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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. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 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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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> | ||
== Nonconformists == | == Nonconformists == | ||
*Moens, William John Charles. ''The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers, 1571 to 1874, and Monumental Inscriptions, of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London. With a Short Account of the Strangers and Their Churches''. Lymington: King and Sons, Printers, 1884. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_vQ1wYEf4SgC Google Books]. | *Moens, William John Charles. ''The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers, 1571 to 1874, and Monumental Inscriptions, of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London. With a Short Account of the Strangers and Their Churches''. Lymington: King and Sons, Printers, 1884. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_vQ1wYEf4SgC Google Books]. | ||
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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span | Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span style="display: none" id="1267206418766S"> </span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew". | ||
Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | ||