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<br>What You Are Looking For<br>You are looking for the name of the place where an event in the life of one of your ancestors occurred.  

Contents [hide]<br>1 Steps to identifying place names:<br>2 Where To Find Place Names <br>2.1 3 Where to find family members: <br>3.1 ENGLAND 1837 to 1901:<br>3.2 England research websites:<br>3.3 Format to Begin England Research:<br><br>[<br>edit] Steps to identifying place names:  

[<br>edit] <br>England research websites: <br>Before beginning your research, it is important that you gather all the family information you can about your ancestor. You may find this information in your home, in your parents’ home, and from any other living family members. Also check the Internet to see if others have researched your English family. Here are some Web sites to start with:<br>• FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org) is the official family history Internet site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Access to information on this site is free.<br>• RootsWeb (www.rootsweb.com) is a free site. Click Family Trees to search for your ancestor’s name.<br>• Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com) is the largest commercial family history site. Access to the Ancestry World Tree is free, but a fee is required to access other information on the site.<br>• OneGreatFamily (www.onegreatfamily.com) charges for most of its services.<br>• Genes Reunited (www.genesreunited.com) is a family history site in the United Kingdom. A fee is required to view detailed information.<br>Record the information you find on family group records and a pedigree chart or in a family history software program. For example, you can download Personal Ancestral File 5.2 without cost from www.familysearch.org.<br>From your pedigree chart, choose an ancestor who lived in England between 1837 and 1901.<br>You must know at least the approximate date and place of the birth, christening, marriage, or death of your ancestor. It is helpful to know the name of your ancestor’s husband or wife.  

<br>[<br>edit] Format to Begin England Research: <br>3 England<br>The Research Process<br>Example: John Thomas Williams, born on Jan. 21, 1862, in Cradley, Hereford, England. The registration<br>district is Bromyard.<br>Your ancestor:_____________, born on _________________, in ___________, __________,<br>England. The registration district is _______________________.<br>name birth date parish county<br>district<br>• If you don’t know your ancestor’s birth, christening, marriage, or death information, start with a more recent generation. You will learn how to do research, and you will probably discover something you didn’t know about your family.<br>• From what you already have about your own family, choose an ancestor who was born in England between 1837 and 1901.<br>• It is important to know the registration district of a place in order to search government records. You can find the registration district that a parish is in by going to http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/places/index.htm. Once you know the registration district name, you can better identify the entry you want in the indexes. Be aware, however, that people may be registered in a different district than the one they were living in. Perhaps they were registered in a neighboring district.  

4 England<br>The following pages walk you through the research process, using as an example the steps Ann takes to find the family of her ancestor John Thomas Williams. Follow these same steps to find your ancestor’s family.<br>Ann's beginning pedigree chart Ann begins a family group record with John Thomas Williams listed as a child<br>John Thomas Williams<br>21 Jan 1862 Cradley, Hereford, England<br>Ann Williams<br>John Thomas Williams<br>George Malin Williams<br>John Thomas Williams<br>28 Dec 1916<br>SLC, UTAH<br>11 Sep 1891<br>SLC, UTAH<br>21 Jan 1862<br>Cradley, Hereford, England  

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<br>10 England<br>The Research Process<br>Example<br>D. If parish registers are not available, Bishops’ Transcripts might be available. Bishops’ Transcripts are copies of parish registers.<br>E. Ann now wants to find the other children in parish registers. Two of the children are listed on the census as born in Linton. Ann cannot find a parish named Linton, so she looks in a gazetteer and finds that Linton is a small place within the parish of Bromyard. One of the children is listed as being born in Bromyard. Ann looks at a map of Herefordshire parishes and sees that Bromyard and Cradley border each other. Ann uses the same process to find children christened in Bromyard as she did to find children christened in Cradley. She finds the<br>christenings of Eliza, Elvina (which was spelled “Elivina” on the census), and George in Bromyard Parish.<br>F. Ann records the information from the christening records for the children found in the church records and adds the source for the information.  

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The Research Process<br>Example<br>4. Find the marriage record of your ancestor’s parents in church records (see “Church Records: Marriage” on pages 24–25) or in civil registration records (see “Civil Registration: Marriage” on pages 26–28).<br>A. Ann tries searching the International Genealogical Index (IGI) at www.familysearch.org to find marriage information for the parents of John Thomas Williams. Ann finds the marriage for John Williams and Ann Pugh on 20 December 1840 at Bromyard, Hereford.<br>B. The source microfilm number is listed on the IGI as 992640. Ann looks up the marriage on the microfilm.<br>Marriage record of John Williams and Ann Pugh<br>IGI entry—marriage of John Williams and Ann Pugh<br>C. Ann records information she obtained from the marriage record, and she records the source information.  

12 England<br>The Research Process<br>Example<br>D. If Ann had not found the marriage in the International Genealogical Index, she could have searched the marriage records in the parish registers of Bromyard, where the first child was born, to find the marriage of John Williams and Ann Pugh. If she did not find the marriage in the parish registers, she could then search the index to the government records of marriages (see “Civil Registration: Marriage” on pages 26–28.).<br>E. Ann now has the information she needs for this family.<br>For information on submitting names for temple ordinances, see A Member’s Guide to Temple and<br>Family History Work (34697).<br>REPEAT STEPS 1 THROUGH 4 TO FIND ANOTHER FAMILY.<br>Look for the families of each of your ancestor’s parents. Start with the birth record of one of the parents, and then search for their siblings and parents.  

13 England<br>The Research Process<br>Summary<br>Finding an English Family, 1837–1901 <br>1. Find information about your ancestor’s birth in civil registration records or church christening (baptism) records.<br>• This verifies what you know.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>2. Find your ancestor’s parents, brothers, and sisters in census records.<br>• Look for the first census following your ancestor’s birth. Check the census for the place where your ancestor was born.<br>• Look in earlier and later censuses to see if there are other children.<br>• Write down names, ages, birthplaces, and so on.<br>• Estimate birth years from the ages.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>3. Find birth information for your ancestor’s brothers and sisters in civil registration records or church christening records.<br>• Use places and estimated birth years from the census.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>4. Find the marriage record of your ancestor's parents in church records or civil registration records.<br>• Look for records of marriages in the parish where the oldest child was born.<br>• Start with the date of the first child's birth, and search backward and forward until you find the marriage.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>Then follow the same steps to find a parent’s family.<br>What’s Next<br>Follow the same steps to look for the families of each of your ancestor’s parents.<br>If you cannot find your ancestor using this research process, contact FamilySearch Support for research help at:<br>fhl@familysearch.org  

<br>14 England<br>In order to find records about your family, you need to know the names of the parish and county they lived in. It is also helpful to know the registration district. The following is an explanation of the jurisdictions you need to know in order to research your family.<br>Place Levels (Jurisdictions)<br>Places are usually listed from smallest to largest on family group records. Registration districts are not usually listed.<br>Ridgeway, Cradley, Herefordshire, England<br>(Village) (Parish) (County) (Country)<br>Village<br>A village is a small settlement within a parish.<br>Parish<br>A parish is the geographical area (jurisdiction) where an Anglican (Church of England) minister served. The parish is usually named for the place where the Church of England church was built.<br>To find the parish for a town or village, look in a gazetteer. Online gazetteers can be found at:<br>1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp<br>2. http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&amp;dbid=7254&amp;offerid=0%3a679%3a0<br>If you don’t find your ancestor’s records in one parish, look in nearby or other likely parishes. To find nearby parishes, use the Parish Locator at http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gdlawson/parfind.htm.<br>District<br>Each county in England is divided into many districts. A district may have several parishes in it, or a very large parish may be divided into several districts. Knowing the registration district that covers your ancestor’s parish will help you search the government records of birth, marriage, and death (known as civil registration).<br>To determine the name of the registration district for a parish, go to http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/places/.<br>Finding Places<br>Map of Cradley Parish<br>Cradley<br>Map of Herefordshire with districts; Bromyard District is highlighted  

15 England <br>Finding Places<br>Map of west midland counties of England with Herefordshire highlighted<br>County<br>England is divided into many counties. (Some records are found under the county, including some church records.)<br>When typing the locality place-name into your family history software program:<br>• List the places from smallest to largest: parish, county, country.<br>• If you wish to list the village or hamlet, place it before the parish.<br>• The district is not usually recorded.  

Tips<br>16 England<br>Finding Places<br>Using the Family H istory Library<br>Catalog<br>Use the online Family History Library Catalog to find any record available from the Family History Library. The Catalog will give you the call numbers you need to obtain the records. The Catalog is available at www.familysearch.org.<br>To use the Catalog, on the home page of FamilySearch.org:<br>1. Click Family History Library Catalog.<br>2. Click Place Search. You will see “Place” and “Part of (optional).”<br>3. For the Place, type: the name of the parish<br>4. For Part of, type: England<br>5. Click on Search.<br>6. A list of places will appear. Look for the place you need, and click on it.<br>7. From the list of topics that appear, click on the topic you need, such as Church Records.<br>8. From the titles that appear, click on the title you want, such as Parish Registers.<br>9. This screen will describe the record, including the book number if the record is a book. If you need the microfilm or microfiche number, click View Film Notes near the top of the page.<br>10. Locate the film number you need in the list of numbers.<br>Use the Place Search to find England civil registration indexes, censuses, and church records. To find England civil registration indexes, search by country.<br>To find England census and church records, search by parish or by county.<br>If no matches are found when you type in the place, do a search for the larger place, such as a county.<br>After selecting it from the list of results, click View Related Places. Browse this alphabetical list to see<br>if you can locate your place.<br>• Look for spelling variations of the place-name.<br>• Type the name of the parish, not the village. To find which parish a smaller place is located in, visit: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp.<br>• Look for variations in the name of the parish.<br>• The Family History Library may not have records for the place you need.  

<br>Tips<br>17 England<br>civil registration: birth<br>Indexes<br>If you cannot locate an entry in the indexes for your ancestor, consider the following reasons:<br>• Surnames are often found under unexpected spellings.<br>• Events are filed by the date registered, not the date they occurred, so search a wide range of years.<br>• Indexes were prepared by hand and may contain copying errors or omissions.<br>• A person may have been registered under a different name than he or she used at other times in his or her life.<br>• Family information is often misleading.<br>• Persons with common names may be difficult to identify in the index.<br>• A child born before the parents’ marriage may be registered under the mother’s maiden name.<br>• Some children were registered as “male” or “female” if a given name had not been selected before registration, such as Female Buckley.<br>• Civil registration records are indexed separately for births, marriages, and deaths. The indexes are organized by year, then by quarter of the year, then by name. The first quarter includes January, February, and March. The second quarter includes April, May, and June. The third quarter includes July, August, and September. The fourth quarter includes October, November, and December.<br>Quarters are listed by the last month of the quarter. For example, the record of a birth in May would appear in the index under June.<br>• Records are found in the year and quarter when the event was registered and not necessarily when<br>it took place.<br>Use Birth Indexes To: Tips<br>• Find the reference numbers to order a birth certificate from England.<br>• Verify an approximate birth date.<br>• Verify the district where a birth was recorded.<br>Content<br>• Year and quarter of registration<br>• Name<br>• District<br>• Volume<br>• Page<br>• Mother’s maiden name (given in birth indexes after June 1911)<br>Online Indexes<br>To search online indexes of the Civil Registration records of births, use one of these Web sites:<br>• www.freebmd.org.uk (no charge)<br>• www.findmypast.com (fee required)<br>• www.ancestry.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.bmdindex.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.ukbmd.co.uk (indexes to local superintendent records; no charge)<br>• www.familyrelatives.com (fee required)<br>• http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp (General Register Office Web site, where you can register and pay by credit card to have a five-year index search conducted to find a birth entry; if the certificate is found, a copy can be mailed for a fee)<br>Name District Volume Page<br>Index of birth record of John Thomas Williams, March quarter of 1862  

18 England<br>Civil Registratrion: Birth<br>1837 to the Present<br>Use Civil Registration Birth Records<br>To:<br>• Find birth information for most people who were born in England after July 1, 1837.<br>• Verify the birthplace of an ancestor.<br>• Establish a time and place of a family’s residence.<br>• Learn a mother’s maiden name.<br>Content<br>• Birth date<br>• Birthplace<br>• Child’s name<br>• Parents’ names, including mother’s maiden name<br>• Father’s occupation<br>• Residence<br>• Informant (person present at the birth who reported it to the registrar), possibly the informant’s relationship to the child, and the informant’s address<br>• Date the birth was registered<br>• Births are recorded in the year and quarter of registration, not necessarily by date of birth.<br>• It is helpful to know the district. (See “Finding Places” on pages 14–16.)<br>• If you are searching for a common name or do not find your ancestor’s name in the general index, you can write to the local Superintendent Registrar to obtain a certificate. (See “Records Obtained From” on page 19.)  

<br>Tips<br>19 England <br>Civil Registration: Birth<br>1837 to the Present<br>Searching Birth Records<br>(Civil Registration)<br>Before searching, you must know:<br>• Your ancestor's name.<br>• A possible parish and county of birth.<br>• An approximate birth date.<br>The reference from the index is also helpful (see page 17).<br>Records Obtained From:<br>• General Register Office. (See “Archives and Libraries,” page 29.) Order online at http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0.<br>• The local superintendent registrar. Addresses are available at www.genuki.org.uk. Click on England, then the county and then the subject Civil Registration.<br>• www.ukbmd.co.uk. Click on the county.<br>1862 birth certificate for John Thomas Williams, from the General Register Office, England<br>Where born Name Sex Parents’ names  

20 England<br>Census Indexes<br>1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901<br>Use Census Indexes To:<br>• Quickly find your ancestor in a census.<br>Online Indexes<br>Name indexes exist on the Internet for every census from 1841 to 1901. The following Web sites have indexes:<br>• www.ancestry.co.uk (for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 censuses; fee required)<br>• www.englishorigins.com (for the 1841 and 1871 censuses; fee required)<br>• www.findmypast.com (for the 1841, 1861, 1871, and 1891 censuses; fee required)<br>• www.thegenealogist.co.uk (for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, and 1901 censuses; fee required)<br>• http://213.161.80.228/ (for the 1901 census; fee required)<br>• www.familysearch.org (for the 1881 census; no charge)<br>• www.census-online.com/links/England (links for many online census records)<br>• www.freecen.org.uk (free database of online census transcriptions)<br>You can also use a search engine such as Google to look for a census index for a particular place. (For example: Bishop’s Cleeve 1851 Census Index.)<br>• Check for variant spellings of the surname.<br>• If you can’t find your ancestor’s full name in an index, search using only the given name and other identifying information, such as age and place. Or search for only a surname with the other identifying information.<br>• Indexes can have errors and omissions, which will affect what results appear for a search.<br>• Read the information provided about the index before searching so that you will better understand what is indexed and how to search it.<br>Tips<br>Searching Census Indexes<br>Before searching, you must know:<br>• Your ancestor’s name.<br>• An approximate age for your ancestor.<br>It can also be helpful to know:<br>• Where your ancestor lived at the time of the census.<br>• Names of other family members.  

<br>22 England<br>Church Records: christening<br>1538 to the Present<br>Use Christening (Baptism) Records To:<br>• Find christening information for the majority of the people who were born in England.<br>• Verify your ancestor’s christening date and place.<br>• Establish a time and place of a family's residence.<br>• Verify parents’ names.<br>Content<br>• Child's name<br>• Parents' names, and in some time periods, occupation and residence<br>• Christening date<br>• Birth date (on some records)<br>• Residence and father’s occupation (on some records)<br>Indexes<br>International Genealogical Index (IGI)<br>The International Genealogical Index includes many christenings extracted from Church of England (and other) registers. Not all church records are included in the IGI.<br>This index is available on the Internet at www.familysearch.org.<br>Vital Records Index—British Isles<br>2nd Edition (50126)<br>The Vital Records Index—British Isles includes many christenings extracted from Church of England (and other) registers that were not included in the IGI. It is available on compact disc and can be purchased for use<br>at home (See “How to Order Family History Library Publications,” page 29.) It is also available at the Family History Library and family history centers.<br>Internet Search engines<br>Numerous Web sites contain indexes to church records in England. Online data may be found by using a search engine such as Google.<br>• In this publication, the term church records refers to records of the Church of England. Records for other churches do exist and can be used. You should know the denomination your ancestor belonged to.<br>• The christening date can be used as an approximate birth date if the birth took place before 1837, because children were usually christened within a few weeks of birth.<br>• When searching christening (baptism) records, look a few years before the time you think the actual birth or christening took place, and continue for several years after the actual birth. Some people were not christened as children, but as adults.<br>• If you don’t find your ancestor’s birth (christening) record in one parish, look in nearby parishes. (See<br>“Finding Places” on pages 14–16.)<br>• Copies of parish registers (the original record), known as Bishops’ Transcripts, and in some counties, Archdeacons’ Transcripts exist from about 1598 to about 1875. These transcripts can be searched if the parish registers are not available or if the parish registers are unreadable. Be aware that the information given for a particular entry can vary between parish registers, Bishops’ Transcripts, and Archdeacons’ Transcripts.<br>• If you don’t find the christening in Church of England registers, look at the records of other churches. (See Research Outline: England [34037]<br>“Nonconformist Church Records.”)  

Tips<br>23 England <br>Church Records: christening<br>1538 to the Present<br>Searching Christening Records<br>Before searching, you must know:<br>• Your ancestor’s name.<br>• The parish and county of birth or residence.<br>• An approximate birth date.<br>You can locate records by using the following:<br>• The Family History Library and family history centers<br>• County record offices or diocesan record offices<br>• Parish indexes<br>To find christening records in the Family History Library, use the Family History Library Catalog:<br>Place search:<br>Place [name of parish]<br>Part of [county]<br>Topics to choose: Church records or Church<br>records–Indexes<br>From the titles of the church records listed, choose parish registers or Bishops’ Transcripts.<br>Search the record by:<br>• Date (day, month, year).<br>• Child’s name.<br>When baptized Name Parents Abode (residence) Occupation By whom<br>Cradley Parish registers—christening of Elizabeth Williams  

<br>24 England<br>Church records: Marriage<br>1538 to the Present<br>Use Marriage Records to Find:<br>• The maiden name of the bride.<br>• The couple’s marriage date and place.<br>• The bride’s and groom’s fathers’ names and occupations.<br>• Ages of the bride and groom.<br>Content<br>• Marriage date.<br>• Groom's name and sometimes age, occupation, and residence.<br>• Bride's name and sometimes age, occupation, and residence.<br>• Marital status of the bride and groom (on some records).<br>After 1754 you may also find:<br>• Names of witnesses, who may be family members.<br>• Residence of the bride and groom at the time of marriage.<br>After 1837 you may also find:<br>• Names of the fathers of the bride and groom.<br>• Occupations of the fathers of the bride and groom.<br>• Look for an index of marriages covering the area where you think the marriage might have taken place before looking at the actual records.<br>• Between 1754 and 1837, marriages were required to be performed in the Church of England, unless the participants were Jewish or Quakers.<br>Marriages after 1837 could be performed in the registrar’s office or in a church other than the Church of England.<br>• To find a marriage record, first look in the parish where the first child was born. Then look in the parish(es) where the parents were born (starting with the mother’s parish), and then in nearby parishes.<br>• If you don’t find a marriage in the parish registers after 1837, search the marriage indexes of civil registration. (See “Civil Registration: Marriage” on pages 26–28.)<br>• Marriages recorded in parish records after 1754 are listed in separate books from the christenings and burials.  

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<br>26 England<br>civil registrat ion: Marriage<br>Indexes<br>Use Marriage Indexes To:<br>• Find the reference numbers for a marriage, so that the certificate can be obtained from England.<br>• Verify an approximate marriage date.<br>• Verify a district where a marriage was recorded.<br>Content<br>• Name<br>• District<br>• Volume<br>• Page<br>• Spouse’s surname (in marriage indexes after 1911)<br>If the marriage can’t be found in civil registration, you can try church records (See “Church Records: Marriage,” pages 24–25.)<br>• Civil registration records are indexed separately for births, marriages, and deaths. The indexes are organized by year, then by quarter of the year, then by name. The first quarter includes January, February, and March. The second quarter includes April, May, and June. The third quarter includes July, August, and September. The fourth quarter includes October, November, and December. Quarters are listed by the last month of the<br>quarter. For example, the record of a marriage in May would appear in the index under June.<br>• Records are found in the year and quarter when the event was registered and not necessarily when<br>it took place.<br>• It is helpful to know the district (See “Finding Places” on pages 14–16.)<br>• If you cannot locate an entry in the indexes for your ancestor, consider the following reasons:<br>- Surnames are often found under unexpected spellings.<br>- Events are filed by the date registered, not the date they occurred, so search a wide range of years.<br>- Indexes were prepared by hand and may contain copying errors or omissions.<br>- A person may have been registered under a different name than he or she used at other times in his or her life.<br>- Family information is often misleading.<br>- Persons with common names may be difficult to identify in the index.<br>• If you find names of both the bride and the groom in the marriage indexes with the same quarter, district, volume, and page, you have probably found the right marriage.<br>• A bride could be listed on the marriage record with her maiden name or a previously married name.  

Tips<br>27 England<br>Civil Registration: Marriage<br>Indexes<br>Online Indexes<br>To search the online indexes to the Civil Registration records of marriages, use one of these Web sites:<br>• www.freebmd.org.uk (no charge)<br>• www.findmypast.com (fee required)<br>• www.ancestry.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.bmdindex.co.uk (fee required)<br>• http://www.genesreunited.com (fee required)<br>• www.familyrelatives.com (fee required)<br>• http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp (General Register Office Web site, where you can register and pay by credit card to have a five-year index search conducted to find a marriage entry; if the certificate is found, a copy can be mailed for a fee)<br>Civil registration marriage record for John Williams and Ann Pugh  

28 England<br>Civil Registration: Marriage<br>1837 to the Present<br>Use Civil Registration Marriage<br>Records To:<br>• Find marriage information for virtually every person who was married in England after July 1, 1837.<br>• Verify the marriage place of an ancestor.<br>• Establish a time and place of a family’s residence.<br>• Learn the names of the bride’s father and the groom’s father.<br>• Verify the ages of a bride and groom.<br>• Find out the religious denomination of a bride and groom, if they married in a church.<br>Content<br>• Names of the bride and groom.<br>• Residences of the bride and groom.<br>• Marital status of the bride and groom (single, widowed, or divorced).<br>• Occupations of the bride and groom.<br>• Ages of the bride and groom.<br>• Names and occupations of the fathers of the bride and groom.<br>• Date of marriage.<br>• Marriage place, including the name of the church, if the marriage took place in a church.<br>• If you know the name of the bride and the groom, you may be able to find the marriage without knowing a place.<br>• When a marriage records says “21” or “of full age” as the age of the bride and groom, it may mean that they are 21 or older than 21.<br>Tips<br>Searching Marriage Records<br>(Civil Registration)<br>Before searching, you must know:<br>• The name of the bride or groom.<br>• A possible parish and county of marriage.<br>• An approximate marriage date.<br>Records obtained from:<br>• General Register Office. (See “Archives and Libraries,” page 29.) Order online at http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0.<br>• The local Superintendent Registrar. Addresses are available at www.genuki.org.uk by county and then by subject under “Civil Registration.”  

<br>29 England <br>Additional Helps<br>Time Line<br>1538 Parishes began keeping registers.<br>1598 Parish ministers were required to make a copy of their register each year and send it to the bishop. These records are called Bishops’ or Archdeacons’ Transcripts.<br>1752 The calendar changed from beginning the year on March 25 to beginning the year on January 1.<br>1754 A law was passed requiring marriages to be performed in the Church of England except for Jews or Quakers. Marriages from this date were recorded in separate books.<br>1801 The first national census was taken in England. However, it did not contain names or any other genealogical information.<br>1812 Christenings and burials were recorded in printed registers.<br>1837 The government began recording births, marriages, and deaths.<br>1841 The first national census was taken that had names and genealogical information.<br>1851 Parish or place of birth and relationship to head of household were recorded in census records from this date on.<br>1901 The most recent national census that has been released for public use was taken.<br>More about English Research<br>Research Outline: England (34037) describes other records that can be used in the research process to find out more about your family.<br>Herber, Mark. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Stroud, England: Sutton Publishing LTD., in association with the Society of Genealogists, 1998. (FHL book 942 D27hm).<br>Rogers, Colin D. Tracing Your English Ancestors. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. (FHL book 942 D27r 1989).<br>Saul, Pauline. The Family Historian’s Enquire Within. Birmingham, England: Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd., 1995. (FHL book 942 D27mf 1995).<br>Genuki www.genuki.org.uk<br>Archives and Libraries<br>Family History Centers<br>www.familysearch.org<br>Phone: 1-800-346-6044 (toll free in the United States and Canada)<br>Family History Library<br>35 N. West Temple Street<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440<br>www.familysearch.org<br>General Register Office<br>P.O. Box 2<br>Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD<br>England<br>Phone: From U.S. 011-44-870-243-7788<br>Fax: From U.S. 011-44-1704-550013<br>Web site: www.gro.gov.uk<br>National Archives<br>Ruskin Avenue, Kew<br>Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU<br>England<br>Web site: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk<br>County Archives and Local Superintendent<br>Registrar<br>See the Web site www.genuki.org.uk. Look for the individual county, and then Archives and Libraries or Civil Registration.<br>How to Order Family H istory Library Publications<br>Go to www.familysearch.org. Under the heading “Get Started with Family History,” click guides. When the new page comes up, click Sorted by Place, click the letter E, and look for the publications that pertain to England in the list that appears.<br>You can view these publications on the screen or print them. Or you can order a copy of a publication by clicking the product number on the right and then clicking the Quick Order tab at the top of the page.  

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