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=== Indexes at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City === | === Indexes at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City === | ||
Thousands of English church records are available on microfilm or microfiche through the Family History Library system. These records are listed in the library's online catalog by locality. In addition, many of the baptisms and marriages found in the records have been extracted and indexed by FamilySearch. When this was done each locality's collection of records was assigned a '''Batch Number'''. In addition, lists of the baptisms or marriages in each batch, arranged in alphabetical order, were created and are known as '''parish print-outs'''. The print-outs were then microfilmed, microfiched, or both. The film numbers of the original records, as well as the film or fiche numbers of the print-outs are listed in the library's online catalog at: | |||
# | *[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Catalog at FamilySearch.org] | ||
Use these steps to find them: | |||
#In the catalog search for a parish name. | |||
#Click on the topic of "Church records" to find records on film for that parish. | |||
#Click on the topic of "Church records - Indexes" to find print-outs of batches of indexed records, as well as indexes that may have been created by someone other than FamilySearch. | |||
#In the catalog search for a county name | |||
#Click on the topic of "Church records" to find records on film | |||
#Click on the topic of "Church records - Indexes" to find county-wide indexes that have been created by someone other than FamilySearch. [Note: FamilySearch International has a comprehensive "Acquisitions" program for obtaining transcriptions/indexes of church records for all periods of time.]<br> | |||
'''NOTE:''' If you would like to determine which parishes and records have been extracted and put into batches, without having to look in the catalog for each parish of interest, click [[IGI_Batch_Numbers_for_the_British_Isles_and_North_America|here]] for further instructions. | |||
==== Indexes to Marriages ==== | ==== Indexes to Marriages ==== | ||
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Some county record offices and other repositories have indexes to church records, some of which are on film at the Family History Library. Read the [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] article for additional information, including addresses. | Some county record offices and other repositories have indexes to church records, some of which are on film at the Family History Library. Read the [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] article for additional information, including addresses. | ||
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=== Clergy === | === Clergy === | ||