{"id":93,"date":"2007-09-01T20:08:42","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T03:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/01\/little-known-british-isles-records-you-may-not-have-researched-yet\/"},"modified":"2007-09-01T20:08:42","modified_gmt":"2007-09-02T03:08:42","slug":"little-known-british-isles-records-you-may-not-have-researched-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/01\/little-known-british-isles-records-you-may-not-have-researched-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Little-Known British Isles Records You May Not Have Researched. Yet."},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was preparing\u00a0 for my presentations at the British Isles Genealogy Seminar held last weekend in Culver City Ca, I encountered several historical records new to me.\u00a0 And I think they will be new to you too.\u00a0 And if you have a 20-year genealogy research problem, knowing about some alternative sources could be very useful.<\/p>\n

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  1. Cromwellian Debentures.\u00a0<\/strong> Examples in James Carty, Ireland From the Flight of the<\/em> Earls to Grattan’s Parliament, 1607-1782.<\/em>\u00a0 Dublin:\u00a0 C.J. Fallon, 1949.\u00a0 These records are agreements for the composition of payment for services rendered to the Commonwealth and Protectorate Oliver Cromwell from 1646-1649.\u00a0 Vouchers were submitted for payments in arrears after the death of King Charles I in 1649.\u00a0 A special form was printed and circulated, with the data handwritten in the blanks.<\/li>\n
  2. Parish Notebooks.<\/strong>\u00a0 See Geoffrey Yeo, “Some Little-Used Sources for Vital Registrations in the City of London,” Genealogists’ Magazine<\/em> 20 (June 1980): 98-102.\u00a0 Have you ever read a clean parish register or a Bishop ‘s transcript–one without ink blotches, smudges or smears,\u00a0 crossed out entries,\u00a0 words inserted between the lines?\u00a0 And wondered,\u00a0 is this a re-copied\u00a0 record?\u00a0\u00a0 I have.\u00a0\u00a0 The notebooks originally kept in the parish chest include the working entries made by the parish clerk or the sexton at the time of the events.\u00a0\u00a0 And from these notebook entries,\u00a0 the parish register and the transcript\u00a0 are copied.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Makes sense–lots of people need a rough draft first.\u00a0\u00a0 The notebooks often contain additional information\u00a0 that does not fit\u00a0 the\u00a0 fill-in-the-blanks\u00a0 pages of the “original” records.\u00a0 And where years are missing because of record neglect or mistreatment, the notebooks can fill in the gaps.\u00a0 Seek these notebooks in county record offices and private muniment rooms.<\/li>\n
  3. Toll Books.<\/strong>\u00a0 Described and illustrated in”Machynlleth Toll Books, 1632,”\u00a0 National<\/em> Library of Wales Journal<\/em> 6 (1949-50) 96ff.\u00a0 The toll booth register along\u00a0 turnpikes was the place where livestock bought and sold at local fairs was recorded.\u00a0 The register includes toll paid for using the road, name of buyer and place of residence, name of seller and place of residence, number and kind of livestock, price paid per head.\u00a0 In the article there is\u00a0 also a map of Wales showing the relationships and distances between the places of residence.\u00a0 Very enlightening record.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is a question to get you thinking about British record types and their contents:\u00a0 What is a magistrate’s caution<\/em>?\u00a0 Stay tuned to the next issues of this Genealogy News Sheet<\/em> for the answer to check and expand your knowledge.<\/p>\n

    Your favorite genealogy evidence guru, Arlene Eakle.<\/p>\n

    P.S.\u00a0 For those of you have inquired, Afton is doing quite well.\u00a0 She accompanied me to the British Isles Seminar last week, stopping along the way to visit our dentist.\u00a0 And she stayed 4 days longer to be with her granddaughter and her family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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