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Parish death records

Postby davelewis » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:23 pm

Hello, Newby here. I've been researching family tree for just a few months, but already have over 400 names listed, going back to around 1560.

I have just come across a parish death record which looks a little unusual. It's from Feniton in Devon, and each page is laid out in 3 columns. Column 1 is the name of the deceased. Column 3 contains male names which recur, so I take that to be the presiding clergyman.

Column 2 is the issue here. it contains names which recur (so they are not relatives), and they are all female. Would these be the group of village women responsible for preparing corpses?
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Re: Parish death records

Postby SRD » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:59 am

Welcome to the forum. Image.
We like to keep this section for simple introductions so I've copied your post to General Discussion where it will hopefully generate some answers.
Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
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Re: Parish death records

Postby grangers14 » Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:09 am

Hello Dave,
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
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Re: Parish death records

Postby Northern Lass » Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:16 am

Welcome :grin:
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Re: Parish death records

Postby peterd » Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:37 am

welcome to the forum Dave
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