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=== Bishop's Transcripts<br> === | === Bishop's Transcripts<br> === | ||
'''Bishop’s Transcripts'''. Beginning in 1598 each parish was supposed to send a copy of its registers to the bishop of its diocese. Most parishes complied. | '''Bishop’s Transcripts (BT's)'''. Beginning in 1598 each parish was supposed to send a copy of its registers to the bishop of its diocese. Most parishes complied. Bishop's transcripts should be an exact copy of the parish register but they often are not. This may be because: | ||
*The minister was saving time and space by abreviating entries when copying them. | |||
*The minister may have added ''more'' detail to an entry when he copied it into the BTs. | |||
*BT's were on separate pieces of parchment and some may have been lost over the years. | |||
*BT's may survive where the parish registers do not. | |||
*Entries may have been accidently skipped or mis-transcribed when the record was copied for the BT's. | |||
The current location of original bishop’s transcripts is given in: | The current location of original bishop’s transcripts is given in: | ||
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Most films contain all the years for one parish on one film. However, some are arranged by deanery and year. Those arranged by year and then by deanery are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalogue under: | Most films contain all the years for one parish on one film. However, some are arranged by deanery and year. Those arranged by year and then by deanery are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalogue under: | ||
England, [county name] - Church records | England, [county name] - Church records | ||
=== Parish Chest Records === | === Parish Chest Records === | ||