I am finally in the next few months going to tackle a several decades old brick wall and I need to look at Hertfordshire parish registers (not available on Ancestry).
I see that Northaw is available at FindMyPast:
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/w ... rish-lists
Before I pay for a subscription with my measly little Aussie dollars I'd love to know if these records are digitised or whether it's only a database. This is not a guaranteed ancestor and may be a false lead.
Cheers,
Tamara
* FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
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Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Hi Tamara
They are digitised records (plus transcriptions) which you can either search or browse.
Enjoy!
Lizzie
They are digitised records (plus transcriptions) which you can either search or browse.
Enjoy!
Lizzie
Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Thank you! I shall stump up the extra cash and get a three month premium subscription so I can hit the 1921 census hard
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Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Tamara - for some reason I felt compelled to have a look at the Northaw registers. You may know this already but there appears to have been a serious fire there - the 1769-1812 register is only present on FMP as a transcript because the original was so badly burned. Some of the marriages are from a badly burnt PR. etc, etc.
So you may need to keep an eye out for any Bishop's Transcripts as well, to act as a cross-check...
So you may need to keep an eye out for any Bishop's Transcripts as well, to act as a cross-check...
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Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Thank you so much! This explains a lot. My brick wall may remain destined to be a brick wall...AdrianBruce wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024 22:28 Tamara - for some reason I felt compelled to have a look at the Northaw registers. You may know this already but there appears to have been a serious fire there - the 1769-1812 register is only present on FMP as a transcript because the original was so badly burned. Some of the marriages are from a badly burnt PR. etc, etc.
So you may need to keep an eye out for any Bishop's Transcripts as well, to act as a cross-check...
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Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Northaw BTs available at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library or FamilySearch Centre - see the Catalogue result for Northaw at the link below:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... =394535-50
https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... =394535-50
t4ms wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024 22:57Thank you so much! This explains a lot. My brick wall may remain destined to be a brick wall...AdrianBruce wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024 22:28 Tamara - for some reason I felt compelled to have a look at the Northaw registers. You may know this already but there appears to have been a serious fire there - the 1769-1812 register is only present on FMP as a transcript because the original was so badly burned. Some of the marriages are from a badly burnt PR. etc, etc.
So you may need to keep an eye out for any Bishop's Transcripts as well, to act as a cross-check...
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Researching: Spong, Ferdinando, Taylor, Lawley, Sinkins, Montgomery; Basiński, Hilferding, Ratowski, Paszkiewicz
Re: FindMyPast: Northaw parish registers
Thank you! I'm not sure when or if I'll be able to go to a centre but it's good to know.fhtess65 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2024 15:29 Northaw BTs available at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library or FamilySearch Centre - see the Catalogue result for Northaw at the link below:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... =394535-50
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