London Church Records: Difference between revisions

Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitised London's parish registers with the exception of All Hallows Barking. Transcripts of many of the City of London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitised and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitised or indexed, refer to individual parish pages.  

[[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed many London churches and their records. Registers from only 30 parishes pre-date 1620.<ref>Banks, Charles Edward. 'London Subsidies 1596 to 1641 and Rent Rolls 1638' {{FHL|187050|item|disp=FHL Film 1550095 item 20}}.</ref><br>