Index of Gater references in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire borders.

Compiled by Michael J E Gater, 17 Douglas Road, Duston, Northampton. NN5 6XX

Information for this index has been extracted from various sources over a period of some 40 years. Where the orginal record has been consulted the exact entry has been given. However it has been necessary to condense some of the longer entries (census records for example)and as with all research the original should be examined.

Key to sources:

PR Parish register
BT Bishops Transcripts
PPR Printed parish register
PRT Parish register transcripts
CEN Census record
SMI Staffordshire marriage index
BMI Boyd's marriage index
SBI Staffordshire burial index
NECMI Cheshire marriage index
MMI Merrells marriage index
LMI Lewis marriage index
GMI Gwynne marriage index
PRO Public Record Office