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*[http://landing.ancestry.com/lma/default.aspx London Parish Records from 1538] at Ancestry (£). Images of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials. | *[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 | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] (£) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837 {{FSbook|1310100|disp=Coverage}} | ||
*[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] (£) - includes 50,000 City of London marriages from 1538 to 1837<br> | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] (£) - includes 50,000 City of London marriages from 1538 to 1837<br> | ||
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*[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> | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] (£) - principally nineteenth-century burials | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] (£) - principally nineteenth-century burials | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5968 Pallot's Baptism Index] (£) | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5968 Pallot's Baptism Index] (£) {{FSbook|1310100|disp=Coverage}} | ||
*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-coverage.php National Burial Index] (3rd ed.) (CD) -- the 2nd ed. is available on [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/parish-records/burials Find My Past] (£)<br> | *[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-coverage.php National Burial Index] (3rd ed.) (CD) -- the 2nd ed. is available on [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/parish-records/burials Find My Past] (£)<br> | ||
Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | ||
Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. Historians have also 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> Church of England burial registers help alleviate lack of registration of deaths by the civil government in London prior to 1866.<ref>Cliff Webb, [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-LondonBurials.aspx 'About Greater London Burials 1545-1909,'] ''British Origins,'' accessed 4 April 2013.</ref> | Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. Historians have also 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> Church of England burial registers help alleviate lack of registration of deaths by the civil government in London prior to 1866.<ref>Cliff Webb, [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-LondonBurials.aspx 'About Greater London Burials 1545-1909,'] ''British Origins,'' accessed 4 April 2013.</ref> | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=K9c-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Marrying+London+by+Mrs.+Belloc-Lowndes&source=bl&ots=4_M6tImTXP&sig=8SCZKhaGR7vCVgLOe48tF7K-gtU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cW_GT92eFMK-2gXY3dWtAQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Marrying%20London%20by%20Mrs.%20Belloc-Lowndes&f=false ''Marrying London'' by Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes]: 'Penny Weddings' | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=K9c-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Marrying+London+by+Mrs.+Belloc-Lowndes&source=bl&ots=4_M6tImTXP&sig=8SCZKhaGR7vCVgLOe48tF7K-gtU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cW_GT92eFMK-2gXY3dWtAQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Marrying%20London%20by%20Mrs.%20Belloc-Lowndes&f=false ''Marrying London'' by Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes]: 'Penny Weddings' | ||
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*'''1520-1610''' - ''Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London, 1520 to 1610'' at [http://archive.org/details/allegationsform01londgoog Internet Archive] - free. | *'''1520-1610''' - ''Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London, 1520 to 1610'' at [http://archive.org/details/allegationsform01londgoog Internet Archive] - free. | ||
*'''1521-1869''' - ''London Marriage Licences'' at [http://archive.org/details/londonmarriageli00fost Internet Archive] - free. | *'''1521-1869''' - ''London Marriage Licences'' at [http://archive.org/details/londonmarriageli00fost Internet Archive] - free. | ||
*'''1597-1921''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2056 London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921] at Ancestry (£). | *'''1597-1921''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2056 London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921] at Ancestry (£). | ||
*'''1611-1828''' - ''Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London, 1611 to 1828'' at [http://archive.org/details/AllegationsForMarriageLicencesIssuedByTheBishopOfLondonV.26 Internet Archive] - free. | *'''1611-1828''' - ''Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London, 1611 to 1828'' at [http://archive.org/details/AllegationsForMarriageLicencesIssuedByTheBishopOfLondonV.26 Internet Archive] - free. | ||
==== In Print ==== | ==== In Print ==== | ||
*'''1597-1648''' - ''A Calendar of the Marriage Licence Allegations in the Registry of the Bishop of London.'' London, 1937. {{FHL|242804|item|disp=FHL Book 942 B4b v. 62 1979}}. | *'''1597-1648''' - ''A Calendar of the Marriage Licence Allegations in the Registry of the Bishop of London.'' London, 1937. {{FHL|242804|item|disp=FHL Book 942 B4b v. 62 1979}}. | ||