[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by John Howarth

Have been absent from the site since 2013. After receiving a 91st birthday congratulations from you decided it was time to reconnect.
My Howarth ancestors date back in Accrington to the marriage of John to Millison Haworth of Edenfield in 1709. My father Arthur was born there in 1897 during a family visit from Castleton to a wedding of my Aunt Alice Golding to Edward Kenyon. Have been involved in tracing family history for last 30 years but unfortunately because of families membership of the Congregational Church some records were lost.
My best wished to all Accrington members for 2018.
John Howarth Hamilton New Zealand

Ey up John, the an me must be two ot thowdest old sods on this site.
About church records, most have more than one set, all the ones I've resaerch when I was indexing parish registers back in the 1980's, had to send quarterly returns to the bishop of the diocese.