certain subscribers for the last 10 days or so. With my ancestry subscription coming up for renewal (or not), to learn that images for Cheshire parish records are on FindMyPast tips the scale in inclining me to spend my limited pennies on one of their subs, and dump ancestry. (Though the FindMyPast search engine leaves something to be desired. Why does a search on James Henshaw bp Cheshire 1810 produce nothing, whilst James Henshaw bp 1810 nowhere in particular strike lucky.... I'd hate to have to search on John Smith under those conditions!)
And i see that hJames Henshaw is one of those apparently with 2 entries, as Parmesan has been finding. In his case, as far as I see without a current sub, both Chelford and Prestbury are cited. Is it perhaps something to do with Cheshire's peculiar mix of chaplries, townships and parishes?

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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 23 October 11 12:04 BST (UK) »
I know FindMyPast searches can sometimes be anomalous but I find it rare.  I much prefer their simple list of results to Ancestry's wild guesses and searches for say Cheshire on page two and other places not asked for on page one.  FindMyPast's transcriptions are far superior too.

However, I do prefer Ancestry's tree layout.  :)
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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 23 October 11 12:07 BST (UK) »
I am getting two images per record (for most people so far).  Any idea why?

One is the Bishops Transcript and the other the entry in the Parish Register itself -- nice!
Shepherd, Moran, Bath, Keating, Putt - Chester
Trussell - Flint / West Bromwich
Hughes - Flint / Oakenholt
Challinor / Chaloner - Chester / Wirral / Hawarden / Holt
Reynolds - Chester
Edwards - Rossett / Pulford
Strange - Chester / Shropshire
Bayliss - Rossett / Allington / Pulford

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Re: Cheshire Parish Images now on FindMyPast
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 23 October 11 12:21 BST (UK) »
Wonderful, thanks!
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