England, Manchester, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Question 1
Question 1: The Lancashire, Leigh (St Mary) records indicate baptism, marriages and burials are included. However, most do not include them all. Where are the rest? Answer 1: Although the links for all Leigh (St Mary) record sets indicate that they include baptism, marriage, and burial records, only the 1661-1744 collection includes all three Record Types. Records included in each set are as follows:


 * Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1661-1724 includes only burials.
 * Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1724-1744 includes christenings, marriages, and burials.
 * Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1744-1781 includes christenings up to Image #245, and burials from Image #246-373.
 * Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1782-1797 includes christenings up to Image #180, and burials from Image #181-201.

Question 2
Question 2: The records in Lancashire &gt; Bury (St. Mary) &gt; Baptisms, Burials, 1813-1820 do not match the description. Where are the remaining records? Answer 2: The records are mislabeled. It should read Lancashire &gt; Bury (St. Mary) &gt; Baptisms, 1813-1817 and then another group Lancashire &gt; Bury (St John) &gt; Baptisms, 1813-1820

Question 3
Question 3: Where are the marriages in Lancashire &gt; Bury &gt; Baptism, Marriages, Burials 1782-1799? Answer 3: The records are mislabeled. There are no marriages in this group of records.

Question 4
Question 4: Are some Lancashire records missing or out of order? Answer 4: Some records are missing or out of order in the following collections. Missing records are not available on microfilm.


 * Lancashire, Harpurhey (Christ Church), Burials 1897 to 1900: The image of Page 61 (burial record numbers 481-488) is missing.
 * Lancashire, Great Lever (St Bartholomew), Baptisms, 1879-1899: The image of Page 7 (baptism record numbers 49-56) is missing, and Pages 1-30 are not in sequence.
 * Lancaster&gt;Hollinwood (St Margaret)&gt;Baptisms 1826-1836. Images of pages 121, 122, 123,124, 129, 130, 131, 132, 141, 142, 143, 144 are missing
 * Lancashire&gt; Castleton Moor (St Martin)&gt;Marriages, 1890-1911&gt; Page 65 is missing
 * Lancashire &gt; Chadderton (St Matthew) &gt; Marriages, 1872-1877 Page 248 is missing


 * Go to the England, Manchester, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records article
 * Go to the England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 collection at FamilySearch.org