Register Transcriptions.
Owen(s) entries in the parish registers of Milverton, Somerset
and surrounding parishes
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Transcription of Owen(s) entries in Parish registers
The filmed copies of the parish registers have been read and where necessary the original registers have been examined to establish what was written. The names and dates in the linked pages are transcribed (in strictest terms read edited) as written, early entries have variations of spelling of both Christian and surname. Dates are Julian calendar until 1752.
Early scripts used for writing the entries in the registers can be quite difficult
to read not just because the quality of some of the handwriting is poor but a number
of unusual characters are used which require interpretation. An excellent site which
offers a free online course in reading early modern English handwriting 1500 -
This site concentrates on Owen entries, including Owens and variations: Oyne; Owing; Oing and Oen.
Similar surnames such as Bowen and Ewens appear to be separate families as their entries are occurring at the same time as Owen entries and yet the Vicar or Church Wardens are consistent in their spelling, these are not recorded here.
Acknowledgement.
The information contained in the registers is published here with the kind permission of Somerset Record Office
I would like to thank the staff of the Somerset Archive and Record Service for their invaluable help.
Anyone wishing to transcribe from parish records held at the office and to publish
them in machine-
1. The transcripts are circulated without profit to the transcriber and with a proviso
that any subsequent copying is allowed only if free of profit. Anyone wishing to
include a subsequent copy as part of a profit-
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4. The transcriber agrees to the transcript being made available to users at the
Record Office and to its re-