Horton-in-Ribblesdale

That's the name of the little English village in the Yorkshire dales where my mother's people lived "back in the day."

I bring it up here to continue the genealogical theme, because one of ye socks asked me in a private email about the availability of British records online. I pointed her to the International Genealogical Index (IGI) at www.familysearch.com, which includes quite a few old parish records . . . including those pertaining to St. Oswald's church in Horton-in-Ribblesdale (pictured above).

Starting in 1538, English law demanded all church wardens to meet after services every Sunday to and record all baptisms, marriages, and burials that occurred within the parish.

In the case of the interestingly-named parish of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, yours truly hit a goldmine of genealogical information, as members of the extended family were baptized there as far back as 1572:

Daughter of John Burton & Alice Burton:
* Agnes, 15 November 1670

Daughters of Matthew Burton & Alice Atkinson:
* Margaret, 18 July 1641
* Elizabeth, 5 July 1646 (died young?)
* Alice, 29 April 1649
* Elizabeth (again!), 20 May 1655

Children of William Burton & Cecilia Procter:
* Agnes, 1 June 1629
* Marmaduke, 26 May 1630
* Isabel, 11 April 1635
* Stephen, 31 March 1636 (twin?!)
* Thomas, 31 March 1636 (twin?!)
* Jennet, 2 July 1637
* John, 28 Dec 1640

Daughters of William Foster & Agnes Burton:
* Agnes, 3 May 1694
* Ellen, 6 Oct 1695

Children of William Foster & Agnes Howson:
* Anne, 25 Sept 1653
* John, 3 March 1661
* William, 27 June 1664
* Margaret, 28 July 1667

Son of Anthony Howson (mother's name not listed!):
* Francis, 21 Dec 1572

Son of Francis Howson & Elizabeth Ibbetson:
* John, 21 Feb 1603

Children of John Howson & Margaret Procter:
* Agnes, 29 Jan 1627
* Margaret, 29 June 1628
* John, 29 March 1629
* William, 5 April 1630
* Alice, 2 Aug 1634 (died young?)
* Alice, 11 Jan 1636 (again!)

Children of Edmund Procter & Margaret Greyson:
* Ellen, 10 July 1594
* Thomas, 6 Feb 1596
* Jane, 18 Feb 1599

Children of Thomas Procter & Margaret Twislton:
* Edmund, 24 Aug 1606 (403 years ago today!)
* Margaret, 5 Oct 1608

Children of Anthony Taylor & Mary Coats:
* Thomas, 26 July 1751 (died young?)
* Thomas (again!), 24 Sept 1752
* Edmund, 30 Nov 1753 (died young?)
* Edmund (again!), 25 Jan 1755
* John, 22 Aug 1756
* Mary, 20 April 1760
* Margaret, 8 Nov 1761
* Agnes, 26 Dec 1762
* Anthony, 3 Feb 1764 (died young?)
* Anthony (again!), 7 May 1768

Son of Edmund Taylor & Ellen Foster:
* Anthony, 28 Jan 1723