Comments on: Test yourself and take the Parish Challenge!

By: Laura Clarke

Laura Clarke — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:17:35 +0000

1) Father’s occupation and address
2) Not kept in books so some have been lost, damaged, or not transcribed. Some were written in latin.
3) Dade records have additional info including the mothers and grandparents details.
4)Of this parish
5)A parish which existed before 1597 and served both secular and ecclesiastical roles

By: Sue Harrison

Sue Harrison — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:50:44 +0000

1) Occupation of father. Abode. Marital status
2) They were not always in books, only on parchment and have since been lost.
3)Dade registers will usually record the name of the subject and also parents and grandparents
4) Of This Parish
5)A parish from the early Middle Ages, pre 1597 and existed for ecclesiastical and secular functions.

By: k dunnell

k dunnell — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:42:15 +0000

1) Fathers name and occupation and address
2) They were kept on separate sheets which often deteriorated and became unreadable
3 Also included mother’s name and the names of both grandfathers, plus date of birth of child
4) Of This Parish
5) A parish that existed before 1597 and served both secular and ecclesiastical roles

By: Janet Mozelewski

Janet Mozelewski — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:06:28 +0000

1)Additional information can include: Rank, occupation of parents, marital status (whether widow, batchelor etc etc), legitimacy, abode. Also vicars would sometimes add notes to registers giving more particulars about specific incidents.
2)They had been kept on seperate sheets and had become lost or damaged. Some had been incorrectly copied and others were not copied at all when they were transcibed.
3)More details about the mother, her status, occupation and descent. The date of birth of a child not just the date of the baptism. Abode and if of the parish. Seniority of children.
4)Of This Parish.
5)An area under the jurisdiction of a clergyman with cure of souls, but which gained secular functions in later periods.

By: Kathryn Casbolt

Kathryn Casbolt — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:43:51 +0000

1. Father’s occupation and address
2. Poor writing and in written in Latin
3. Included the details for mother and grandparents
4. Of This Parish
5. An ‘Ancient Parish’ existed before 1597 serving both secular and ecclesiastical roles

By: Caroline Shepherd

Caroline Shepherd — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:23:29 +0000

1. Name and occupation of father
2. Not kept in books, so many records are lost or incomplete
3. Details of mother and grandparents
4. Of This Parish
5. A parish that existed before 1597 and which serves both ecclesiastical and secular functions.

By: Catherine Smith

Catherine Smith — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:09:39 +0000

1 Occupation & address of father
2 They did not have to be kept in book form so there may be gap years where records have been lost or not even kept. Also they were in latin.
3 Details for mother & grandparents
4 Of This Parish
5 Before Henry VIII they were formed to provide an ecclesiastical function

By: Maggie Osborn

Maggie Osborn — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:29:30 +0000

1. Occupations, affadavits, value, status.
2. Copies were not required to be sent to the bishop of the diocese until 1598.
3. Details: seniority (e.g. first son), father’s descent (i.e. names, professions and places of abode of the father’s parents), similar information about the mother, and mother’s parents.
4. Of This Parish.
5. Preceding the Norman Conquest and until dissolution of the monasteries (1533-7)

By: carol jones

carol jones — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:20:22 +0000

1)FATHERS NAME AND OCCUPATION
2)POOR HANDWRITING AND WAS WRITTEN IN LATIN
3)PATERNAL AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS NAMES AND DOB FOR THE BABY
4)OF THIS PARISH
5)A PARISH THAT EXISTED BEFORE 1597 AND SERVED BOTH SECULAR AND ECCLESTIASTICAL ROLES PRIOR TO ENGLANDS BREAK WITH ROME

By: Jo Morris

Jo Morris — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:38:27 +0000

1) Father’s occupation. Also, some record the place of abode.
2) Some parishes ignored the request to keep records; some between 1538-1597 were just kept of scraps of paper which were lost or deteriorated and became unreadable.
3) Dade records include additional generations (grandparents etc)
4) Of This Parish
5) Ancient Parishes existed prior to 1597