--- David Carey wrote:
While at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City two weeks ago, I
searched for the parish registers for Hackney for records of John Cary
1510-1570. I discovered that while the library has microfilms of numerous
Hackney parish church records ranging from French Episcopal Church records to
Church of England, none of the parish records are earlier than 1766, two hundred
years too late for John Cary. An even sadder discovery was an inventory of
Hackney cemeteries which listed no Carys, but listed countless graves whose
monuments had been destroyed in the Blitz bombing of London in WWII. David
Carey
--- end of quote ---
Hi Dave,
I had a couple of items on my list to eventually check out concerning Hackney
when I got the time. The below items came from the LDS on-line library catalog,
and they seem to indicate that there are transcripts which date to 1545. I
assume that the church of England was probably the major show in town at that
date. But the description in the catalogs may not accurately reflect what is on
the film. So hoping not to duplicate items that you have already looked at, can
you tell me if you saw the items listed below? Thanks. Any interesting
discoveries about other Carys from Salt Lake that you can share? Jay
Computer printout of Hackney, St. John, Lond., Eng Stmnt.Resp.: extracted for
the controlled extraction program and published by the Genealogical Dept. of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Notes: Batch nos. 04215-1, 2. Extracted from microfilm copies of parish
registertranscripts on film nos. 0569924 it. 2, 0569925. Officially in
Middlesex.
Births and Christenings, A thru Z 1545-1812 (5 microfiches) FHL BRITISH Fiche
6904009
Marriages, A thru Z 1540,1589-1754 (2 microfiches) FHL BRITISH Fiche 6904010
Parish register printouts of Hackney, London, England, (Saint John),
christenings, 1545-1741 FHL BRITISH Film 933425 Item 2
Church of England. St. John's Church (Hackney)
Baptisms 1545-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 569924 Item 2
Marriages 1540-1754 Burials 1593-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 569925