Docklands baptism records - findmypast - Genealogists' Forum

ElizabethHerts · #1 23-01-12, 17:05

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"23 January 2012

We've just published 16,696 new London Docklands baptism records on findmypast.co.uk – excellent news for all of you with Docklands ancestors.

Further details of these records are as follows:
Type of records Number
of records Date range Parish
Baptisms 10,035 1668-1679 St Dunstan, Stepney
Baptisms 6,661 1843-1875 Christchurch, Spitalfields

This brings the total amount of London docklands baptisms on findmypast.co.uk to 535,210. You can find full details of the coverage of these records in our knowledge base.

We are working on this ongoing project in association with Docklands Ancestors and will be publishing further updates in the coming months. Find out more about this project

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Kit · #2 24-01-12, 06:53

oops I was off to search ancestry when I fully read the title. lol

I'll have to wait until I have FMP in a while.

ElizabethHerts · #3 24-01-12, 06:57

I hope the wait will be worthwhile, Toni.

I have just noticed something I find rather hard to believe:

"Baptisms 10,035 1668-1679 St Dunstan, Stepney"

Over 10,000 baptisms in 11 years in one church? It seems rather unlikely!

ElizabethHerts · #4 24-01-12, 07:10

On reflection, I suppose 1,000 a year isn't so much when you break it down, especially in a busy parish. I think I'm more used to looking at parish registers for rural areas where you can skip through the years pretty quickly.

Lindsay · #5 24-01-12, 16:08

The number of baptisms in some of the London parishes is mind-boggling. I remember counting over 30 in one day when I was doing a lookup - there was a note by the baptism I was looking for to say they had left the church without the child being baptised. I suspect they were fed up with waiting, as the child was actually baptised the following week.

A lot of my family are Londoners, so I'm always thrilled when I manage trace someone back to a small village with a good run of registers!

kiterunner · #6 17-07-12, 07:24

Some more have been added:

St Dunstan, Stepney 10,062 1689-1697
St George In the East, Stepney 2,403 1893-1901
St Andrews, Bethnal Green 760 1843-1876