The Register Of Baptisms Falmouth 1663 1812

Author : Susan Elizabeth Gay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391656939
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book The Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Parish of Falmouth in the County of Cornwall, 1663-1812, Vol. 1 written by Susan Elizabeth Gay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Parish of Falmouth in the County of Cornwall, 1663-1812, Vol. 1: Pp. 1-668 (Marriages and Baptisms) The editing and publishing of the Registers of a parish is a work of great importance. The old volumes with tattered covers, stained pages and faded ink, speak all too eloquently of their perishable nature notwithstanding the care that is now usually bestowed on them. The destruction of old Registers has been for the most part a gradual one, accomplished by damp, age, inks that were not permanent, and insects that are, and obliteration means the loss of family records and the partial history of a parish. Many an interesting memo randum has been written between the simple entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and in the Registers now published we find entries concerning the church and the parish, as well as the names of the rectors who succeeded each other, the mayors of the town, prisoners and hospitals, customs of the period and many other matters. We note the gradual change in the signatures of the married couples, how the mark or cross becomes less frequent, and the name is more often written, and rightly speThe Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Parish of Falmouth,1 in the County of Cornwall, to the year 1812, consists of eight volumes. Vol. I. Contains Marriages, 1664-1735; Baptisms, 1663-1735; Burials, 1664-1735. Vol. II. Marriages, 1736-1754 Baptisms, 1736-1781; Burials, 1736-1780. Vol. III. Marriages, 1754-1769 (printed forms), According to Act of Parliament, London, MDCCLIV. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.