Birstall, Leicestershire, England Genealogy
Guide to Birstall, Leicestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Birstall | |
| Type | Chapelry |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Leicestershire |
| Hundred | West Goscote |
| Poor Law Union | Barrow upon Soar |
| Registration District | Barrow upon Soar |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1574; For more records see Belgrave |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1562 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Goscote |
| Diocese | Peterborough |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester |
| Archive | |
| Leicestershire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
BIRSTAL, a chapelry, in the parish of Belgrave, union of Barrow-Upon-Soar, hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 3 miles(N. by E.) from Leicester.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Monumental Inscriptions of Birstall Cemetery(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, of Birstall Churchyard, Birstall, Leicestershire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- The Registers of Birstall in the County of Leicester(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Birstall Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Leicestershire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Leicestershire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Leicestershire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Leicestershire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Leicestershire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Leicestershire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Leicestershire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- The Record Office - Records for Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Barrow upon Soar Poor Law Union, Leicestershire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Leicestershire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 263-267. Date accessed: 16 August 2012.