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This is a child WikiProject of [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England|WikiProject England]] with a focus on improving the articles about the many hundreds of English parishes.  
This is a child WikiProject of [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England|WikiProject England]] with a focus on improving the articles about the many hundreds of English parishes.  


[[Image:Christ Church West Bromwich Staffordshire.jpg|right|100px|Christ Church West Bromwich Staffordshire.jpg]]  
[[File:Christ Church West Bromwich Staffordshire.jpg|right|100px]]


== Scope  ==
== Scope  ==
 
Articles about [[England Parishes|English parishes]]. As WikiProjects for different English counties are created this project will work in conjunction with those projects on parish articles for each specific county.
Articles about [[England Parishes|English parishes]]. As WikiProjects for different English counties are created this project will work in conjunction with those projects on parish articles for each specific county.  
 
== Meetings  ==
 
A Project Meeting is held every Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. MST.  Everyone is invited.  If you would like to work on the project, but aren't sure where to start, this is a good place to learn more about what is going on.  <br>
 
*Join the meeting [https://meet.lds.org/orion/join?siteurl=meet here]<br>
*The meeting number is '''0000'''<br>
*There is no password required<br>
*The system will call you, but should you need to dial in, the phone number is 1-000-000-0000 (U.S. Toll-Free)
 
<br>
 
For more information or questions, please contact the Project Coordinator, Jane Colmenares evancol@yahoo.com [[User:Evancol|Evancol]] 15:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


== Contributors  ==
== Contributors  ==
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*[[User:Cottrells|Steve]]  
*[[User:Cottrells|Steve]]  
*[[User:Murphynw|Nathan]] - I am working on developing coverage charts for parish registers available online.  
*[[User:Murphynw|Nathan]] - I am working on developing coverage charts for parish registers available online.  
*[[User:DowneOPC]] working on deposited records at Bromley Archives, Kent as part of Kent Online Parish Clerks  
*[[User:DowneOPC]] working on deposited records at Bromley Archives, Kent as part of Kent Online Parish Clerks
*[[User:DunnPB|Phil]] - I work on adding parish descriptions to pages and led the Lancashire project<br>


{{-}} {{notice|'''Project members''': you can also add '''{{tl|User WikiProject English parishes}}''' to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project and add your name to the [[:Category:WikiProject English parishes participants]].}}
{{-}} {{notice|'''Project members''': you can also add '''{{tl|User WikiProject English parishes}}''' to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project and add your name to the [[:Category:WikiProject English parishes participants]].}}


== Tasks  ==
== Tasks  ==
 
=== Alter contributor prompts ===
{{main|FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject England/Tasks}}
 
=== Alter contributor prompts ===
 
==== Parish History  ====
==== Parish History  ====


This section should be written using multiple sources. {{notice|'''Project members''': Use a combination of sources to create a short history;  using gazetteers, census population data, history books, and websites focusing on the eighteenth and  nineteenth and  century’s.  <u>Use resource material found in the Resource and Reference sections below.</u> }}
Replaced the boilerplate text on parish pages from


:<tt>Add a general overview of the history of this parish. It can be a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. If it is a few sentences put the expansion box in this section to encourage a more lengthy history.</tt>
:<tt>Add a general overview of the history of this parish. It can be a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. If it is a few sentences leave the expansion box in place to encourage a more lengthy history.</tt>


{{expand section|a summary overview of the history of this parish|category=}}  
to {{expand section|a summary overview of the history of this parish|category=}} <br> Ultimately this section should be written using multiple sources. Notable gazetteers should be listed in the 'Maps and Gazetteer' section and could include a brief extract of the entry.
 


The aim of the parish history section should be to explain the ecclesiastical and civil parish history of the place and subsequent administrative and boundary changes. It should also reflect parish creations from an original Ancient Parish and identify how 19th and twentieth century population growth altered the approach to meeting the spirtual needs of parishioners. Links to Wikipedia projects for churches and places of worship in some English counties are a valuable resource (often illustrated and with geo map co-ordinates to locate the sites) In many counties images and other information can also be found and linked.  
The aim of the parish history section should be to explain the ecclesiastical and civil parish history of the place and subsequent administrative and boundary changes. It should also reflect parish creations from an original Ancient Parish and identify how 19th and twentieth century population growth altered the approach to meeting the spirtual needs of parishioners. Links to Wikipedia projects for churches and places of worship in some English counties are a valuable resource (often illustrated and with geo map co-ordinates to locate the sites) In many counties images and other information can also be found and linked.


The aim should be to cater for an international beginner readership as well as the experienced researcher. It is also useful to locate other faiths within a Church of England parish boundary. The Church records section on the page can then develop description of the archive holding the deposited records or indicate if the records are still held in the parish by the incumbent
It should identify redundant churches and link to the Churches Conservation Trust site or identify if the deconsecrated building is now in use as a private residential dwelling, commercial premises or conserved.


=== Resources section ===
The aim should be to cater for an international beginner readership as well as the experienced researcher. It is also useful to locate other faiths within a Church of England parish boundary. The Church records section on the page can then develop description of the archive holding the deposited records or indicate if the records are still held in the parish by the incumbent.


A link to FamilySearch catalogue may fit well in this section. {{notice|'''NOTE:''' This is best acomplished using a subject search link such as {{FSC|England%2C+Suffolk%2C+Metfield|subject|disp=Metfield}}  see example [[Metfield, Suffolk]].  The code can be copied and pasted, then it is just a matter of replacing 'Metfield' in the code with any other Suffolk Parish.  To change counties the 'Suffolk' part of the code would have to be replaced with the county the parish is in.}}
==== Resources section ====


==== Section Headings ====
A link to Family History Library catalogue may fit well in this section. {{notice|'''NOTE:''' This is best acomplished using a subject search link such as {{FHL|England%2C+Suffolk%2C+Metfield|subject|disp=Metfield}}  see example [[Metfield, Suffolk]].  The code can be copied and pasted, then it is just a matter of replacing 'Metfield' in the code with any other Suffolk Parish. To change counties the 'Suffolk' part of the code would have to be replaced with the county the parish is in.}}


'''Add section headings as needed''' and subheadings; Add any section heading for material you want to add or use existing headings. [[FamilySearch Wiki:New Common Taxonomy|Ideas for Topic Headings]]
However the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilm or digital images may represent only a small part of record sources held in archives in various locations. The parish registers and other parish records ( Vestry Meetings minutes; local census material; graveyard maps and lists of burial plots) may remain in either parish or Diocesan registry. Bishop's Transcripts may need explanation as they may have changed location over the centuries.  


*Civil Registration
The ultimate aim is to create a means for any reader to identify how they can search the records either online in an Online Parish Clerk Transcript, images at an archive site (Lincolnshire: Lincs to the past) or the reference in a county archive for both parish and diocese. It is dangerous to assume that the searcher has access to the Family History Library or any of the Branch FamilySearch local church based facilities or is in a position to undertake research personally. If possible an indication of the arrangement of original surviving records and condition can be offered. [[Downe, Kent]] offers such descriptions.
*Church History - Example: Identify redundant churches and link to the Churches Conservation Trust site or identify if the deconsecrated building is now in use as a private residential dwelling, commercial premises or conserved.
*Church Records - Example: Genealogical Society of Utah microfilm or digital images may represent only a small part of record sources held in archives in various locations. If possible an indication of the arrangement of original surviving records and condition can be offered. [[Downe, Kent]] offers such descriptions.  
**Nonconformist Records
*Census Records
**Statistical Census Data
*History
**Nineteenth Century
**Twentieth century
*Probate Records
*Maps &amp; Gazetteers
*Websites


==== Census records  ====
==== Census records  ====


While developing a parish page you have the option of using a template. You may want to just use the text found in the template. If your not familiar with the parameters of a template you may want to avoid using them. Feel free to replace a template with text.
Replaced the boilerplate text on parish pages from


'''Include in this Section''' - <tt>Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images or a wiki article with those links. Add a subject link to the FamilySearch Catalog. Add a link to a wiki census article.</tt>  
:<tt>Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.</tt>


===== Census Templates  =====
to {{Expand section|any unique information, such as ''the census for X year was destroyed''|category=}} <br> There are a few templates that have been created that may or may not be used.


*[[Template:British Census]] - <nowiki>{{British Census|241191}}</nowiki>
*[[Template:British Census]]  
**Parameters - census film number
*[[Template:British Census2]]  
*[[Template:British Census2]] - <nowiki>{{British Census|| Brampton, Cumberland, Census|census= Brampton Census|2=Brampton| countycensuspage= Cumberland Census}}</nowiki>
*[[Template:Suffolk Census]]
**Parameters - Parish name; census subject; internal link
*[[Template:Suffolk Census]] - <nowiki>{{Suffolk Census| Laxfield, England, Census|census=Laxfield census film numbers|1=Laxfield Census|2=Laxfield| countycensuspage= Suffolk Census}}</nowiki>
**Parameters - see template
 
{{notice|'''NOTE:''' Templates may be confusing to contributors; therefore, may discourage contributions to this section}}
 
==== Maps and Gazetteers  ====
 
Add links to the various county and national directories; Notable gazetteers should be listed in the 'Maps and Gazetteer' section and could include a brief extract of the entry.


{{notice|'''NOTE:''' A subject search link such as {{FHL|England%2C+Suffolk%2C+Metfield|subject|disp=Metfield}} or {{FHL|Metfield, England, Census|subject|disp=Metfield Census}} or a film link can be used in this section }}
==== Church Records  ====
==== Church Records  ====


This section requires expansion with: Information about parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, parish chest records, non conformist and other types of church records. Also add links to online parish collections. Make reference to records found in the FS Catalog.  
This section requires expansion with: Information about parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, parish chest records, non conformist and other types of church records. Also add links to online parish collections. Make reference to records found in the FHLC.  


Standard key to England parish register website abbreviations:  
Standard key to England parish register website abbreviations:  


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{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="3"
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''AC''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry.co.uk] (£)
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''AC''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry.co.uk] (£)
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BIVRI''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)]<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Breakdown of Records'], ''Genoot,'' accessed 10 January 2014.</ref>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''ARC''' = [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BMD''' = [http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ BMDRegisters.co.uk] (£)
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BO''' = [http://www.britishorigins.com/ BritishOrigins.com] (£)
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|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''CHES''' = [http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ Cheshire Parish Register Project]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series FindMyPast.co.uk] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''COPC''' = [http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''CUMB''' = [http://www.cumberlandroots.co.uk/ Cumberland Roots]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''DOPC''' = [http://www.opcdorset.org/ Dorset Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''DURH''' = [http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ Durham Records Online] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''DVPC''' = [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''EOPC''' = [http://essex-opc.org.uk/ Essex Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''ESX''' = [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Default.aspx Essex Archives Online] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FAMR''' = [http://www.familyrelatives.com/ FamilyRelatives.com] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Findmypast.co.uk] (£)
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl FreeReg]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl FreeReg]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FRST''' = [http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=page&id=1 Forest of Dean Family History]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS = '''[http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS = '''[https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FSB = '''[http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Advanced&dscnt=2&fromLogin=true&dstmp=1356844717851&vid=FHD_PUBLIC FamilySearch Books]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''GENGLD''' = [http://www.genogold.co.uk/ Genogold.co.uk]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''GLUK''' = [http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/ GenealogyLinksUK]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''GOOG = '''[http://books.google.com/ Google Books]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''GOOG = '''[http://books.google.com/ Google Books]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''HALS''' = [https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?formid=HALS_INDEXES Hertfordshire Names Online]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''HATH''' = [http://www.hathitrust.org/ Hathi Trust Digital Library]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''HOPC''' = [http://www.knightroots.co.uk/ Hampshire Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IARC''' = [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''IGI''' = [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free]<ref>Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle 'IGI Batch Numbers for Hertford, England,'] ''IGI Batch Numbers,'' accessed 11 December 2013.</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''JOIN''' = [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£)
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''JOIN''' = [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£)
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LBMD''' = [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk LancashireBMD.org.uk]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LBMD''' = [http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk LancashireBMD.org.uk]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''KOPC''' = [http://www.kent-opc.org/ Kent Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LCPC''' = [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engleiopc/html/parish_list.html Leicestershire Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LINC''' = [http://www.lincstothepast.com/home/ Lincs to the Past]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LOPC''' = [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LOPC''' = [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''MED''' = [http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode=Search&PathList=/Z4a_Medway_Ancestors/ Medway Ancestors]
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''TGEN''' = [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ TheGenealogist.co.uk]
|-
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|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''NOR''' = [http://doun.org/transcriptions/ Norfolk Transcription Archive]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" |
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''PRTS''' = [http://prtsoc.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php Parish Register Transcription Society] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''SFH''' = [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/somersetfamilyhistory/ Somerset Family History]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''SOPC''' = [http://wsom-opc.org.uk/index.php Somerset Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''SXPC''' = [http://www.sussex-opc.org/ Sussex Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''TGEN''' = [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ TheGenealogist.co.uk] (£)
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''TODWLS''' = [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~todmordenandwalsden/baptisms.htm Todmorden and Walsden Website]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''UKGA''' = [http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Registers/ UK Genealogy Archives]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''WEAL''' = [http://www.thesussexweald.org/home.asp The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''WLPC''' = [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwopcp/ Wiltshire Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''WOPC''' = [http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''WSOM''' = [http://www.wsom.org.uk/ West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions]
|}
 
== Parish Register Coverage Table  ==
 
Example parish register coverage table:
 
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''ALDINGHAM PARISH (1539) Online Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''AC'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1542-1695''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1542-1695''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1542-1695''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/parish-records/marriages?tab=2 '''1542-1837''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''IGI'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://www.familysearch.org '''1561-1756''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://www.familysearch.org '''1539-1754''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''LOPC'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | '''[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Aldingham/index.html 1638-1877]'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Aldingham/index.html '''1638-1848''']
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Aldingham/index.html '''1638-1877''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|}
|}


===== [[1851 Census Places of Worship]] =====
===== [[1851 Census Places of Worship]] =====


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Revision as of 23:17, 29 December 2012

This is a child WikiProject of WikiProject England with a focus on improving the articles about the many hundreds of English parishes.

Christ Church West Bromwich Staffordshire.jpg

Scope[edit | edit source]

Articles about English parishes. As WikiProjects for different English counties are created this project will work in conjunction with those projects on parish articles for each specific county.

Contributors[edit | edit source]

Userbox for WikiProject English parishes
Christ Church West Bromwich Staffordshire.jpg This user is a participant in WikiProject English parishes.
  • Steve
  • Nathan - I am working on developing coverage charts for parish registers available online.
  • User:DowneOPC working on deposited records at Bromley Archives, Kent as part of Kent Online Parish Clerks



Information icon.png Project members: you can also add {{User WikiProject English parishes}} to your user page to identify yourself as a member of the project and add your name to the Category:WikiProject English parishes participants.

Tasks[edit | edit source]

Alter contributor prompts[edit | edit source]

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Replaced the boilerplate text on parish pages from

Add a general overview of the history of this parish. It can be a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. If it is a few sentences leave the expansion box in place to encourage a more lengthy history.

to Template:Expand section
Ultimately this section should be written using multiple sources. Notable gazetteers should be listed in the 'Maps and Gazetteer' section and could include a brief extract of the entry.

The aim of the parish history section should be to explain the ecclesiastical and civil parish history of the place and subsequent administrative and boundary changes. It should also reflect parish creations from an original Ancient Parish and identify how 19th and twentieth century population growth altered the approach to meeting the spirtual needs of parishioners. Links to Wikipedia projects for churches and places of worship in some English counties are a valuable resource (often illustrated and with geo map co-ordinates to locate the sites) In many counties images and other information can also be found and linked.

It should identify redundant churches and link to the Churches Conservation Trust site or identify if the deconsecrated building is now in use as a private residential dwelling, commercial premises or conserved.

The aim should be to cater for an international beginner readership as well as the experienced researcher. It is also useful to locate other faiths within a Church of England parish boundary. The Church records section on the page can then develop description of the archive holding the deposited records or indicate if the records are still held in the parish by the incumbent.

Resources section[edit | edit source]

A link to Family History Library catalogue may fit well in this section.

Information icon.png NOTE: This is best acomplished using a subject search link such as Metfield see example Metfield, Suffolk. The code can be copied and pasted, then it is just a matter of replacing 'Metfield' in the code with any other Suffolk Parish. To change counties the 'Suffolk' part of the code would have to be replaced with the county the parish is in.

However the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilm or digital images may represent only a small part of record sources held in archives in various locations. The parish registers and other parish records ( Vestry Meetings minutes; local census material; graveyard maps and lists of burial plots) may remain in either parish or Diocesan registry. Bishop's Transcripts may need explanation as they may have changed location over the centuries.

The ultimate aim is to create a means for any reader to identify how they can search the records either online in an Online Parish Clerk Transcript, images at an archive site (Lincolnshire: Lincs to the past) or the reference in a county archive for both parish and diocese. It is dangerous to assume that the searcher has access to the Family History Library or any of the Branch FamilySearch local church based facilities or is in a position to undertake research personally. If possible an indication of the arrangement of original surviving records and condition can be offered. Downe, Kent offers such descriptions.

Census records[edit | edit source]

Replaced the boilerplate text on parish pages from

Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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Information icon.png NOTE: A subject search link such as Metfield or Metfield Census or a film link can be used in this section

Church Records[edit | edit source]

This section requires expansion with: Information about parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, parish chest records, non conformist and other types of church records. Also add links to online parish collections. Make reference to records found in the FHLC.

Standard key to England parish register website abbreviations:

AC = Ancestry.co.uk (£)
ARC = Internet Archive
BO = BritishOrigins.com (£)
FMP = FindMyPast.co.uk (£)
FREG = FreeReg
FS = FamilySearch.org
GOOG = Google Books
JOIN = Joiner's Marriage Index (£)
LBMD = LancashireBMD.org.uk
LOPC = Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project
TGEN = TheGenealogist.co.uk
1851 Census Places of Worship[edit | edit source]

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