Looking for a missing baptismal record - William Monk (b. c1799)

[josey]

Great result.

[Maiden Stone]

Hi,

Have you tried the transcribed Worcestershire Baptisms at https://fhs-online.co.uk/  They are a pay-to-view service, but you can see that A William MONK was baptised in Rock in 1798.

Mike

It's a new one for me. I don't have ancestors in any of the counties on the site. Check the Resources list for Worcestershire on RootsChat county board and add it if it's not already included.
I've just done free searches on FindMyPast and The Genealogist. The former doesn't have William's baptism  but the latter does. The FHS online site is hosted by the company which owns TG.
As you have taken a subscription would you tell us the source? I couldn't access the source list page on TG.

[M_ONeill]

I can take a look. What do you specifically mean by source? For this record or more generally?

[Maiden Stone]

I can take a look. What do you specifically mean by source? For this record or more generally?

I was just curious about the name and dates of the record set e.g. was the information compiled from parish register or from Bishop's Transcripts? Also why you didn't find William's baptism before by other means.
For instance, some new additions to Lancashire Online Parish Clerks website are from alternative sources to what was previously used or have been "re-worked", perhaps from better-quality photography. They are new and improved versions rather than new additions. This is explained in the regular "New Additions" section. Many early entries in a baptism register for one of my local parishes were illegible.  Bishop's Transcripts has been used to fill in blanks or for verification and this information has been added to the online transcript with a note for each entry.

[M_ONeill]

Ah okay, I get what you mean now.

Well the transcription comes from the Malvern Family History Society transcripts of Worcestershire baptisms. The specific datasets they have for Rock are:

Rock Baptisms - 1813-1839
Rock At Hytington Chapel Baptisms - 1789-1795
Rock St Peter & St Paul Baptisms - 1547-1753
Rock St. Peter & St. Paul Baptisms -1754-1812

I'm not sure why William's baptismal record wasn't showing up in other online transcription results, but maybe the fact that not every online resource has the complete dataset of all Rock baptisms might have something to do with it?

[Yegvard]

Hi,

Have you tried the transcribed Worcestershire Baptisms at https://fhs-online.co.uk/  They are a pay-to-view service, but you can see that A William MONK was baptised in Rock in 1798.

Mike

Hi Folks,

The Baptisms project was undertaken by Malvern Family History Society.

There is also a Worcestershire Burials Index by Midland Ancestors, the new name for BMSGH {the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry}.  Originally included in the National Burial Index Cds, now, I believe, on FindMyPast.  However, the NBI search engine and results displayed are very different.

The Worcestershire Marriage Index is not on-line.  In book form, by bride and groom, at The Hive and the Midland Ancestors https://midland-ancestors.uk/  own Library in Birmingham.  Enquiries:

https://midland-ancestors.uk/resources/search-services/search-services-for-staffordshire-warwickshire-and-worcestershire/worcestershire-marriage-index/

Mike

[Maiden Stone]

I've used Midland Ancestor and predecessor and recommended them to others.