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From: "Dorothy Kew" <>
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:05:20 -0500
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Hi Jan:

What Patricia has on her web site is a list of the various microfilms of
baptisms for parishes, which include entries for St. Mary that aren't
indexed, because the original index is missing, after 1847. It is organized
by dates, so if you had an idea of the time period you could go through the
section for St. Mary in the film that matches that date. These parish
registers of baptisms cover several parishes. As for the citation you
found, to vol. 8, folio 3, that would most likely refer to FHL film #
1291714, Parish Registers, Baptisms, (v. 7-8, p. 167), covering 1840-1848.
The only way you would find an actual entry on Patricia's web site is if she
had extracted that record in her registers. If it's not there, then you
have to go to the film in question.

Hope that covers it! Let me know!

Dorothy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Bousse" <>
To: <>
Sent: March 9, 2003 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817


> Thank you Dorothy, old girl! In fact, I know how old you are, and you are
> quite a bit younger than me! But I won't divulge our ages here. Let's
> therefore go to the core of your information. I was able to check FHL film
> 1291702. I jotted down the contents : St. Mary Paris Bapt., marr., burial
> index (v.1) 1752-1847 (vol. 2 missing). But as far as I could see that was
> only an index, where I found the name William Campbell, who could have
been
> the William Campbell mentioned as John Campbell's father at the latter's
> marriage on 28 Dec. 1898. John was then said to be 24, therefore
presumably
> born in 1874. Finding no other William Campbell, I am hoping that the one
> born in 1842 could be John's father, who would have been 32 when that
> presumed son John was born. Quite possible, no? But in the index there is
> only a reference to the birth register : 8, and the folio : 3. Are you
> telling me now that the actual baptism is there and that Patricia Jackson
> has it in her website?
>
> Of course I remember the "elusive mariner", does he still elude you?
>
> I hope I'll come to the end of this, thank you for what you have told me
> already.
>
> Jan.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dorothy Kew" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817
>
>
> > Hah, Jan, I'm older than you think! No, I meant to say that she was my
> > great-grandmother, the mother of my grandfather, William Dey Smdemore.
> To
> > be honest with you, I have no real documentary proof of this, as it's
> mainly
> > family story, which is as follows: my grandfather, William Dey
Smedmore,
> > was illegitimate, his mother being Ann Wood, of Port Royal, where he was
> > born, and his father a seafaring Englishman, named William Smedmore.
I'm
> > sure you remember my search for this elusive mariner in the Public
Record
> > Office! Since the Ann Wood I found in the Port Royal baptismal register
> was
> > the only one, and she sort of fitted the time period, I had to go with
> her.
> > Sadly, on William's baptism in January 1837 (he was born October 1836),
> > there were no parents named, because he was illegitimate.
> >
> > You should be able to find baptisms for those Campbells you mentioned in
> the
> > St. Mary parish records. Unfortunately, I don't have that film on loan,
> or
> > I could look up the names for you. The index is FHL film # 1291702 --
> > includes Baptism, marriage and burial indexes, 1752-1847. Vol. 2 of the
> > indexes is missing and was not filmed, but Patricia Jackson has put on
her
> > web page where the actual indexed entries for St. Mary can be found, at
> > http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/unindex.htm Anyway, you would
> > probably be interested in vol. 1, I imagine.
> >
> >
> > Hope that helps, Jan, from your old friend (!)
> >
> > Dorothy
>
>
>
>
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