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== Bishops’ transcripts == | == Bishops’ transcripts == | ||
Most bishops’ transcripts of Church of England parish registers have been preserved. Many have also been copied to microfilm or microfiche. The condition of the records is relatively good considering their age and their storage conditions over the centuries. In 1598 ministers were required to copy their registers onto parchment. These copies are referred to as bishops’ transcripts (BTs), or sometimes archdeacon transcripts. As a result, two copies of many parish registers exist from 1598 to about the mid-1800s. If the minister failed to make such a copy, the register for that parish and its records did not survive. During the Commonwealth period, 1649–1660, many parish registers disappeared, | Most bishops’ transcripts of Church of England parish registers have been preserved. Many have also been copied to microfilm or microfiche. The condition of the records is relatively good considering their age and their storage conditions over the centuries. In 1598 ministers were required to copy their registers onto parchment. These copies are referred to as bishops’ transcripts (BTs), or sometimes archdeacon transcripts. As a result, two copies of many parish registers exist from 1598 to about the mid-1800s. If the minister failed to make such a copy, the register for that parish and its records did not survive. During the Commonwealth period, 1649–1660, many parish registers disappeared or were not regularly, if kept at all. Many transcripts were not kept because ministers were deposed from their parishes up to the year of the Restoration (England's monarchical form of government, returned with Charles II). For those ancestors who were likely born, married or were buried in the 1640's and 1650's--when most parish records were not kept, always search parish BTs and parish registers from 1660, onward, as some parish curates entered in many retro-entries of christenings, marriages and a few burials due to the change in the political climate, with the return of many parish vicars/rectors to their parish livings (paid ministry). | ||
Before 1812, BTs were usually recorded on loose pieces of paper. After 1812, the transcripts were recorded on the same preprinted forms as parish registers. After [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] began in 1837, the value of keeping BTs diminished, so by 1870 most parishes had stopped making them. | Before 1812, BTs were usually recorded on loose pieces of paper. After 1812, the transcripts were recorded on the same preprinted forms as parish registers. After [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] began in 1837, the value of keeping BTs diminished, so by 1870 most parishes had stopped making them. | ||