Post by Zenobia on Apr 2, 2007 20:37:12 GMT -5
Most Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts for most parishes have gaps in the early years, which I have dubbed "Black Holes". All of us have ancestors whose baptisms or burials got swallowed up in one of those holes.
The earliest registers for Gwithian begin in 1560 and are remarkably complete, but there are a few missing years.
Below are the missing years. This may be helpful for those compiling early Gwithian families, where persons are known to exist from Wills or other records, but whose birth or death cannot be found. Knowing which years are not extant can often help to narrow down the time period of the missing events.
Baptisms - missing years:
pre 1560
1564
1579-1580
1596 *
1607-1613
1636
1643-1652
1657-1658
1686-1696**
1707
* this year is listed, but reads "none"
** One earlier year in the 1690s exists, but the year is torn off
Note: Some mixed baptisms for various years in the 1640s-1660s are scattered here and there thru the register.
Burials - missing years:
pre 1560
1578-1580
1586
1628
1644-1651
1657
1690
1693-1694
1723
The earliest registers for Gwithian begin in 1560 and are remarkably complete, but there are a few missing years.
Below are the missing years. This may be helpful for those compiling early Gwithian families, where persons are known to exist from Wills or other records, but whose birth or death cannot be found. Knowing which years are not extant can often help to narrow down the time period of the missing events.
Baptisms - missing years:
pre 1560
1564
1579-1580
1596 *
1607-1613
1636
1643-1652
1657-1658
1686-1696**
1707
* this year is listed, but reads "none"
** One earlier year in the 1690s exists, but the year is torn off
Note: Some mixed baptisms for various years in the 1640s-1660s are scattered here and there thru the register.
Burials - missing years:
pre 1560
1578-1580
1586
1628
1644-1651
1657
1690
1693-1694
1723