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What do probate & parish records mean?
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Louise2212 | Report | 25 May 2005 14:35 |
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no problem - sorry i couldn't find what it was you found |
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Pamela | Report | 25 May 2005 14:34 |
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Aaah! Thanks for that, Kate. Must admit I haven't been able to find the same info on any other site, so that could well be what's happened. Won't part with any money unless I find the same records elsewhere. Thanks also to you, Louise, for getting back to me so quickly. |
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Kate | Report | 25 May 2005 14:25 |
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Haven't got time to look now as I have to go out, but just thought I'd let you know that on ancestry it often comes up with matches for a name just because all the components of that name come up on the same page of something, but not necessarily all in the same person's name. So if you look up Britt Hannah Phillips it might just be a page with a Hannah, a Phillips and a Britt on. Kate. |
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Louise2212 | Report | 25 May 2005 14:21 |
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typed in britt oxenham got this OXENHAM, Britt Hannah 1894 December Births Merthyr Tydfil Breconshire Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan Volume: 11a Page: 734 doesn't seem to be any britt hannah's - just hannah oxenham, and the same for phillips |
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Pamela | Report | 25 May 2005 14:20 |
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Thanks a lot Louise. Her name's Britt Hannah Oxenham (married name Phillips) and she was born in Merthyr Tydfil in either 1894 or 96. One of the entries is for Britt Hannah Oxenham in Devon, and the other for Britt Hannah Phillips in Surrey. I really appreciate this! |
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Phoenix | Report | 25 May 2005 14:18 |
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Probate records are wills, parish records are usually taken as baptisms, marriages and burials. I would be very wary of paying for this info - some I gather is freely available elsewhere. |
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Louise2212 | Report | 25 May 2005 14:15 |
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probate - wills parish - churches records (baptisms, marriage, banns, etc) what's her name - i'll take a look |
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Pamela | Report | 25 May 2005 14:14 |
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My grandmother - who, as far as I know, spent her whole life in Wales - had a very unusual name. On Ancestry.co.uk I found two entries for someone with the same name (one under her maiden name and the other under her married name) in different parts of england. In the column on the right, the text read births, deaths, marriages, probate and parish records. I can't read the entries without paying, but before I do that I just wondered if anyone has any idea what probate and parish records mean? Many thanks, Pam |
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