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|    Re: Addresses of manses . . .    |
|    07 May 18 12:43:50    |
      From: john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr              On 07/05/2018 11:32, MB wrote:       > On 03/05/2018 09:19, john wrote:       >>       >> Ancestry has British Phone Books 1880-1984. A search with an Event in       >> the 1940s Location Inverness and Keyword Manse gives results but you       >> will need to look at each directory page to get the address itself.       >       > I use the phone books a lot but the search system is very poor.       >       > It insists on a surname so I can't see how you can search just on       > keyword "manse".       >       > Ancestry have some issues of Crockford's but latest is 1932 and it is       > the Anglican church which probably means they have the Scottish       > Episcopal church but not the Church of Scotland.       >       > Crockford's also have a website but not sure what you can search.       >       > Ancestry have the CoS Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae but again older       > editions though might give a clue to manse locations.       >       > The newspaper archive might give some references to manses and incumbents.       >       > 1940s might not be too difficult because it is in more recent years when       > many manses have been sold and the church bought a smaller house.       >       > Another source will be the Valuation Rolls on ScotlandsPeople, I think       > they have an issue in the 1930s free.       >              I must have used the top level search with just Event in the 1940s       Location Inverness and Keyword Manse. I then selected the Schools,       Directories & Church Histories category and it gives the British Phone       Book records as the top hits. You can then even go further and select       Telephone Directories!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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