Phoenix
27-12-22, 17:28
Looking for marriage for John Horne to an Ann in Wiltshire, at some time between January 1738/9 (when John's first wife died) and 1742 when their eldest known daughter was born, I find
Name: John Horn
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1739
Parish: Orcheston St Mary
Spouse: Ann Miller
Investigating further, this is on FamilySearch, and comes from the Bishop's Transcripts
Ancestry has a gap in parish records between 1736 and 1795, and no bishops' transcripts for the 1700s.
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre helpfully say:
"The following is a summary list of parish registers held by the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives with outside dates of christenings, marriages, and burials. Gaps have not been indicated within these covering dates. Only a few parishes have gaps large enough to suggest that registers have actually been lost; shorter gaps are probably due more to improperly kept records. Many parishes have little or nothing for the years 1640-1660. Registers later than those deposited will still be in the custody of the incumbents."
They do not list the holding properly in their catalogue.
A gap of fifty years suggests a missing register. Does anyone know? If I had access to an image I might find extra information to prove I had the correct marriage.
Name: John Horn
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1739
Parish: Orcheston St Mary
Spouse: Ann Miller
Investigating further, this is on FamilySearch, and comes from the Bishop's Transcripts
Ancestry has a gap in parish records between 1736 and 1795, and no bishops' transcripts for the 1700s.
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre helpfully say:
"The following is a summary list of parish registers held by the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives with outside dates of christenings, marriages, and burials. Gaps have not been indicated within these covering dates. Only a few parishes have gaps large enough to suggest that registers have actually been lost; shorter gaps are probably due more to improperly kept records. Many parishes have little or nothing for the years 1640-1660. Registers later than those deposited will still be in the custody of the incumbents."
They do not list the holding properly in their catalogue.
A gap of fifty years suggests a missing register. Does anyone know? If I had access to an image I might find extra information to prove I had the correct marriage.