XPost: england.genealogy.misc, soc.genealogy.computing, alt.genealogy   
   XPost: free.uk.genealogy, soc.genealogy.misc   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 08:51:00 +0200, Steve Hayes   
    wrote:   
      
   >But they recently seem to have acquired a new source, "Cumbria Parish   
   >Records", which they are showing in their "Hints". It actually seems   
   >to be an index rather than a transcription, and has far less   
   >information than their "English Birth and Christenings" resource,   
   >which is a transcription rather than an index, and often has a link to   
   >images of the actual parish records where you can check the accuracy   
   >of the transcription.   
      
   Someone from the Cumberland Family Huistoery Society tried to discuss   
   this with FamilySearch and commented:   
      
   "I have had a long series of exchanges with Family Search over this,   
   initially the responses were standard pro forma answers about how to   
   use the website which did not answer the question posed.   
      
   I have now received from them another standard answer which   
   essentially says "Thank you for reporting errors in this database   
   which they will investigate and address, however due to the volume of   
   work do not expect this to be for at least a year" and have closed   
   down my query.   
      
   Note that most of the entries in this so called Cumbria Database are   
   in fact from the Furness region of Lancashire, the full list of   
   records it contains is :   
      
   (Film Collection) Parish registers for Blawith, 1709-1902 / Church of   
   England. Chapelry of Blawith (Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish   
   registers for Egton-with-Newland, 1792-1917 / Church of England.   
   Chapelry of Egton-with-Newland (Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish   
   registers for Haverigg, 1891-1911 / Church of England. Chapelry of   
   Haverigg (Cumberland) (Film Collection) Parish registers for Holy   
   Trinity Church, Ulverston, 1832-1914 / Church of England. Holy Trinity   
   Church (Ulverston, Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish registers for   
   Ireleth, 1865-1909 / Church of England. Chapelry of Ireleth   
   (Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish registers for Kendal, 1558-1907   
   / Church of England. Parish Church of Kendal (Westmoreland) (Film   
   Collection) Parish registers for Kirkby-Lonsdale, 1538-1910 / Church   
   of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Lonsdale (Westmoreland) (Film   
   Collection) Parish registers for Lowick, 1718-1916 / Church of   
   England. Chapelry of Lowick (Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish   
   registers for Osmotherley, 1874-1908 / Church of England. Parish   
   Church of Osmotherley (Lancashire) (Film Collection) Parish registers   
   for St. George's Church, Millom, 1877-1909 / Church of England. St.   
   George's Church (Millom) (Film Collection) Parish registers for   
   Thwaites, 1724-1911 / Church of England. Chapelry of Thwaites   
   (Cumberland). (Film Collection) Parish registers for Ulverston,   
   1545-1911 / Church of England. Parish Church of Ulverston (Lancashire)   
   (Film Collection) Parish registers for Walney, 1744-1917 / Church of   
   England. Chapelry of Walney (Lancashire) (Film Collection) The   
   registers of the church of S. S. Michael & All Angels, Muncaster,   
   Cumbria in three parts / Church of England. Parish Church of Muncaster   
   (Cumberland)   
      
   So it is by no means a full record for the county of Cumbria."   
      
   So the Lancashire online parish clerks is probably a better bet   
   anyway.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes   
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