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Registers after 1842 are generally held at Office of the Superintendent Registrar, 10 Royal Square, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 4WA. It is free to look at the records and it is open from 9 am - 12.30 pm although if there is a wedding in progess you may have to leave for 20 minutes or so. You can email marriageenquiries@gov.je - even if nothing to do with marriages! The staff are very helpful and can do searches for you for a set fee.<br> | Registers after 1842 are generally held at Office of the Superintendent Registrar, 10 Royal Square, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 4WA. It is free to look at the records and it is open from 9 am - 12.30 pm although if there is a wedding in progess you may have to leave for 20 minutes or so. You can email marriageenquiries@gov.je - even if nothing to do with marriages! The staff are very helpful and can do searches for you for a set fee.<br> | ||
===Jersey Archive Holdings=== | |||
Jersey Archive holds records from the Church of England, Catholic, Methodist, Independent Church and the Ecclesiastical Court. | |||
Church of England Records from 1540 – 1915 for baptisms and 1540 – 1940 for marriages and burials have now been digitized and are available at [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60860 '''Jersey, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1540-1812.'''] | |||
====Church of England==== | |||
The archive holds the parish registers of these Church of England parishes: St Helier, St Clement, St Martin, St Saviour, St Mary, St Ouen, St Matthew, St Simon, St Andrew, St Marks, Grouville, St Brelade, St Lawrence, St John, St Peter, Trinity, Gouray, All Saints, St Luke and St James. | |||
====Roman Catholic==== | |||
The Archive holds the baptism, marriage and burial records of the following Roman Catholic Churches; St Thomas’, St Mary and St Peters, St Matthew’s, Sacred Heart, St John and St Anthony Chapel (baptisms only) and St Anne’s (baptisms only). There are also indexes for the St Thomas’ records available to order. These records have not been digitized. | |||
====Methodist==== | |||
The Archive also holds baptism, marriage and burial registers for the majority of Methodist Chapels in the Island. The Methodist collection also contains lists of Sunday School attendees, membership lists and class books which can prove useful for the family historian. Early registers appear within the Circuit records and then later within individual chapels and span the years 1836 – 1989. These records have not been digitized. | |||
====Independent==== | |||
Records are also held for the following Independent Churches; Halkett Place Evangelical Church – Registers from 1809 – 1947, New Church Society – Registers from 1844 – 1987, United Reformed Church – Registers from 1827 – 1965, Jersey Baptist Church and the Presbyterian Church. These records have not been digitized. | |||
== District Churches<br> == | == District Churches<br> == | ||