Nature of Source
Burial Register, Cleobury Mortimer, 1864
Introduction to Anglican Burial Registers
Anglican burial records are a valuable resource for family historians as they often contain the only record of a death before civil registration began in 1837. The system of registration was established in 1538 by Thomas Cromwell, statesman and adviser to Henry VIII. From this date, clergy were given the responsibility of registering baptisms, marriages and burials in a book secured in the parish chest. In 1598 an order was issued for all entries to be entered on parchment and all previous entries to be copied from paper onto parchment for preservation. Therefore any pre-1598 registers are probably not the original. Some parchment registers were started from the accession to the Crown of Elizabeth I in 1558. Although civil registration began on 1st July 1837, church registration continued after this date.
What Information to Expect
As an event, burials were seen as purely religious in nature, so the actual burial date and the mother’s name were not considered of relevance and often omitted. No formal guidelines were issued to the recording of parish registers so the information is inconsistent and was left to the vicar’s discretion as to how much information was recorded. Many registers were written in Latin up to 1733 adding an additional challenge when reading the registers.
The Impact of George Rose’s Act (1812)
A significant improvement in the recording of parish baptisms and burials came with George Rose’s Act of 1812. The Act, which came into effect on 1st January 1813, required the keeping of separate baptismal and burial registers. The overall aim was to ensure consistent and accurate record keeping with specific details recorded for each event. Before Rose’s Act, the recorded information remained largely unregulated and subject to the whim of the clergy. Following the Act, each parish was supplied with printed books to record the information. The one downside to these uniform registers was the clergy no longer added their own sometimes highly informative comments. The post-1813 standardised forms left little space for additional comments by the clergyman such as the parent’s name in the case of a child’s burial or the cause of death. Many, however, managed to include the father’s occupation.
Bishop’s Transcripts (BTs)
These began in 1598 and can serve as an alternative source if the original parish registers are missing. However, they come with their own challenges, namely inaccuracies, incomplete records, and variable survival rates. Note that BTs were not compiled during the Commonwealth period (1641-1660), and some earlier BTs do exist. It’s also important to remember that diocesan boundaries do not always align with county boundaries. Beware that BTs are often inaccurate and the survival rate is patchy but they can offer an alternative when the parish registers are missing. Remember that diocesan boundaries may not match county boundaries.
Scottish Episcopal Church
For those tracing ancestors in Scotland, it’s worth noting that the Scottish Episcopal Church is the Anglican denomination in Scotland. Many of its registers are still held locally by the vicar, while others are housed at the National Records of Scotland.
Commonwealth Period (1654-1660)
During the Commonwealth (1654-1660), the state assumed responsibility for registration with a new position created called the Parish Register, elected by parish ratepayers. Although the actual birth date was recorded, the system was unpopular and gaps often occur and often only minimal information was entered.
Issues and Search Tips
- The earlier registers for baptisms and burials were often kept together in one book in chronological order which can cause confusion when searching for a name. The date of death may not mirror the burial date and the stated age might not be reliable.
- Some pre-1813 registers simply list the names of the deceased.
- The letter ‘P’ after an entry could denote death by the plague or the deceased was a pauper. Sometimes the register is marked by a pattern of dots resembling the rash if the deceased died from the plague.
- The woman’s full name is always given if she was a single woman or a widow otherwise she would be recorded as ‘wife of’ or possibly by her first name.
- The wording ‘son of’ or ‘daughter of’ normally indicated the death of a person under the age of 21.
- Occasionally additional information is found such as the occupation or age of the person buried or the cause of death.
Stamp Act (1783)
The Act imposed a duty of 3d on all parish register entries to raise funds the War of American Independence. Paupers were exempt and sometimes marked as such in the register with a single ‘P’ which coincidently saw a marked rise in the levels of poverty in many parishes. The unpopular tax was repealed in 1794 but had the unforeseen consequence deterring some parents from baptising their child which might explain a missing entry.
Burial in Woollen Acts (1666-1680)
These Acts required the deceased to be buried in a wool shroud to support the woollen industry in England. An affidavit signed by a magistrate or a minister and sworn under oath by a close relative of the deceased had to be produced as proof of compliance within eight days of the burial. The register entry was therefore marked with an ‘A’ or ‘Aff’ accompanied by an affidavit which have not survived in great numbers. Some incumbents kept separate registers compiled from the affidavits. Those too poor to pay for the shroud and those subjected to a fine are also noted. The Acts were officially repealed in 1814 but had ceased to function by the end of the 18th century.
Burial Laws Amendment Act (1880)
An entry on a person’s burial record might be annotated with the following note ‘Certified under Burial Laws Amendment Act’. The Act of 1880 allowed for a burial service in an Anglican church of a nonconformist, performed by a nonconformist minister and for the burial within the boundary of an Anglican churchyard. Before this, canon law of the Church of England prevented the burial of a nonconformist in consecrated ground. The provisions of the Act are especially relevant for Welsh parishes.
Supplementary Sources
Beyond parish registers, consider looking for death notices and obituaries, often found in local newspapers. Memorial cards also known as ‘funeral cards’, ‘mortuary cards’ and ‘remembrance cards’ can be a useful addition. They became popular in the 19th century and were sent out giving details of a death and funeral arrangements. Two useful transcribed burial indexes are available for those with London ancestors. Firstly, Boyd’s London Burials, covering 1538 to 1853. Secondly, Cliff Webb’s City of London Burials Index which covers over 36,000 burials in 76 parishes of the City of London for the period 1813 to 1853. Both are available at Findmypast.
Dade Registers
The Registers are named after the Reverend William Dade who initiated a scheme of recording births and deaths between 1770 and 1812 throughout the Diocese of York and 22 other parishes in England. The key feature is the highly detailed information contained in them. However, some clergymen failed to comply with the system and some did not copy all the information for the Bishop Transcripts. The Roses Act of 1812 brought an end to the registers.
The following information can be found on the registers:
Child’s name and seniority (eg. first son); Place and date of birth and baptism; Father’s name and occupation; Mother’s maiden name; Place of origin of mother and father; Names of child’s grandparents; Name and age of deceased; Date and place of death and burial; Names of parents.
Calendar Changes
It is important to note that up to 1751, England and Wales followed the Julian calendar so the new year began on Lady Day, 25 March and ended the following year on 24 March. The switch to the Gregorian calendar in 1752 adjusted the new year to start on 1st January 1752 and end on 31 December. In addition an adjustment was made for 1752 only which saw eleven days cut from the calendar which meant the 2nd September 1752 was followed by 14th September. Scotland had been using the Gregorian calendar since 1600. Events that took place between 1 January and 25 March pre-1752 are often referred to as ‘Old Style’ and ‘New Style’ dates, so as an example a pre-1752 baptism should be shown as 1 February 1749/50.
The following GenGuide sources could assist in researching parish burial register records:
Where Found
County Record Offices
Holding include deposited Church of England parish registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as Bishop’s Transcript covering the present county.
Society of Genealogists
The society has the largest collection of register transcripts, indexes and finding aids for the parishes in England and Wales as well as for Scotland and Ireland.
Lambeth Palace Library
The Library holds a small amount of marriage records, principally bonds and allegations relating to those married by licence issued under the Archbishop of Canterbury and many published editions of Church of England parish baptisms, marriages and burials registers in its holdings of printed books.
National Library of Wales
The library hold about a half of the surviving Welsh registers with the others held by county record offices.
Borthwick Institute for Archives
The institute houses the York Diocesan Archive and parish records for the York archdeaconry including the Dade Registers. Over 3.5 million entries for baptism, banns, marriage and burial are available online at Findmypast.
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
County maps, showing the parish boundaries, the probate jurisdiction, and the date of commencement of registers, also available to purchase from the web site.
LDS FamilySearch Centers
Microfilmed copies.
Period Covered
1538 – Onwards
Genealogical Value
Pre 1813
- Full name of deceased (unless female) and date and place of burial.
- Occasionally the age, occupation, address and cause of death of the deceased.
Post 1813
- Full name and address of deceased.
- Date and place of burial and age.
- Name of curate.
Further References
- Annal, David & Collins, Audrey. Birth, Marriage and Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians: Pen & Sword Books, 2012
- Bard, Robert. Graveyard London: lost and forgotten burial grounds: Historical Publications, 2008
- Bowdler, Roger. Churchyards: Britain’s Heritage: Amberley Publishing, 2019
- Burn, John Southerden. The History of Parish Registers in England: Also of the Registers of Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies: J.R. Smith, 1862 (Available to view online or download at the Internet Archive. Also available to buy on CD at GenFair)
- City of London Parish Registers: A Handlist of Parish Registers, Register Transcripts, and Related Records at Guildhall Library, Guildhall Library Research Guide 4, 7th ed: 1999
- Cockin, Tim, C.H. The Parish Atlas of England: Atlas of English Parish Boundaries: Malthouse Press, 2017
- Cressy, David. Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England: Oxford University Press. 1997 (Limited preview available from Google Books)
- Gandy, Michael. Family History Cultures and Faiths: The National Archives, 2007
- Gibbens, Lilian. An Introduction to Church Registers: FFHS, 1994
- Gibbens, Lilian. Basic Facts about Using Death and Burial Records for Family Historians: FFHS, 1997
- Grundy, Joan. A Dictionary of Medical and Related Terms for the Family Historian: Swansong Publications, 2006
- Heritage, Celia. Tracing Your Ancestors through Death Records: A Guide for Family Historians: Pen and Sword Books, 2012
- Heritage, Celia. Cemeteries and Graveyards: A Guide For Family And Local Historians in England and Wales: Pen and Sword Books, 2022
- Humphrey-Smith, Cecil. Atlas and Index of Parish Registers: Phillimore, 2003 (The Atlas is available to search at www.ancestry.co.uk)
- Jaunay, Gould. A Parish Finder for England, Adelaide Proformat, 2000
- Kain, Roger & Oliver, Richard. Historic Parishes of England and Wales : an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata: UK Data Archive, 2001
- Leedham, Amanda. Using Gravestones to Trace Your Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians: Pen and Sword Books, 2025
- Litton, Pauline. Basic Facts about Using Baptism Records for the Family Historian: FFHS, 1996
- Meller, Hugh, London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer: Sutton Publishing, 2008
- Morris, Janet. A Latin Glossary for Family and Local Historians: Family History Partnership, 2009
- National Index of Parish Registers: Society of Genealogists (A list of the parish registers with dates of available registers and where they are kept, includes nonconformist registers)
- Oates, Jonathan. Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: Pen and Sword Books, 2012
- Osborn, Helen. Our Village Ancestors: A Genealogist’s Guide to Understanding the English Rural Past: The Crowood Press, 2021
- Raymond, Stuart. Death & Burial Records for Family Historians: Family History Partnership, 2011
- Raymond, Stuart. Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web: Southern England, The Marches and Wales: Federation of Family History Societies, 2005
- Raymond, Stuart. Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Web: The Midlands, Northern England and East Anglia: Federation of Family History Societies, 2005
- Raymond, Stuart. Parish Registers a History and Guide. The Family History Partnership, 2009
- Raymond, Stuart A. Tracing Your Ancestors’ Parish Records: A Guide for Family and Local Historians: Pen & Sword Books, 2025
- Raymond, Stuart A. Tracing Your Church of England Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians: Pen & Sword Family History, 2017
- Rosier, Bryant (comp). Index to Parishes in Phillimore’s Marriages: Family Tree Magazine, 1988
- Ruston, Alan. Hertfordshire Obituaries 1801-1837: As extracted from the Gentleman’s Magazine: Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2009
- Smart, John Blythe. London Churches & Olde Celebrities: The City Volume I: A Compleat Guide and Perambulation: Blythe Smart Publications, 2012
- Smart, John Blythe London Churches & Olde Celebrities: Environs Volume II: A Compleat Guide and Perambulation: Blythe Smart Publications, 2012
- Storey, Neil. The Little Book of Death: The History Press, 2013
- Treneman, Ann. Finding the Plot: 100 Graves To Visit Before You Die: The Robson Press, 2013
- Webb, Clifford. Dates and Calendars for the Genealogist: Society of Genealogists, 2013
- Westcott, Brooke. Making Sense Of Latin Documents For Family And Local Historians: Family History Partnership, 2014
- Wills, Simon. How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians: Pen & Sword, 2013
- Yorke, Trevor. English Churches Explained: Countryside Books, 2010
Eureka Partnership: Various titles containing transcriptions including parish registers for Buckinghamshire.
Many digitised editions of transcribed parish registers are available at the Internet Archive. Try searching the Internet Archive for parish registers followed by the name of the town or village or the county of interest.
Websites
Genlinks Genealogy
Parish Registers – History and Guide.
Family Tree Magazine
How to find a grave: Discover your ancestors’ final resting places. Discover how to find a grave, and what to do to ensure you make the most of a churchyard visit, by David Annal.
Lisa Cooke’s Genealogy Gems
English Parish Records
LostCousins Newsletter
MASTERCLASS: Tracking down pre-1837 baptisms and marriages. This Masterclass talks you through the problems and then explain how you can overcome them.
Society of Genealogists Research Guide
Parish Registers. Discover Anglican Parish Registers in this in-depth guide.
FamilyTree Magazine
How to use parish registers. Dig into the parish registers to find out more with Helen Tovey’s guide and get further tips on using parish registers for local history research from Stuart Raymond.
GENUKI
Church Database. The database covers England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. You can find the location of churches and discover which genealogical resources are available for them.
FamilySearch
Historical Maps. Maps showing the administrative areas and units of England showing boundaries for the Civil Registration District, the Parish, the County, the Diocese and other administrative areas.
Church of England
Dioceses & Parishes with a Diocesan Map.
Manchester & Lancashire FHS
Research Guide: Parish Registers.
Ancestry Solutions
Dictionary of terms found in Church Records.
Wishful Thinking Local History Pages
Parish descriptions extracted from old gazetteers and directories. For Gloucestershire and Bristol research see the Ancient Parish Boundary Map and the article Gloucestershire Parish Boundary Changes, 1844-1974, by Rosemary Lockie.
Ancestry
Great Britain, Atlas and Index of Parish Registers. The Phillimore Atlas outlines old parishes prior to 1832 and provides the date of the earliest surviving registers for the parish. The atlas includes England, Wales, and Scotland.
Findmypast
Britain, Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers. This volume brings together detailed county maps for England and Wales, along with regional parish maps for Scotland.
Findmypast
How to search Findmypast’s parish records. In this post, we’ll run you through exactly what parish records are, why they’re important and how to search the collections to find your family’s records.
Gendocs
Victorian London Churches.
BYU Discovering English Ancestors
Guide to Dade Registers.
GENUKI
The Parish Registers of Wales, by R W MacDonald.
Clergy of the Church of England Database
A-Z list of English Anglican dioceses. Each diocese entry typically includes a description and history of each diocese, analysis, lists of bishops, lists of parishes in the diocese and maps.
FreeReg
Reading a Register. Guidance on reading old styles of handwriting, with examples.
FreeReg
Numbers and Dates. Guide to interpreting numbers and dates whether written in English or in Latin.
FreeReg
Latin words to recognise. Do not be in awe of old registers written in Latin. There are only a limited number of words to learn to recognise.
Norfolk Record Office
Reading and Interpreting Registers
RootsWeb
Latinized Given Names
RootsWeb
Given Names c. 1450-1650. Alphabetical list of first or forenames with variants, abbreviations and Latin equivalent found in old documents.
FamilySearch Research Wiki
Traditional Nicknames in Old Documents. Alphabetical list of historic personal nicknames and what they represent.
Calculator Site
Birthday Calculator. Discover what day you were born on and how many days there are until your next birthday.
Miscellany
Historical Calendar. The calendar allows you to see the often differing dates using Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Death Related Resources
Victorian Web
Nineteenth-Century British Medicine and Public Health.
The Post Mortem Project
St George’s, University of London Archives and Special Collections. The Post Mortems as a Genealogical Resource, By Natasha Shillingford
MedicineNet
Medical Dictionary. Easy-to-understand explanations of over 19,000 medical terms.
Craig Thornber
Glossary of Medical Terms Used in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
CSI: Dixie
The Graveyard of Old Diseases, by Stephen Berry and Tracy L. Barnett. Glossary and descriptions of old diseases.
Baker’s World
Archaic Medical Terms.
History of Medicine
Glossary of Medical Terms Used in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Hall Genealogy Website
Some Illnesses found in Genealogy.
Access Genealogy
Old Medical Terms and Diseases. List of medical terms and diseases that appear on historic documents.
Wellcome Library: London’s Pulse
Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972. The website allows you to search more than 5500 Medical Officer of Health reports from the Greater London area. The site also has a Health of London timeline.
OVS-Genealogy
Birthdate Calculator. Calculate birth date from death date and age on tombstones and death certificates.
Ancestors at Rest
Funeral Cards and Memorial Cards Database. The site offers an informative resource on the significance of funeral cards in genealogy and includes a comprehensive database of funeral and memorial cards.
Legacy Tree Genealogists
Finding Funeral Home Records for Your Ancestors.
Online Databases
National Collections
Ancestry
Parish Records. Ancestry offers an extensive collection of baptism, marriage and burial registers (including Bishop’s transcripts) dating back to the 16th century. The collection covers a wide range of counties across England and Wales with both searchable transcriptions and images of original records. Coverage includes:
- London, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. The collection includes parish registers of marriages from the historical county of London.
- Westminster, London, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Kent, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Essex, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- East Sussex, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Hampshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- West Sussex, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Wiltshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Somerset, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Norfolk, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Gloucestershire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Birmingham, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Lancashire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Cheshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- East Riding, Yorkshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Yorkshire, England, Bishops’ Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1558-1912.
- Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
To see the full coverage, select a region and then county under ‘All our parish collections’ from the start page.
Findmypast
Parish Records Collection. Findmypast offers an extensive collection of baptism, marriage and burial registers (including Bishop’s transcripts) dating back to the 16th century. Highlights include:
- Greater Manchester Church of England Baptisms and Burials
- Hampshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- National Burial Index For England & Wales. Explore more than 12 million burial records, published in partnership with the Family History Federation
- Greater London Burial Index. Discover your ancestors who were buried in the Greater London area between 1399 and 1992. The dataset includes Middlesex Burials & Memorial Inscriptions, South London Burials Index 1545-1905, City of London Burials 1754-1855 and Middlesex Burials 1538-1992.
- Boyd’s London Burials, 1538-1872. This dataset, completed by Percival Boyd in 1934, is an index to some 243,000 of the burials in the London area.
- London Westminster, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Berkshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Lancashire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Bedfordshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Lincolnshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Northamptonshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Northumberland, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Caernarvonshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Cambridgeshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Surrey Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
- Shropshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials.
To restrict and filter your search to a county or place or dataset, click on ‘Browse Record Set’ on the ‘Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records in United Kingdom’ search page.
The Genealogist
Parish Records. Search or browse two formats of parish registers covering England. Firstly, databases of transcripts some with linked images of the original registers and secondly, searchable book images from printed books such as the Phillimore series of transcripts of marriage registers. For full county coverage refer to the website. Major collections include Norfolk, Suffolk and Worcestershire.
FamilySearch
Historical Records. FamilySearch offers a collection of transcripts of baptisms, marriages and deaths extracted from Anglican parish registers. The site incorporates the data formerly known as the International Genealogical Index.
FamilySearch
FamilySearch Explore Historical Images. Search groups of images in the world’s largest collection of historical documents. Type in a place-name such as a city, state, county or country and explore relevant record collections such as census returns and parish registers of baptism, marriage and burial.
National Burial Grounds Survey
The Survey is a major, seven-year initiative commissioned by the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Its goal is to survey, accurately map, photograph, and digitise the records of all Church of England churchyards in England, working diocese by diocese and churchyard by churchyard.
FamilySearch Digital Library
Search over 500,000 genealogy books including parish register indexes, calendars of wills, family histories, maps, and yearbooks.
Society of Genealogists Data Online
Search register transcripts and indexes from one of largest collection of register records for the parishes in England and Wales as well as for Scotland and Ireland.
Genes Reunited
Parish Records. Transcriptions of parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials supplied by member societies of the Federation of Family History Societies.
FreeREG
The site provides free access to transcribed baptism, marriage, and burial extracted from Church of England parish and non-conformist registers and other relevant sources covering England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Online Genealogical Index
The site locates and lists available free and paid for family history records covering a particular county, town or village covering England, Wales and the Isle of Man. The site is particularly useful for locating birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial and cemetery records as well as monumental inscriptions, school records, war memorials and family pedigrees
UKBMD
The volunteer led site provides links to websites that offer on-line transcriptions of GRO and local births, marriages and deaths indexes as well as censuses returns. A wide range of other indexes and transcriptions are also available for most counties. These may include parish records, wills and monumental inscriptions.
BillionGraves
Billion Graves is the world’s largest resource for searchable cemetery data providing transcribed records and images from the world’s cemeteries. Members of the public can collect photos of headstones in a local cemetery and then upload the photo and headstone transcription. The records are available at partner sites FamilySearch, MyHeritage and Findmypast.
Find a Grave
The database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave by volunteers who upload images of grave markers from around the world as well as photos, biographies and other details. The records are available at partner sites FamilySearch and Ancestry.
Local Collections
City of London Cemetery
Burial registers from the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Ilford, east London. Explore 495,000 historic records dated from 24 June 1856 to 19 October 1998. The records have been digitally imaged and are available for free. Records are searchable by specific dates or burial numbers.
The Genealogist
City of London Cemetery Burials. Search 492,465 indexed burial entries of hundreds of thousands of individuals laid to rest in one of London’s most significant burial grounds.
Online Genealogical Index
The site locates and lists available free and paid for family history records covering a particular county, town or village covering England, Wales and the Isle of Man. The site is particularly useful for locating birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial and cemetery records as well as monumental inscriptions, school records, war memorials and family pedigrees.
CityArk: Medway Ancestors
Original parish register images from the Rochester Archdeaconry.
Kent Genealogy
Transcriptions of Kent parish registers
Cheshire Parish Register Project
Transcripts of baptism, marriage and burial records as well as bishop’s transcripts covering ancient county of Cheshire.
South Derbyshire Genealogy Pages
Transcribes records including Parish Registers, Census Returns, Directories, Poor Law records, MIs and Wills.
Forest of Dean Family History Trust
Transcripts of Baptism, Marriage and Burial records of Parish Churches and Non-conformist Chapels within the Forest of Dean.
Norfolk Baptism Project 1813-1880
Transcripts of baptism, marriage and burial records for the county of Norfolk
Essex Archives Online
This is the online catalogue for the Essex Record Office. Some of the descriptions include high quality digital images of the records themselves including baptisms, marriages and burials in Church of England parishes covering the present county of Essex and those parts of north-east London that used to be in Essex.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS
Online Database. Search parish registers and transcriptions from Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely. The search facility is free to use, full access to the extensive records requires a membership.
Cornwall OPC Database
Search baptism, marriage and burial parish register transcripts.
FHS-Online
FHS Online brings together 16 databases from Family History Societies across the UK including baptism, marriage and burial parish register transcripts.
Durham Records Online
The site offers transcriptions of baptisms, marriages, marriage bonds and burials from many parish registers in County Durham and nearby parishes in Northumberland & Yorkshire; Transcriptions of all Anglican marriages in County Durham from 1 Jan 1813 to 1 July 1837.
Wolverhampton History
Transcribed indexes of parish registers held at Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies including baptisms, marriages and burials for Wolverhampton St. Peter’s Parish, 1538-1875 and Wolverhampton & District Parish Registers 1751-1992. See site for full parish coverage.
West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions
Baptism, marriage and burial transcriptions covering a number of parishes.
Wishful Thinking
Transcripts of baptisms, marriages and burials extracted from a variety of sources with an emphasis on Derbyshire.
Roy Parkhouse
Somerset parish register transcriptions, including Upottery, Devon. The site includes links to other Somerset online transcriptions.
Wirksworth Parish Records
Transcribed data covering 40 square miles around Wirksworth and Matlock, Derbyshire. Data sets include Parish Records 1600-1900, Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928, census returns, Petty sessions, Memorial Inscriptions, Board of Guardians, Hearth Tax and others.
UK Genealogy Archives
Online access to scans of transcriptions covering parishes in Cornwall, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Devon and Shropshire.
CD Roms
Family History Federation
National Burial Index. The database consists of entries recorded in English and Welsh burials registers including parish, nonconformist, Roman Catholic, Quaker and cemetery. Coverage is incomplete but over 18.4 million records are included, covering 1538-2008. The records are also available to search online at Findmypast.
S & N Genealogy Supplies
Parish Records. Transcripts of church records which date back to 1538. The Phillimore series cover marriages from mainly southern areas, while other CDs cover parishes from counties across England and Wales.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire FHS
Parish register transcriptions covering all the parishes in the old county of Cambridgeshire. An index of all surnames and forenames listed in parish and church records and databases which CFHS has published is available via their Super Search facility.
Gloucestershire Family History Society
Gloucestershire Baptism Index, 1813-1837; Gloucestershire Marriage Index, 1813-1851; Gloucestershire Burial Index, 1813-1851. The Society also offers a search service for this data set and a pdf download facility.
Sheffield & District Family History Society
Transcriptions of parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society
Andrew Todd’s map of Lancashire 1851 showing the Registration Districts of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Registration Sub-Districts, Parishes, Townships and all Anglican churches and dates of their earliest registers.
Wiltshire Family History Society
Parish Register Transcriptions. Complete transcriptions of all baptisms and burials from the parish registers for Wiltshire to 1837.
Berkshire Family History Society
Transcripts and indexes of Berkshire parish registers including the Berkshire Burials cd which has over 900,000transcriptions from over 270 churchyards, cemeteries, burial grounds and workhouses.
Cassini Maps
Old Parish Maps: Over 15,000 historical Parish Maps available to download. These maps provide a vital link to Parish Records and show in great detail the historical Parishes in which your ancestors lived and worked.
Harleian Society
Parish register transcriptions mainly covering London. The society is best known for its transcriptions of heraldic visitations but is also involved with transcriptions of parish registers, marriage licenses, pedigrees and chancery proceedings.
UK Genealogy Archives
Various counties covered, including Phillimore’s Transcribed Parish Registers.
Flatcapsandbonnets.com
Scanned historical and genealogical county book collections on DVD including parish registers, marriage allegations/licenses, directories, paupers in workhouses in 1861, lists of emigrants from England to the USA and Caribbean 1773-76, visitations, poll books. See web site for county coverage and source material.
GenFair
Browse tens of thousands of family history products including parish register transcripts and Phillimore transcripts from hundreds of suppliers. The largest range of products covering the British Isles.
Anguline Research
Scanned copies of published transcripts of parish registers covering various counties.
www.westcountrybooks.com
Published transcripts of parish registers covering various counties in the south west.
