Help searching London Consistory Court Depositions Index (once logged in)
| Search by |
These records can be searched by surname and forename of the
deponent, spouse forename and year range.
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| Spouse name |
Many records contain the spouse forename, which can be searched.
eg. Searching surname smith, forename charles, year range 1699-1722,
will find 3 records:
(1) deponent Ann Smith with husband Charles
(2) deponent Margaret Smith with husband
Charles
(3) deponent Charles Smith.
Searching on surname smith, forename ann for the same period, you
will find 1 record:
(1) deponent Ann Smith with husband
Charles.
Searching on surname smith, forename margaret you will find one
record:
(1) deponent Margaret Smith with husband
Charles.
Searching for surname smith, forename ann, spouse forename charles,
you will find one record
(1) deponent Ann Smith with husband
Charles.
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| Choosing the year range |
Year in these records is the date of the deposition, so could lie
anytime during a wide period of the deponent's life. Allow for a wide range of
years when searching.
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| Use New Style dates |
Use only New Style dates when searching, eg. enter Year range 1702 to 1706
will find records from 1 January 1701/2 to 31 December 1706. Dates in the
original records are Old Style but dates in the index appear in both Old and
New Style, eg. 1 Jan 1679/80
About Old Style and New Style dates.
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| LMA reference details |
The LMA reference is to the actual deposition, kept at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), where it can be viewed and copied.
The LMA reference to these records is DL/C 247-253 & 632; the index records give the "DL/C" number and the folio within that set of records, eg: "DL/C 248 f.351". See Source record archives for details.
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| NameX |
NameX is a proprietary name-matching tool which allows you to find family records for names which have common variations in spelling or which may have been spelled incorrectly on some records.
Click here for more help.
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