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=== Parish Registers === | === Parish Registers === | ||
Images of Cheshire's parish registers are available online at [http://www.findmypast.co.uk | Images of Cheshire's parish registers are available online at [http://www.findmypast.co.uk findmypast]. | ||
These websites provide indexed or transcribed parish registers for Cheshire: | These websites provide indexed or transcribed parish registers for Cheshire: | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 15 November 2014
Parish Registers[edit | edit source]
Images of Cheshire's parish registers are available online at findmypast.
These websites provide indexed or transcribed parish registers for Cheshire:
- Church of England Bishop's Transcripts 1538-1910: Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
- Cheshire Parish Register Project - This society transcribes Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts for Cheshire. These transcriptions are moved to a database which is searchable by Baptism, Marriage and Burial. The transcriptions begin with the earliest entry in the registers and end with 1871.
- Cheshire Non-conformist Records 1671-1900: Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection
- Church of England Church Records 1538-2000: Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
- 285,892 Cheshire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[1]
- 51,607 Cheshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[2]
- 45 Cheshire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.[3]
- Burials from 59 Cheshire places (332,678 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.[4]
Marriage Licences[edit | edit source]
Marriage licence abstracts have been published and indexed. The following indexes are available online:
- 1606-1726 - Boyd's Marriage Index (£) includes Archdeaconry of Chester marriage licences (1606-1726).[5]
- 1606-1900 - Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900: Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection. Description.
- 1750-1837 - Bertram Merrell's Index of English Marriage Licences Chester Diocese 1750-1837. Digitised by FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index', The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.
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