LONDON-L Archives

Archiver > LONDON > 2000-04 > 0956078410


From: "Kit Heald" <>
Subject: RE: Parish Registers
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:20:10 +0100
In-Reply-To: <01BFA89B.56E4DDA0.r_griston@dccnet.com>


SNIP
> >>Apparently, parish priests felt free to write any comments they
> >>chose
> alongside marriages,
> >>deaths, etc, such as thief, prostitute, beggar, good man, etc.
>
> Am I wrong in my thought that these were not judgment calls on the part
> of
> the priest, but were instead acknowledged fact?
>
> Mary Hayward Brockmeyer
>
Surely we have learnt that in this hobby (way of life :-)) of ours we cannot
judge people or times in the past by the same criteria we use today.


Kit Heald
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Searching for:
Ssx - BOOTH, CRUTTENDEN, ELLIS (Boxgrove),GROUNDSELL (Boxgrove), SAUNDERS (Herstmonceux), STUBBERFIELD, TERRY
Mdx - CHESSER, CRABB, CROFT, CURTIS, GROUNDSELL, WATERS
Lan - HEALD (Chorley, Salford, Manchester, Warrington)
SFHG No: 6093 L&NMFHS No: 3618

This thread: