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From: Jill Forster <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] WENTWORTH or WINKWORTH?
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:09:06 +1100
In-Reply-To: <002e01c3ff69$04a3d2c0$0300000a@gateway>


Thanks Chris

Yes - sorry - but I was aware of that. Unfortunately none survive for the
Bedwyn area of Wiltshire. Not only that but the Parish Registers prior
to the Commonwealth Period (and the BTs) are almost faded out.

Regards

Jill in Sydney

>>> during the Commonwealth Period when there were no Parish Registrations of
>Births, Deaths and Marriages.
>
>To be pedantic for a moment the Commonwealth period is the only one, prior
>to 1837, when there was actually registration of **births** and **deaths**
>as opposed to baptisms and burials. It is just that few records actually
>survive for that period.
>
>Chris
>
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