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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Presentations Book at MM
In Response To: Presentations Book at MM ()

Presentments are the reports from church wardens to convocation - they contined until late in the 19th century when the role of church wardens was modernised - reports of illegitimate births continued but the naming of putative fathers declined - eg I've used those of the 1840's and found that many births in Douglas do not give putative father