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== Records == | == Records == | ||
Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the Guildhall Library. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitized London's parish registers. [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. Transcripts of many London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitized and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitized or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitized London's parish registers. [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. Transcripts of many London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitized and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitized or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | ||
[[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed the records of many London parishes. Historians have 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> | [[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed the records of many London parishes. Historians have 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> | ||
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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] ($) | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] ($) | ||
*Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the Institute for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref> | *Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the [[Institute for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]].<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref> | ||
*[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 | ||
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=== Guildhall Library === | === Guildhall Library === | ||
Original City of London parish registers are held at the Guildhall Library. The registers have been digitized by Ancestry.com and microfilmed by FamilySearch.<br> | Original City of London parish registers are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. The registers have been digitized by Ancestry.com and microfilmed by FamilySearch.<br> | ||
=== Family History Library<br> === | === Family History Library<br> === | ||
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has just over 90 percent of the City of London's original parish registers on microfilm. These can circulated to any one of its 4500 family history centers worldwide. | The [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City has just over 90 percent of the City of London's original parish registers on microfilm. These can circulated to any one of its 4500 family history centers worldwide. | ||
Christening and marriage data has just about been completely transcribed and indexed and made available for most of the above 90 percent of the City of London's parish register holdings at the FHL and is available online in {{RecordSearch|1473014|England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975}} and {{RecordSearch|1473015|England Marriages, 1538-1973}} databases (formerly the [[International Genealogical Index|IGI]]) at FamilySearch.org. The following parishes are not currently included: | Christening and marriage data has just about been completely transcribed and indexed and made available for most of the above 90 percent of the City of London's parish register holdings at the FHL and is available online in {{RecordSearch|1473014|England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975}} and {{RecordSearch|1473015|England Marriages, 1538-1973}} databases (formerly the [[International Genealogical Index|IGI]]) at FamilySearch.org. The following parishes are not currently included: | ||
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=== Society of Genealogists === | === Society of Genealogists === | ||
The Society of Genealogists Library in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br> | The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br> | ||
== Parish Chest Records == | == Parish Chest Records == | ||