Meanwood Parish Church
                              Holy Trinity
                                Baptisms

                    7th October 1849 ~ 1st July 1923
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The following sections contain the baptism entries for Meanwood Parish
Church (Holy Trinity), for the period 7th October 1849 to 1st July 1923. 
The entries range from 1 to 3,200. There are some blank entries. However,
all records do appear to be intact.

All the records have been recorded and indexed. Due to the original records
being hand written, some of which were very difficult to decipher, 
spelling may vary greatly.  This should be considered when trying to locate
a particular individual. Some alterations have also been made to the format
in which the names originally appeared i.e. Ann and Anne. Also with
surnames such as Barrett and Barratt.  This change was necessary in order
for the parents index to function correctly. Also, dialect is another
consideration to be made.  Names such as `Anna' & `Hannah' could be the
same person. Also `Annie' & `Fanny'.  With some instances of all of the
four names quoted being the same person.

The Index and records are divided into four sections:-

Individuals Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This being indexed on the Surname and Forename of the person being
baptised. It shows the entry number and date of baptism. Further
information can be obtained from the Full Details section.

Parents Index
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This being indexed on the family surname, followed by the father's then
mother's forenames. This makes it easier to locate the child(ren) of
couples. Again the entry number is quoted. Further information can then be
obtained from the Full Details section.

Full Details
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This contains the full details of each entry. If there is further
information or the parts of the information would not fit into the space
allowed, then the details would appear in the Note section.  Further
information is only present where a number appears under the notes field. 
Information can then be obtained by referring to the relevant number in the
Notes section.

Notes
~~~~~
This contains details such as notes that have been written in the margin
of a particular entry or information that was omitted from the Full Details
section due to space.


Stephen T. Miller
246 West Park Drive West,
Roundhay,
Leeds,      LS8 2BD.

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Additional notes by Rosemary Lockie:-

The original of this document was in M/S Word v6.0.  I have converted it
to an ASCII text file, to enable viewing on a wider range of platforms.

The data itself was uploaded in .DBF format, which I have converted to
CSV - again to reach a wider audience.  However, for those who wish to
recreate Stephen's .DBF file, the structure is as follows:

Structure for database: ~\BAPTISM.DBF
Number of data records:    3201
Date of last update   : 13/11/95
Field  Field Name  Type       Width    Dec    Index
    1  ENTRY       Numeric        7               N
    2  DATE        Date           8               N
    3  DOB         Date           8               N
    4  FORENAME    Character     30               N
    5  FATHER      Character     30               N
    6  MOTHER      Character     30               N
    7  SURNAME     Character     20               N
    8  OCCUPATION  Character     30               N
    9  ADDRESS     Character     30               N
   10  NOTE        Character    254               N
   11  NOTE_NOS    Numeric        5               N
** Total **                     453

A big "thank you" goes to Stephen for all his hard work. :-)
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