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*[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | *[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | ||
*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] (£) | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] (£) | ||
*[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Baptism Index] (£) - indexes primarily adult baptisms from London and Essex<br> | *[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Baptism Index] (£) - indexes primarily adult baptisms from London and Essex<br> | ||
*[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Marriage Index] (£) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1664 to 1940 | *[http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Catholic Marriage Index] (£) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1664 to 1940 | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] (£) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br> | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] (£) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br> | ||
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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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Photographs of many of London's churches may be viewed online at the [http://www.london-city-churches.org.uk/ Friends of the City Churches] website. (See Indexes of Churches.) | Photographs of many of London's churches may be viewed online at the [http://www.london-city-churches.org.uk/ Friends of the City Churches] website. (See Indexes of Churches.) | ||
== | == Online Research Guides == | ||
*[http://www.wsfhs.org/assets/documents/researchaids/RA49.pdf London & Middlesex Baptism Registers & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | *[http://www.wsfhs.org/assets/documents/researchaids/RA49.pdf London & Middlesex Baptism Registers & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | ||