BT 's (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, July 31, 2010, 14:42 (5234 days ago) @ Trudy Johnson

BT - means in this context the Bishops Transcripts ( a sort of parallel summary of the old parish registers)

From 1598 an annual return was made to the Bishop of a copy of all entries from the Parish Register for that year to about Easter or Lady Day. Some are less good than the originals and some more so. It is recommended that these are checked against the Registers. As they are sometimes copied by a Church Warden they can include more details that the Registers, useful for the family historian.

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