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'''St Anne Soho, Middlesex''' family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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Guide to '''St Anne Soho, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{England Parish Infobox
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== Parish History  ==
=== Parish History  ===


St. Anne, Soho is a '''parish''' in the city and liberty of Westminster.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51117#s1000 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 26 December 2013.</ref>  
'''St. Anne, Soho''' is a'''parish''', in the city and liberty of Westminster.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51117#s1000 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 26 December 2013.</ref>  


St Anne Soho '...was formed out of the parish of [[St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex|St. Martin's-in-the-Fields]], [Westminster] towards the end of the seventeenth century.'<ref>Thornbury, Walter, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45145 'Soho', ''Old and New London Volume 3''], (London: Cassell Petter and Galpin, 1878), 173-184. Online | here]. (Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.</ref>  
St Anne Soho, '...was formed out of the parish of [[St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex|St. Martin's-in-the-Fields]], [Westminster] towards the end of the seventeenth century.'<ref>Thornbury, Walter [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45145 'Soho', ''Old and New London Volume 3''], (London: Cassell Petter and Galpin, 1878), 173-184. Online | here]. (Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.</ref>  


[[Image:Stannswestminster.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
'''Additional information:'''  
St Anne Soho, the church of, is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to some well-disposed persons in the parish...who raised subscriptions and contributions for the establishing of [same]... and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne, in compliments to the Princess Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. [The parish lies within the ecclesiastical court of] the Bishop of London... The walls of this church are of brick, with rusticated angles of Portland stone.<ref>Elmes, James, [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ Google Books ''A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs''], (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Digitised by Google Books]. Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.</ref>


[[List of Churches for St Anne Soho, Westminster]]
'''St Anne Soho, the church of''', is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to some well-disposed persons in the parish...who raised subscriptions and contributions for the establishing of [same]... and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne, in compliments to the Princess Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. [The parish lies within the ecclesiastical court of] the Bishop of London... The walls of this church are of brick, with rusticated angles of Portland stone.<ref>Elmes, James, [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ Google Books ''A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs''], (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Digitised by Google Books]. Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.</ref>


St Anne's Soho [Westminster], the church of, is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to the same cause as the last named [see the above "St Anne's Society" in this dictionary] and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. The advowson is in the gift of the Bishop of London...<ref>James Elmes, [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ Google Books ''A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs''], (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831).  Adapted. Date accessed: 23 January 2014.</ref>
<br> [[List of Churches for St Anne Soho, Westminster]].  
 
Westminster St Anne Soho, Middlesex.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51117 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 23 January 2014.</ref>
 
The following '''French Huguenot''' chapels were erected in this illustrious Westminster parish: <br>
*La Patente Street Chapel - 1689 <br>
*Berwick Street Chapel - 1690<br>
*Monmouth House Chapel, Soho Square - 1690 <br>
*Ryder's Court Chapel, St. Ann's, - 1700 <br>
*Les Grecs Hog La. or Crown Street Soho - 1700 <br>
*West Street Chapel, Soho – 1706 <br>
*Little Chapel Street


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==


=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
==== Civil Registration  ====


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Cemeteries ===
==== Church records  ====
*'''1657-1900''' {{FSC|529729|title-id|disp=Public Records of St. Anne's Parish, Soho}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
* {{FSC|2031158|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions and Extracts from Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, at St. Anne's Church, Soho}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


=== Civil Registration ===
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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 
=== Church Records ===
 
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
 
==== Church of England ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
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| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''St Anne Soho Online Parish Records'''
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| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="20" | <center><font size="+1">'''Online St Anne Soho Parish Register Images and Indexes'''</font></center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Baptisms'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Marriages'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Burials'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Middlesex
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Earliest'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CMiddlesex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>1686<br></center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>1686</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CMiddlesex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>1686</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CMiddlesex 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex
| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|2072795|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" rowspan="3" colspan="2" | '''Images'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" |  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1837
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast]<ref name="west" />  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1917
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast]<ref name="west" />
|-
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="18" | <center>1800-1810 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry] baptisms, marriages, and burials<ref name="anc">[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] (£). Described as St Anne, Soho in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.</ref></center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1813-1866
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558 Ancestry]<ref name="ancc">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1558 London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] (£). Described as Westminster St Anne Soho in Westminster Borough.</ref>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/middlesex-baptisms 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1800-1854
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1623 Ancestry]<ref name="ancm">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1623 London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] (£). Described as Westminster St Anne Soho in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.</ref>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/greater-london-marriage-index 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="2" | 1813-1849
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1559 Ancestry]<ref name="ancb">[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1559 London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980], courtesy: [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry] (£). Described as Soho St Anne in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.</ref>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/greater-london-burial-index 1400s-1900s]</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="20" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-baptisms 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-marriages 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-burials 1400s-1900s]</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" rowspan="8" colspan="2" | '''Indexes'''  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1875
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" | {{RecordSearch|1473014|FamilySearch}}<ref>Batches {{IGI|C062361}}, {{IGI|C062362}}, {{IGI|C062363}}, {{IGI|C062366}}, {{IGI|C062367}}, {{IGI|C062368}}, {{IGI|C062369}}, {{IGI|C150511}}, {{IGI|C150512}}, {{IGI|C150513}}, see: Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLondon_including_Middlesex_(N-Z).htm "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England,"] ''IGI Batch Numbers,'' accessed 17 March 2012.</ref>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1645-1754
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/westminster-banns 1700s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast]<ref name="bmi">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110108163855/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-MDX.aspx "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,"] ''Origins.net,'' accessed 12 June 2011; Percival Boyd, ''A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index'' (London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., 1994). {{FHL|682509|item|disp=FHL Book 942 K22L 1994}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="2" | 1179-1853
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D FindMyPast]<ref name="boyd">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140210011811/http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials "Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts,"] ''Find My Past,'' accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1872-1925
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s] </center>  
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 Ancestry]<ref>[http://www.genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/MDX-Birth-Coll.pdf 'Vital Records Index - British Isles - Collection List,'] ''British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed.,'' hosted at ''Genoot,'' accessed 14 April 2012.</ref>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1897
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s] </center>  
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | {{RecordSearch|1473015|FamilySearch}}<ref>Batches {{IGI|M062361}}, {{IGI|M062362}}, {{IGI|M062364}}, {{IGI|M062365}}, {{IGI|M150515}}, {{IGI|M150516}}, see: Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLondon_including_Middlesex_(N-Z).htm "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England,"] ''IGI Batch Numbers,'' accessed 17 March 2012.</ref>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1917
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1624/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast]<ref name="west">[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/cms/fmp/pdf/Westminster-parish-records-coverage.pdf 'Westminster parish records coverage,'] ''Find My Past,'' accessed 27 March 2012. Indexed collection.</ref>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($)
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1558/ 1800s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1686-1837
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1623/ 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 FindMyPast]<ref name="west" />  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="2" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1559/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" align="center" colspan="4" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2056/ 1600s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
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| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1600s-1800s]</center>
|-
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="2" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center" colspan="4" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="2" | 1800-1837
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Ancestry]<ref name="pallot">''Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes'' (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). {{FHL|293148|item|disp=FHL British Book 942 V25pm}}</ref>
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'''''Other Websites'''''
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Middlesex/ Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/middlesex-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
====Nonconformist Records====
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
*'''1841-1964''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61881/ Westminster, London, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1841-1964] at Ancestry ($); index & images ''(dates may vary by parish)''
=== Census Records  ===
{{British Census|438883}}
==== 1634-1900 Rate Books ====
*[http://search.findmypast.ie/search-world-records/westminster-rate-books-1634-1900 Westminster Rate Books] at Findmypast - (£).
==== 1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid  ====


*[http://british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=26&page=17&sort=1 St Anne Westminster] at [http://british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online] - free.
<br> To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.  


==== 1726-1829 Land Taxes ====
<br>


The [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/westminster-poor-law-and-parish-administration Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration] collection at Findmypast includes '''1726-1829''' - St Anne, Soho, Land Taxes
==== Census records  ====


{{British Census|438840}}
{{British Census|438840}}  


=== Probate Records ===
==== Probate records ====


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Middlesex Probate Records|Middlesex Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Middlesex Probate Records|Middlesex Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  


=== Cemetery  ===
==== Cemetery  ====


{{Findagrave|658891|St Anne Soho Churchyard}} (15+ entries)  
{{Find A Grave|658891|St Anne Soho Churchyard}} (15+ entries)  


=== Poor Law Union ===
==== Poor Law Unions  ====


The [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/westminster-poor-law-and-parish-administration Westminster, Poor Law and Parish Administration] collection at Findmypast includes:
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
*'''1686-1843''' - St Anne, Soho, Apprentices
*'''1793-1828''' - St Anne, Soho, Workhouses


== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==


Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.  
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>


*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites  ==
== Websites  ==
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX/SohoStAnne St Anne Soho on GENUKI]
*[http://www.stannes-soho.org.uk/ St. Anne's Church, Soho] (official website). History, photo galleries, visitor directions.
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/views/vc-ann-soh.htm Sketch of St Anne Soho Parish Church], courtesy: [http://www.londonancestor.com/ London Ancestor]


== References  ==
== References  ==
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*[http://www.stannes-soho.org.uk/ St. Anne's Church, Soho] (official website). History, photo galleries, visitor directions, service times.
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/views/vc-ann-soh.htm Sketch of St Anne Soho Parish Church], courtesy: [http://www.londonancestor.com/ London Ancestor]<br>
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St Anne Soho, Middlesex family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


St Anne Soho, Middlesex, England
The tower and west end of St. Anne's Church, viewed from Wardour Street.
Type Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Westminster
County Middlesex
Poor Law Union Strand
Registration District Strand
Records begin
Parish registers: 1686
Bishop's Transcripts: 1800
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Not created until 1858
Diocese London
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex
Location of Archive
Middlesex Record Office

Parish History[edit | edit source]

St. Anne, Soho is aparish, in the city and liberty of Westminster.[1]

St Anne Soho, '...was formed out of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, [Westminster] towards the end of the seventeenth century.'[2]

Additional information:

St Anne Soho, the church of, is situated on the south of Dean Street, Soho, near the lower end towards Gerard Street; and the church yard reaches from Dean Street on the east to Princes Street on the west. This church and parish owe their origin to some well-disposed persons in the parish...who raised subscriptions and contributions for the establishing of [same]... and was separated from the overgrown parish of St Martin in the Fields by an act of parliament, passed in the year 1661, the provisions of which were however not completed till 1678, and the present church was finished in 1686, on a spot formerly called Kemp's Fields. It is dedicated to St Anne, in compliments to the Princess Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne. [The parish lies within the ecclesiastical court of] the Bishop of London... The walls of this church are of brick, with rusticated angles of Portland stone.[3]


List of Churches for St Anne Soho, Westminster.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Online St Anne Soho Parish Register Images and Indexes
 
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Earliest
1686
1686
1686
Images 1686-1837 FindMyPast[4] 1686-1917 FindMyPast[4]
1800-1810 Ancestry baptisms, marriages, and burials[5]
1813-1866 Ancestry[6] 1800-1854 Ancestry[7] 1813-1849 Ancestry[8]
Indexes 1686-1875 FamilySearch[9] 1645-1754 FindMyPast[10] 1179-1853 FindMyPast[11]
1872-1925 Ancestry[12] 1686-1897 FamilySearch[13] 1686-1917 FindMyPast[4]
1686-1837 FindMyPast[4]
    1800-1837 Ancestry[14]    


To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.


Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery[edit | edit source]

St Anne Soho Churchyard database at Find A Grave. (15+ entries)

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 26 December 2013.
  2. Thornbury, Walter 'Soho', Old and New London Volume 3, (London: Cassell Petter and Galpin, 1878), 173-184. Online | here]. (Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.
  3. Elmes, James, Google Books A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs, (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Digitised by Google Books]. Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 'Westminster parish records coverage,' Find My Past, accessed 27 March 2012. Indexed collection.
  5. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Anne, Soho in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.
  6. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Westminster St Anne Soho in Westminster Borough.
  7. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Westminster St Anne Soho in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.
  8. London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as Soho St Anne in Westminster Borough. Partially indexed.
  9. Batches C062361 , C062362 , C062363 , C062366 , C062367 , C062368 , C062369 , C150511 , C150512 , C150513 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 17 March 2012.
  10. "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county," Origins.net, accessed 12 June 2011; Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., 1994). FHL Book 942 K22L 1994
  11. "Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
  12. 'Vital Records Index - British Isles - Collection List,' British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed., hosted at Genoot, accessed 14 April 2012.
  13. Batches M062361 , M062362 , M062364 , M062365 , M150515 , M150516 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (N-Z), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 17 March 2012.
  14. Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm
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