Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference

Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference (reply)

AndyRoberts — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:32:34 +0000

Thanks for the information - I'll have a look at Ancestry tomorrow and hopefully it will give me more of an idea of where my Great Grandparents were buried in the 1940's

Andy

Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference (reply)

AndyRoberts — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:30:38 +0000

Thanks for you help, May. I've had a look at the Gloucester Records which has clarified that the document is mostly for Tidenham's main parish Church (but also with entries for a smaller church some distance away) - Since my ancestors lived almost next to the main Church I think they must be buried their, so it's a pity I didn't find them last weekend.

Andy

Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference (reply)

MPGriffiths — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:17:04 +0000

If you look at the front page of Register of Burials in the Parish of Tidenham, in the County of Gloucester (on Ancestry)

There is a stamp from the Gloucestershire Records Office top right hand corner and written in the centre of this Stamp Mark is:

P333/1
IN 1/17

The first burial on the next page is 18 December 1853, for Mary HOPKINS of Tidenham

This book has 218 pages and the last burial is around 1957

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Baptisms from 1837-1864 at Tidenham - Stamp Mark on Page 3 of 112 pages from 1837-1864 : P333/1 IN 1/4

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Marriages from 1837-1902 at Tidenham - Stamp Mark on Pages 5 & 7 of 268 pages : P333 IN 1/8

'Lovely cover on this marriage book which was produced by : John SMITH, Accompt-Book Manufacturer & Book Binder : 49 Long Acre, London'.

Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference (reply)

May — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:44:50 +0000

This Register Reference is for the original book at the Gloucester Archives and would be the source of the transcription.

P333 would be the Parish, the /1 would be which of the churches and the 1/17 would refer to the individual document.

You could try putting P333/1 in the search box on the Glos. Archives site and see all the records they have for this church.

Meaning of Parish Record fields - Esp Register_Reference

AndyRoberts — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 21:58:10 +0000

Is there a key or explanation of the codes that are in the Register_Reference field in Parish Record entries in the database. I am interested in the Tidenham parish which has a number of different churches - I was hoping to find out if the code "P333/1 IN 1/17" in the Register_Reference field helps to identify which Church my ancestors were buried at.

Thanks for any help

Andy