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[[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed the records of many London parishes. Historians have concluded that a great deal of underregistration of baptisms, marriages, and burials occurred in early modern London parishes.<ref>E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, ''The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981).</ref> | [[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed the records of many London parishes. Historians have concluded that a great deal of underregistration of baptisms, marriages, and burials occurred in early modern London parishes.<ref>E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, ''The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981).</ref> | ||
<br> Clandestine places to marry in London: | <br>Clandestine places to marry in London: | ||
*Fleet Prison | *Fleet Prison | ||
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Large indexes to London church records include: | Large indexes to London church records include: | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] ($) - excellent coverage of pre-1754 London marriages;<ref>Else Churchill, [http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2011-Show-Handouts/Stuck-in-London-resource-at-SoG.pdf "Stuck in London: resources at the SOG and elsewhere."] Presentation, Society of Genealogists, 2011. Slides available online.</ref> includes 135,000+ names from London Diocese marriage licences, chapel marriages, Huguenot marriages, Jewish marriages<br> | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/misc-series Boyd's Marriage Index] ($) - excellent coverage of pre-1754 London marriages;<ref>Else Churchill, [http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2011-Show-Handouts/Stuck-in-London-resource-at-SoG.pdf "Stuck in London: resources at the SOG and elsewhere."] Presentation, Society of Genealogists, 2011. Slides available online.</ref> includes 135,000+ names from London Diocese marriage licences, chapel marriages, Huguenot marriages, Jewish marriages<br> | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] ($) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5967 Pallot's Marriage Index] ($) - includes most London parishes from 1780 to 1837<br> | ||
*[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | *[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br> | ||
*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] ($) | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] ($) | ||
*Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the [[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]].<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref> CD can be purchased [http://www.parishchest.com/index.php?cmd=viewproduct&cat=&id=P80695&pageOffset=0 online]. | *Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the [[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]].<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref> CD can be purchased [http://www.parishchest.com/index.php?cmd=viewproduct&cat=&id=P80695&pageOffset=0 online]. | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] ($) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br> | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] ($) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br> | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] ($) - principally nineteenth-century burials | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] ($) - principally nineteenth-century burials | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5968 Pallot's Baptism Index] ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5968 Pallot's Baptism Index] ($) | ||
*[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-coverage.php National Burial Index] (3rd ed.) (CD) | *[http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/nbi/nbi-coverage.php National Burial Index] (3rd ed.) (CD) | ||
Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | ||
Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. | Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. | ||
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=== Guildhall Library === | === Guildhall Library === | ||
Original City of London parish registers are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. The registers have been digitized by Ancestry.com and microfilmed by FamilySearch.<br> | Original City of London parish registers are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. The registers have been digitized by Ancestry.com and microfilmed by FamilySearch.<br> | ||
=== Family History Library<br> | === Family History Library<br> === | ||
The [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City has just over 90 percent of the City of London's original parish registers on microfilm. These can circulated to any one of its 4500 family history centers worldwide. | The [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City has just over 90 percent of the City of London's original parish registers on microfilm. These can circulated to any one of its 4500 family history centers worldwide. | ||
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=== Society of Genealogists === | === Society of Genealogists === | ||
The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br> | The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br> | ||
== Nonconformists == | == Nonconformists == | ||
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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span | Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes, ''<span style="display: none" id="1267206418766S"> </span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew". | ||
Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | ||
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== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/72055007/Baptism-Registers---Pre-1837-London-and-Middlesex-Marriage-] by Cliff Webb | ||
*[http://www.wsfhs.org/AdobeFiles/RA50.pdf London & Middlesex Marriage Registers - Pre-1837 & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | *[http://www.wsfhs.org/AdobeFiles/RA50.pdf London & Middlesex Marriage Registers - Pre-1837 & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | ||
*[http://www.wsfhs.org/AdobeFiles/RA51.pdf London & Middlesex Burial Register Indexes & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | *[http://www.wsfhs.org/AdobeFiles/RA51.pdf London & Middlesex Burial Register Indexes & their Online Availability] by Cliff Webb | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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{{London}} | {{London}} | ||
[[Category:London]] | [[Category:London]] | ||