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Large indexes to London church records include: | Large indexes to London church records include: | ||
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch - free. Baptisms, marriages. Coverage [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLondon_including_Middlesex_%28A-M%29.htm#PageTitle A-M], [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLondon_including_Middlesex_%28N-Z%29.htm#PageTitle N-Z]. | |||
*[http://landing.ancestry.com/lma/default.aspx London Parish Records from 1538] at Ancestry (£). Images of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials. | |||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] (£) - excellent coverage of pre-1754 London marriages;<ref>Else Churchill, [http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2011-Show-Handouts/Stuck-in-London-resource-at-SoG.pdf "Stuck in London: resources at the SOG and elsewhere."] Presentation, Society of Genealogists, 2011. Slides available online.</ref> includes 135,000+ names from London Diocese marriage licences, chapel marriages, Huguenot marriages, Jewish marriages<br> | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] (£) - excellent coverage of pre-1754 London marriages;<ref>Else Churchill, [http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2011-Show-Handouts/Stuck-in-London-resource-at-SoG.pdf "Stuck in London: resources at the SOG and elsewhere."] Presentation, Society of Genealogists, 2011. Slides available online.</ref> includes 135,000+ names from London Diocese marriage licences, chapel marriages, Huguenot marriages, Jewish marriages<br> | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] (£) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] (£) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | ||
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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> | ||
== Nonconformists == | == Nonconformists == | ||
{{Main|England Nonconformist Church Records}} | {{Main|England Nonconformist Church Records}} | ||
*Moens, William John Charles. ''The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers, 1571 to 1874, and Monumental Inscriptions, of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London. With a Short Account of the Strangers and Their Churches''. Lymington: King and Sons, Printers, 1884. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_vQ1wYEf4SgC Google Books]. | *Moens, William John Charles. ''The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers, 1571 to 1874, and Monumental Inscriptions, of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London. With a Short Account of the Strangers and Their Churches''. Lymington: King and Sons, Printers, 1884. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_vQ1wYEf4SgC Google Books]. | ||
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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span style="display: none | Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span id="1267206418766S" style="display: none"> </span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew". | ||
Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | ||
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