Which is right?

[Darksecretz]

I have been doing abit of digging,

I have in my records a baptism for Edward HOLMES to Joseph & Mary HOLMES in Smisby in the county of Derby. He was born on the 14th July 1810 and baptised Aug 12th.

this is from Non con records RG4 887



now looking back at the source for this it states on BMD registers site that:

887 Register of Births and Baptisms at the Primitive Methodist Chapel of Whitwick, Leicestershire from 1797 to 1821

http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/help/recordset_info.php?rs=RG4&piece=887

my question is where was he baptised? there are records on Hugh Wallis for (Primitive Methodist) C079321 1822-1837 but nothing for the earlier dates.

thanks for looking

edit to say: does this mean that Edward was bapt in Whitwick but his parents were 'of' Smisby

[Christine in Herts]

[1] could well be "of" rather than "in" Smisby.

[2] The Methodist Church has "circuits", so they may well have a single register covering several churches/chapels.

Is it worth asking a relevant Local Studies expert about the history of the Methodist Church in the area?

Christine

[Darksecretz]

hmmn, maybe Christine, I know that there is a Historical society for Whitwick and they are open on a Saturday, they do have some info regarding the area

http://www.goleicestershire.com/see-and-do/Whitwick-Historical-Group-FamilyHistory.aspx

I could go there and see what they have to offer I suppose, but might I find more at Leicestershire/Rutland Record Office?

[Christine in Herts]

There are actually a whole lot of Methodist records at the Rylands (University) Library in Manchester. Not sure whether that might be worth an email?

http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/

Christine

[Darksecretz]

mm yes it might, i'll have a look :smilee: