Church Coniston, Lancashire Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Guide to Church Coniston, Lancashire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Chapelry History

CONISTONE, CHURCH, (St Andrew) was created a chapel of ease by 1599, taken from and lying within the boundaries of Ulverston, Lancashire, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. division of the county of Lancaster,6 miles (S. W.) from Ambleside. Having been within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire since 1182, Coniston was part of the administrative county of Lancashire between 1889 and 1974. Today Coniston forms part of Cumbria. The village is situated at the head of Coniston Water, the third longest lake in the Lake District. The modern parish is within the Diocese of Carlisle. ^[1]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks

An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

Due to the increasing access of online records:

Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified

Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Church Coniston Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Parish Registers-Lancashire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Lancashire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1800s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire ($)
The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire ($)
UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire

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.

1647-1996 England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Census Records

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.

Poor Law Unions

Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire

Probate Records

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

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Websites

References

↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 679-682. Date accessed: 16 September 2013.

[1] Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 679-682. Date accessed: 16 September 2013.

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 == Resources  ==
-==== Civil Registration  ====
+=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-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 [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].
+Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+::*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>
+=== Civil Registration  ===
+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>
 ==== Lancashire Online Parish Clerks  ====
@@ Line 24: / Line 33: @@
 An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/<br>
-<br>
+=== Church Records ===
-==== Church records  ====
-===== '''Online 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.
-*'''1538 - 1910''' {{RecordSearch|1465701|England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
+====Church of England====
-'''<u>Church of England</u>'''
+''Chapelry'' is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.<br>
-Coniston chapelry's registers of christenings, marriages and burials, along with those of the ancient parish of [[Ulverston St Mary, Lancashire|Ulverston]] to which it is attached, have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:
+'''''Online Parish Records Table'''''
-{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
+<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>
+'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
+{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS =&nbsp;'''[http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]
+| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Church Coniston Parish Records'''
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LOPC&nbsp;'''=&nbsp;[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html Lancashire Online Parish&nbsp;Clerk project]
+| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
+| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
+| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
+| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP'''&nbsp;=&nbsp;[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records findmypast]
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''LBMD''' =&nbsp;[http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk LancashireBMD.org.uk]
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Lancashire
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CLancashire 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CLancashire 1500s-1900s]</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%2CLancashire 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''AC '''= [http://search.ancestry.co.uk Ancestry.co.uk]
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Parish Registers-Lancashire
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1465701|1500s-1900s}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1465701|1500s-1900s}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1465701|1500s-1900s}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG =&nbsp;'''[http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl FreeReg]
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
-|}
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
-{| width="625" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="4" | '''CONISTON ST ANDREW Chapelry&nbsp; (1599) Indexes'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
+| 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="#ffffcc" |
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Lancashire ($)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <u>'''Baptisms'''</u>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/lancashire-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <u>'''Marriages'''</u>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <u>'''Burials'''</u>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/lancashire-banns-and-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/lancashire-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Lancashire ($)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://familysearch.org '''1599-1701, 1875-1880''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2575/ 1500s-1900s]  </center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://familysearch.org '''1604-1700''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://familysearch.org '''1871-1881''']
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2576/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2577/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''LOPC'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Coniston/index.html '''1690-1875''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Coniston/index.html '''1690-1836, 1839-1855''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Coniston/index.html '''1691-1810, 1813-1871''']
+| 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>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''LBMD'''
+| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | None
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1604-1836''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
+| 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="#ffffcc" | '''AC'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1599-1700''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1599-1700''']
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5895 '''1599-1700''']
+| 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 1800s-1900s]</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl '''1599-1701''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl '''1604-1700''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl '''1600-1701''']
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="6" | '''[[Ulverston St Mary, Lancashire|ULVERSTON ST MARY]] PARISH&nbsp;(1545) Indexes '''''(ancient parish containing CONISTON Chapelry)''
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <u>'''Baptisms'''</u>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <u>'''Marriages'''</u>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <u>'''Burials'''</u>
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://familysearch.org '''1546-1910''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://familysearch.org '''1545-1914''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://familysearch.org '''1678-1903''']
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''LOPC'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ulverston/index.html '''1771-1780, 1813-1841''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ulverston/index.html '''1545-1617, 1771-1780, 1821-1841''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ulverston/index.html '''1771-1780, 1814-1841''']
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''LBMD'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | None
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
-|-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | None
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1545-1837''']
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | None
 |}
+'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
+These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
+*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Lancashire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Lancashire] ($)
+*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/lancashire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Lancashire] ($)
+*[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
+*[http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ OnLine Parish Clerks - Lancashire] - OnLine Parish Clerks project for Lancashire
-For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Coniston and comprising the whole ancient parish of Ulverston to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the [[Ulverston St Mary, Lancashire|ULVERSTON PARISH]] page.
+====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>
-===== Non-Conformist Churches =====
 *'''1647-1996''' {{RecordSearch|3656808|England, Lancashire Non-conformist Church Records, 1647-1996}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index (''dates may vary by parish'')
-==== Census records  ====
+=== Census Records ===
 {{British Census|306916}}
-==== Poor Law Unions ====
+=== Poor Law Unions  ===
 [[Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire]]
-==== Probate records ====
+=== Probate Records ===
 Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|Lancashire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
 == Maps and Gazetteers ==
@@ Line 137: / Line 169: @@
 Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
-*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
-*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
+*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 == Websites ==
-{{expand section|any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.}}
 == References ==