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From: Family History Society of Cheshire <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] What isn't on the IGI?
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:00:19 +0100


The message <000101c10ee9$cb644700$>
from "Ian Rhodes" <> contains these words:

> I was recently looking for a baptism on the IGI around the year 1801, but
> couldn't find a likely candidate. Does anyone know which churches are *not*
> on the IGI? This would seem to be a very useful piece of information when
> you run into a brick wall. I would be particualrly interested in south east
> Lancashire (about Ashton-under-Lyne) and north east Cheshire (Dukinfield
> etc)

Around 80% of Cheshire baptisms and marriages before 1850 are *not*
on the IGI, so don't be too surprised if you don't find entries that
you think should be there. Most of the submissions that do exist are
from individuals' family trees, and very few parishes have been fully
transcribed.

Hope this helps,

Brett Langston
The Family History Society of Cheshire
http://www.fhsc.org.uk/

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