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Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitized London's parish registers with the exception of All Hallows Barking. Transcripts of many of the City of London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitized and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitized or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitized London's parish registers with the exception of All Hallows Barking. Transcripts of many of the City of London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitized and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitized or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | ||
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[[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed | [[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed many London churches and their records. Historians have concluded that a great deal of underregistration of baptisms, marriages, and burials occurred in early modern London parishes.<ref>E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, ''The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981).</ref> | ||
<br>Clandestine places to marry in London (1674-1753): | <br>Clandestine places to marry in London (1674-1753): | ||
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The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-cwbiog.aspx Websites].<br> | The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-cwbiog.aspx Websites].<br> | ||
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== Nonconformists == | == Nonconformists == | ||