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==== Step 1. Select A County ==== | ==== Step 1. Select A County ==== | ||
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[[Image:Opr fig 1.jpg|center|865px|Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR)]]Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR). | [[Image:Opr fig 1.jpg|center|865px|Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR)]]Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR). | ||
There are three microfiche addenda containing 31,000 entries (FHL fiche 6025610). Search the addenda if a name you expect to find does not appear in the county indexes. Christenings are on addenda fiche 0001 and 0002, marriages on fiche 0002 and 0003. | There are three microfiche addenda containing 31,000 entries (FHL fiche 6025610). Search the addenda if a name you expect to find does not appear in the county indexes. Christenings are on addenda fiche 0001 and 0002, marriages on fiche 0002 and 0003. | ||
==== Step 3. Find The Name ==== | ==== Step 3. Find The Name ==== | ||
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[[Image:OPRFIGUr2.jpg|center|1211px|Figure 2: An example of an entry from the Old Parochial Registers Index]]Figure 2: An example of an entry from the Old Parochial Registers Index. | [[Image:OPRFIGUr2.jpg|center|1211px|Figure 2: An example of an entry from the Old Parochial Registers Index]]Figure 2: An example of an entry from the Old Parochial Registers Index. | ||
When an entry has been marked with a ß (beta) it indicates that the entry has been evaluated. This means that the information in the index does not match exactly the information that appeared in the original register. An example of an evaluated entry is a name change. A name change may occur when the original register listed an occupation instead of a name, such as Andrew, son of "James Thrift Bedell." The information in the entry was evaluated and a name was assigned. In this case, when the entry was evaluated, it was determined that "Bedell" was a church officer's occupation. The family name was Thrift. The Old Parochial Registers Index then shows Andrew Thrift, son of James Thrift and Catharin Bruce. | When an entry has been marked with a ß (beta) it indicates that the entry has been evaluated. This means that the information in the index does not match exactly the information that appeared in the original register. An example of an evaluated entry is a name change. A name change may occur when the original register listed an occupation instead of a name, such as Andrew, son of "James Thrift Bedell." The information in the entry was evaluated and a name was assigned. In this case, when the entry was evaluated, it was determined that "Bedell" was a church officer's occupation. The family name was Thrift. The Old Parochial Registers Index then shows Andrew Thrift, son of James Thrift and Catharin Bruce. | ||
==== Step 5. Note the FR number, if given ==== | ==== Step 5. Note the FR number, if given ==== | ||
Enlarge the image above and you will see a column headed 'Miscellaneous' which occasionally has a notation like 'FR | Enlarge the image above and you will see a column headed 'Miscellaneous' which occasionally has a notation like 'FR | ||
==== Step 6. Find The Original Source ==== | ==== Step 6. Find The Original Source ==== | ||
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*Find more information such as the husband's occupation, or the family's residence. | *Find more information such as the husband's occupation, or the family's residence. | ||
*However, records vary in their content, so not all registers contain additional information. | *However, records vary in their content, so not all registers contain additional information. | ||
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=== The OPR Index on Computers and the Internet === | === The OPR Index on Computers and the Internet === | ||