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I am grateful that the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church has microfilmed
so many vital records and made them available through their
Family History Centers. It is mainly from their microfilms and fiche that I have
been able to find so much information.
Sources can be accessed quickly by clicking on
a link below.
[Germany] [England]
[Ireland] [Scotland] [Grenada]
[Abbott] [Aird] [Bain]
[Barth] [Bodenstein] [Comissiong/Commisiong]
[Daniel] [Davison] [Donaldson]
[Duncan] [Gillmer] [McLay]
[Martin] [Mitchell] [Morris]
[O'Reilly] [Otway] [Preudhomme]
[Roche] [Romney] [Spormann/Sporman]
[Summers] [Thompson] [Wallbrink]
GERMANY (Many records
filmed by LDS)
The Germans have always been excellent records keepers. The birth records will sometimes list the death
date and place or a note saying the person "left for
America." You must know the "town" where your people
were from if you hope to find them in the records. Of course, the records are written
in German and are easier to read after about 1820. The government
records are easier in most cases to read because the records were standardized
in most cases. The church records are a paragraph or so and the
handwriting can be impossible at times to make out even with the best
examples of German letters/characters.
The German Handwriting Guide that I found most helpful can
be found at the Latter Day Saints (LDS) website located at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/guide/Germany17.asp
GREAT BRITAIN (Many
records filmed by LDS with the exception of Ireland)
ENGLAND
The source records in England are very
good and in some cases excellent. The government began record
keeping in 1837 (known as St. Catherine's House Records for where
they were previously stored) and most people complied. Before
that time, it is necessary to not only know where your people
lived, but where they went to church. Parish or church records
are available in most areas back into the 1500's. Quite a few pre
1837 records have been microfilmed by the LDS (Mormon) church and
are available to rent (cost of shipping) at Family History Centers. There are still
some areas that have not been filmed because the local Minister,
etc., would not give permission for filming. Unfortunately, that
has been a problem for me as most of the areas I need are not yet on
film.
IRELAND
Some records are available prior to the
government requirement for registering (about 1863). Unfortunately,
most Parish records were lost in the 1922 Four Courts Fire in
Dublin. Research in Ireland is very difficult because of the lack
of church or Census records. The government is currently
undergoing digitization of the records that are remaining.
Records for an area can be searched for a fee. County Cork, still
uncompleted, is where my Irish ancestors were from and is the
second largest County.
SCOTLAND
The Scottish
Parochial records have been put onto CD and are available at
local Family History Centers. The records are from the 1600s to
about 1856 and include marriages and christenings and births. Dates,
places and parents names, when known, are listed. These records are not complete, but offer the best source of
vital records available for Scotland. The film number for the original records can be
ordered for viewing at local LDS Family History Centers as are available Census records.
It helps if you can read Latin for any Catholic records and other church records
before the 1700's.
There is a wonderful map of Scotland 1641-1892 here .
Choose "Scotland 1641-1892" from British Isles Maps.
GRENADA (All available
records filmed by LDS)
Records for St. George's are very good
and go back to about 1700 or so in English and farther back in
French and Portuguese. Few records exist for St. Patrick's or St.
David's because of a fire that burned most of the records that were being
temporarily stored
at Douglastone Estate.
The LDS filmed all available records
several years ago. The records include government vital records
(births, marriages, deaths), land records (called Indentures),
slave records, and Anglican Parish records (baptism/birth, marriage, death). Most of the records are easy to read, but
there are several years that are so damaged (example) that they cannot be read. Damage was due partly
to the damp climate of the Island, insects, poor storage
conditions and careless handling.
ABBOTT
AIRD
 | David Colin McKenzie Aird, 1831 (birth/baptism) |
| John McKenzie Aird, Esq., 1830 (marriage to Dorothea Davison) |
BAIN
| Cecil Everet Bain, 1914 (marriage to Opal Violet Commissiong) |
BARTH
| Albert Emil Barth, 1998 (Army Discharge from Spanish American War, pg 1,
pg 2) |
| Albert Emil Barth, 1907 (San Francisco Building Trades Council's Temple
Association) |
| Albert Emil Barth, 1908 (Sheet Metal Worker's Hall Association) |
| Albert Emil Barth, 1956 (Newspaper article) |
| Barth's listed in 1909 San Francisco, CA, Directory |
| Karl Konrad/Charles Conrad Barth, 1849 (birth) |
| Charles Conrad Barth, 1875 (marriage to Bertha
Henrietta Luise Bodenstein) |
| Charles Conrad Barth, 1911 (obituary) |
| Otto Gustave Barth, 1916 (Discharge pg 1, pg 2, from Army of the United
States) |
BODENSTEIN
| Bertha Henrietta Luise Bodenstein, 1875 (marriage to
Charles Conrad Barth) |
| Bertha Henrietta Luise Bodenstein, 1920 (obituary) |
COMISSIONG / COMMISSIONG
| John Andrew Comissiong, 1829 (marriage to Ann Currie) |
| Opal Violet Commissiong, 1914 (marriage to Cecil
Everet Bain) |
DANIEL
DAVISON
| Dorothea Davison, 1830 (marriage to John McKenzie Aird, Esq.) |
DONALDSON
| Albert Donaldson, 1901 (burial) |
| Gertrude Donaldson, 1901 (burial) |
| Herbert Randolph Donaldson, 1904 (marriage
to Agnes Marion Preudhomme) |
| James Donaldson, 1901 (burial) |
| Kate Donaldson, 1901 (burial) |
| Marion Maud Donaldson, 1905 (marriage to John Evelyn Redford Roche), 1956 (death) |
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DUNCAN
| Agnes Duncan, 1817 (birth) |
GILLMER
| Catherine Sarah Gillmer, 1838 (marriage to
John Roche) |
MCLAY
| Rose McLay, 1878 (Indenture result of will, page 1 of 4 -
typed
translation) |
MARTIN
MITCHELL
| Louis Rudolph Mitchell, 1877 (marriage to Adalia Winfred Steele) |
| Myrtle Eileen Mitchell, 1927 (baptism) |
| William Steele Mitchell, 1912 (marriage to
Alice Auguste Lewis) |
MORRIS
| Charles Morris, Esq., 1789 (burial) |
| William Morris, 1822 (death) |
O'REILLY
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OTWAY
| Alan John Otway, 1915 (baptism) |
| Alice Paterson Otway, 1926 (burial) |
| Arthur Bridgewater Otway, 1909 (marriage to Constance Millicent
Holmes) |
| Arthur Bridgewater Otway, 1880 (baptism, confirmation) |
| Beryl Kathleen Otway, 1926 (baptism) |
| Catherine Otway, 1618 (christening) |
| Edward Otway, 1806 (birth/baptism) |
| Harriet Otway, 1798 (birth/baptism) |
| Henry Otway, 1798 (birth/baptism) |
| Herbert Loftus Otway, 1913 ((baptism) |
| Isabell Otway, 1614 (christening) |
| Loftus Otway, 1927 (burial) |
| Louis Walter Otway, 1912 (birth/baptism) |
| Louisa Otway, 1854 (marriage to George Alexander Kendall) |
| Nella Adeline Otway, 1906 ((baptism) |
| Phillis Maria Otway, 1906 (birth/baptism) |
| Reba Ivy Otway, 1913 (birth/baptism) |
| Robert Otway, 1786 (marriage to Harriet Bridgewater) |
| Robert Mayne Otway, 1900 (marriage to Mary Annie Smith) |
| Thomas Otway, 1853 (marriage to Annie Macewan) |
| Thomas Otway, 1616 (christening) |
| William Allister Otway, 1908 (birth/baptism) |
PREUDHOMME
| Agnes Marion Preudhomme, 1904 (marriage to Herbert
Randolph Donaldson) |
| Amidiana Sophia Preudhomme, 1883 (marriage to Savite Tyndell Carraway) |
| Anna Maud Preudhomme, 1894 (marriage to Charles Edgar Thompson) |
| Augustus James Amadeus Preudhomme, 1859 (birth/baptism) |
| David Felix Preudhomme, 1911 (burial) |
| David Hasma Preudhomme, 1848 (baptism - poor quality due to ink bleed through
of original) |
| David Hasma Preudhomme, 1862 (birth/baptism - poor quality due to ink bleed-through
of original) |
| David King Preudhomme, 1843 (birth/baptism) |
| Eunah Preudhomme, 1923 (burial) |
| Felix Preudhomme's Will, 1852 (pg 1, typed
complete) |
| Felix Preudhomme, 1878 (marriage to Margaret Anna Otway) |
| Felix Juleanus Preudhomme, 1820 (birth/baptism) |
| Felix Julianus Preudhomme, 1857 (birth/baptism) |
| Felix Wilcot Preudhomme, 1864 (baptism) |
| George King Preudhomme, 1846 (birth/baptism), 1900
(burial) |
| Henry Achiles Preudhomme, 1864 (baptism) |
| Inkerman Agustus Donaldson Preudhomme, 1901 (confirmation) |
| James Amadeus Preudhomme, 1897 (will - pg 1,
pg 2, pg 3) |
| Julia Elizabeth Preudhomme, 1850 (birth/baptism) |
| Julien Lussan Preudhomme, 1860 (birth/baptism) |
| Lucy Preudhomme, 1907 (burial) |
| Marion Ivy Preudhomme, 1901 (confirmation) |
| William Felix Roche Preudhomme,
1879 (birth/baptism) |
| William Augustus Preudhomme, 1855 (birth/baptism) |
| William Augustus Preudhomme, 1856 (marriage to Sarah Hall McEwan) |
| Zatilla Jane Preudhomme, 1858 (birth/baptism) |
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ROCHE
| Daphne Aird Roche, 1986 (citizenship - newspaper
article) |
| Eleazer Birch Roche, 1848 (birth),
1881 ( marriage to Sarah Helen Winter) |
| Eleazer Birch Roche, 1912 (Biography in "East Anglia in the 20th
Century") |
| George Ralph Melvern Roche, 1948 (death) |
| John Evelyn Redford Roche, 1905 ( marriage to Marion Maud
Donaldson), 1961 (death) |
| John Roche, 1812 (marriage to Lydia Abbott) |
| John Roche, 1838 (marriage to Catherine Sarah
Gillmer) |
| Lydia Roche, 1842 (birth) |
| Margaret Geraldine Roche, 1937 (marriage -
guest list) |
| Roche newspaper article (Lord Roche of Oxford; Miriam (Roche) Joaquim;
Daphne (Roche) Preudhomme) |
| Samuel Edward Roche, 1892 (burial) |
| Samuel William MacKenzie Roche, 1857 (birth/baptism) |
ROMNEY
| E. M. Romney, 1902 (burial) |
| Flora Amanda Romney, 1864 (baptism) |
| James Fraser Romney, 1819 (birth) |
| John Romney, 1821 (birth) |
| Mary Anne Romney, 1822 (birth) |
| Ruth Romney, 1819 (marriage to George McEwen) |
| Thomas Romney, 1819 (birth) |
| William H. Romney, 1918 (burial) |
SPORMANN / SPORMAN
SUMMERS
THOMPSON
WALLBRINK
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