Storage of Parish Registers during WW2

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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 1,241 Send Message	Wildgoose	Report	17 Nov 2009 16:15
	I have been asked by an American friend; where did they store parish registers during WW2 and were a lot or any destroyed. I have to confess I couldn't tell him the answer. Was this the time that registers were filmed to preserve them for future generations? Were they stored in a vault in London? Obviously a lot of registers were still in the churches but what about the really ancient ones? Janet
	Researching: Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 27,883 Send Message	DIZZI	Report	17 Nov 2009 19:54
	I SAW SOME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE CHURCH SAFE BAPTISUMS AND BURIALS BACK TO 1600 STILL AT THE CHURCH
	Researching: FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 1,241 Send Message	Wildgoose	Report	17 Nov 2009 20:50
	They have to keep the registers in special cabinets these days to preserve them. I know a parish that has spent a lot of money on one of these cabinets so they can hang on to the registers and charge for look ups :-( I was wondering, though, when was it that they decided to put the archived registers on microfilm for safety.
	Researching: Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk