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   Message 129,176 of 130,039   
   Athel Cornish-Bowden to Steven Gibbs   
   Re: Interesting PR entries   
   09 Oct 19 12:37:35   
   
   From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2019-10-08 20:49:09 +0000, Steven Gibbs said:   
      
   > On 08/10/2019 17:27, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   >> I think it is always fun to find something a little out of the ordinary   
   >> in Parish Registers, even if it is does distract from the serious   
   >> business of finding out about one's own relatives.   
   >>   
   > On the death of a 78 year old man:-   
   > "Parish clerk for upwards 30 years. Converted to God at the age of 76.   
   > What has [sic] God wrought?"   
   > (Colmworth, Bedfordshire, 1825)   
      
   One might think that a Parish clerk would be converted to God a bit   
   sooner than that! Maybe not, however: someone assured me many years ago   
   that most cathedral organists in England are atheists (on what evidence   
   or knowledge I don't know).   
      
      
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