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Guide to '''England ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
'''England '''is one of the four constituent countries of the [[United Kingdom]] (together with [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]], [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland Genealogy|Northern Ireland]]). It has a history that goes back over a thousand years. In 1707, the Kingdom of England joined the [[Scotland Genealogy|Kingdom of Scotland]] in union to become the [[Great Britain|Kingdom of Great Britain]]. The official language is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "England," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref>


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==England Map==
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Genealogy records are kept at the Parish level in England. The map below shows county boundaries as of 1851. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.
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==Counties and Parishes==
The England counties listed below are '''based on historic boundaries pre-1974'''. Genealogy records are kept on the county and parish level in England. These counties are used throughout the FamilySearch system to organize access to records and articles.  Click on a county or parish name below to go to the relevant wiki article listing more information.
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<li>[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire]] ([[Bedfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire]] ([[Berkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire]] ([[Buckinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire]] ([[Cambridgeshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire]] ([[Cheshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]] ([[Cornwall Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland]] ([[Cumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire]] ([[Derbyshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon]] ([[Devon Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] ([[Dorset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham]] ([[Durham Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]] ([[Essex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire]] ([[Gloucestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire]] ([[Hampshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire]] ([[Herefordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire]] ([[Hertfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire]] ([[Huntingdonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent]] ([[Kent Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire]] ([[Lancashire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire]] ([[Leicestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire]] ([[Lincolnshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[London, England Genealogy|London]] ([[London Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex]] ([[Middlesex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk]] ([[Norfolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire]] ([[Northamptonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland]] ([[Northumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire]] ([[Nottinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire]] ([[Oxfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland]] ([[Rutland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire]] ([[Shropshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] ([[Somerset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire]] ([[Staffordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk]] ([[Suffolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey]] ([[Surrey Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex]] ([[Sussex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire]] ([[Warwickshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland]] ([[Westmorland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire]] ([[Wiltshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire]] ([[Worcestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
<li>[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire]] ([[Yorkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
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==References==
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[[Category:England]]

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