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From: "Jan Bousse" <>
Subject: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:56:12 +0100
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Hello Dorothy,

I am sure that your reference to film 1291714 would be right, it seems to be
a continuation of 1291702 and 1291705 that I consulted in London. I don't
know why I did not see 1291714 while I was there, either it was not there or
I did not look far enough. The fact is that I worked there for six hours and
by then one gets a bit tired! They seem to have a great deal of films for
Jamaica, as I am sure they have a sizable Jamaican clientele. Of course, the
problem is that I may not be going back to the FHC in London for a few
months and I feel that ordering the film here in Belgium is rather
cumbersome. You say that that film covers 1840-1848, the year I believe is
1842, no precise date. I would still like to look at births in 1874 and
1876, before civil registration and maybe too late for the other records. Do
you think there is a chance to find these? Edward seems to think it's not
possible.

Thanks again,
Jan



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dorothy Kew" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817


> 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
>



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