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From: "norman.lee1" <>
Subject: Re: Essex records on the IGI
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:47:45 +0100


----- Original Message -----
From: "norman.lee1" <>
To: "Terri K" <>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Essex records on the IGI


> Simply not recorded on the IGI. Out of my 3x greats six children, only one
> was recorded despite one of them being the entry in the register above the
> one that was recorded. These records are not to be totally relied on.
>
> Audrey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terri K" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:26 AM
> Subject: Essex records on the IGI
>
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > I checked the lists of batch numbers for Essex and found to my
> disappointment, that there are few records of either christenings or
> marriages recorded on the IGI for my part of Essex - Chingford and
> Walthamstow. I was lucky enough to find the christening record of my 4th
> Great grandmother, and two of her siblings, but given the gaps in those
> dates I feel there must have been more children. Also there are no
marriage
> records available which cover the years when my 5th Great grandparents
were
> probably married. Makes it very difficult to go back further.
> >
> > Can anyone enlighten me as to why there are so few records available for
> this area? i.e. records lost, or simply not yet recorded by the LDS.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Terri
> > Toowoomba. Qld. Australia.
> >
> >
>

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