Excerpt from Norwich<br><br>VI. The Parochial Registers throughout the diocese have been wonderfully well preserved, what ever may be said to the contrary. When a man has taken notes from parish registers by the hundred, and extracted entries by the thousand, he is qualified to pronounce an Opinion upon a question of this kind. He knows how much he has to be thankful for.<br><br>VII. On the other hand, the enormous destruction of such books, accounts, and other records which were in the custody of the church wardens is past all reckoning. What remain are but very insignificant fragments, and rarely of any value.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.