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'''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> | '''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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Guide to England ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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England is one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (together with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). It has a history that goes back over a thousand years. In 1707, the Kingdom of England joined the Kingdom of Scotland in union to become the Kingdom of Great Britain. The official language is English.[1]
England Map
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.
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.
- Bedfordshire (parishes)
- Berkshire (parishes)
- Buckinghamshire (parishes)
- Cambridgeshire (parishes)
- Cheshire (parishes)
- Cornwall (parishes)
- Cumberland (parishes)
- Derbyshire (parishes)
- Devon (parishes)
- Dorset (parishes)
- Durham (parishes)
- Essex (parishes)
- Gloucestershire (parishes)
- Hampshire (parishes)
- Herefordshire (parishes)
- Hertfordshire (parishes)
- Huntingdonshire (parishes)
- Kent (parishes)
- Lancashire (parishes)
- Leicestershire (parishes)
- Lincolnshire (parishes)
- London (parishes)
- Middlesex (parishes)
- Norfolk (parishes)
- Northamptonshire (parishes)
- Northumberland (parishes)
- Nottinghamshire (parishes)
- Oxfordshire (parishes)
- Rutland (parishes)
- Shropshire (parishes)
- Somerset (parishes)
- Staffordshire (parishes)
- Suffolk (parishes)
- Surrey (parishes)
- Sussex (parishes)
- Warwickshire (parishes)
- Westmorland (parishes)
- Wiltshire (parishes)
- Worcestershire (parishes)
- Yorkshire (parishes)
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "England," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England, accessed 23 March 2016.