READING

England Research Outline pp. 14-18,20-21

Herber, Mark. Ancestral Trails (FHL Ref 942 D27hm)

Rogers, Colin. Family Tree Detective (FHL Ref 942 D27r 1997) pp. 74-112, 116-121, 158-174,178,206-216

Other Readings (not assigned yet)

England and Wales: Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts of the Church of England, outline from 1976 Priesthood Genealogical Seminar Syllabus, vol. 2, pages 61-65.

England: Controlled Extraction Program and the IGI, outline from 1976 Priesthood Genealogical Seminar Syllabus, vol. 2, pages 58-60.

Gardner, David E. and Smith, Frank, Genealogical Research in England and Wales, Salt Lake City, 1956.

Steel, D.J., National Index of Parish Registers, Baltimore, 1967.

Burn, John Southerden, The History of the Parish Registers in England, London, 1862.

Cox, J. Charles, The Parish Registers of England, London, 1910. (Available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/parishregisterso00coxjuoft)

Print out the assignment, record your answers, and turn it in the week following the discussion. This is the first of two parish register assignments.

Assignment

1. What is the difference between a parish register and a bishop's transcript?

2. In which month did the year 1725 begin?

3. Does the Family History Library have any parish registers for Foxholes, Yorkshire? If so, for what years? Is there a parish print-out?

4. Find the marriage of John Halliday and Ann Ward in Foxholes, Yorkshire. They were married in 1806. Record the date and cite reference.

5. What are the names of John and Ann Halliday's children? List their christening dates, and any other information you feel is relevant to this family.