Dear Listers,
A partnership between The National Archive (TNA) at Kew, and S&N Genealogy
Supplies has made available on-line indexed images of non-parochial and
nonconformist registers 1567-1840 held in RG 4 and RG 5.
TNA holds 5,000 registers of a huge variety of nonconformist congregations,
including Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Protestant Dissenters (known
as 'Dr Williams Library') and Independents. There are also registers from a
small number of Roman Catholic communities.
Basic searching is free of charge, but there is a fee for advanced searching
and to download images.
A press release announcing this new resource is at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/14sep2007.pdf
A guide to the relevant registers is at:
http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/help/guide.htm
The online search engine is at:
http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/
A brief trial search, for births/baptisms of 'Thomas Evans', revealed 78
matching entries dated 1718 through to 1837. Half of the entries were from
Wales. Considering the popularity of nonconformism in Wales, could be a
really useful resource
Kind regards,
John
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John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK
E-mail: john(a)jlb2005.plus.com
John's Homepage:
http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/
Images of Wales:
http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/
Welsh Family History Archive:
http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/
GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/
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