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FamilySearch Help Center online lesson: [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/457 '''England Parish Chest Records'''] | FamilySearch Help Center online lesson: [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/457 '''England Parish Chest Records'''] | ||
== Accessing England Church Records | == Accessing England Church Records == | ||
The following sites provide information about what records | The following sites provide information about what records exist for each parish. The problem is then to access these records. | ||
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb GENUKI Church Database] | * [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb GENUKI Church Database] | ||
* Each parishes page on this wiki | * Each parishes page on this wiki | ||
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=== Best England Websites === | === Best England Websites === | ||
The table below includes Anglican and some Nonconformist church records that are online at the following major genealogy sites: FamilySearch, Ancestry ($), FindMyPast ($) | The table below includes Anglican and some Nonconformist church records that are online at the following major genealogy sites: FamilySearch, Ancestry ($), FindMyPast ($), The Genealogist ($) and FreeReg. For each county these websites are ranked under the "Index Online" column according to their number of entries from largest to smallest. | ||
Ancestry, FindMyPast and TheGenealogist are all subscription websites, but can be viewed at Family History Centers (FHCs) and at many public libraries. | |||
A free account is required to access FamilySearch, and some of the images on their websites can only be viewed at FHCs or Affiliate Libraries. | |||
Note that records from the IGI are excluded. The IGI covers every county, see the section below for more details. | |||
Do not expect any of these collections to be complete. | |||
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| Bedfordshire | | Bedfordshire | ||
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| Berkshire | | Berkshire | ||
|FindMyPast | |FindMyPast | ||
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| Buckinghamshire | | Buckinghamshire | ||
|FindMyPast | |FindMyPast | ||
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| Cambridgeshire | | Cambridgeshire | ||
|[[England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast | |[[England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast | ||
|FamilySearch | |FamilySearch | ||
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| Cornwall | | Cornwall | ||
|[[England, Cornwall Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast | |[[England, Cornwall Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast | ||
|FamilySearch | |FamilySearch | ||
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| Cumberland | | Cumberland | ||
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| Durham | | Durham | ||
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| Essex | | Essex | ||
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| Gloucestershire | | Gloucestershire | ||
|Ancestry, FindMyPast | |Ancestry, FindMyPast, The Genealogist | ||
| Ancestry | | Ancestry | ||
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| Herefordshire | | Herefordshire | ||
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| Hertfordshire | | Hertfordshire | ||
|FindMyPast | |FindMyPast | ||
| FindMyPast | | FindMyPast | ||
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| Huntingdonshire | | Huntingdonshire | ||
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| Lancashire | | Lancashire | ||
|[[England, Lancashire, Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], Ancestry, FindMyPast (Manchester) | |[[England, Lancashire, Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], Ancestry, FindMyPast (Manchester) | ||
|FamilySearch (for Manchester), Ancestry | |FamilySearch (for Manchester), Ancestry | ||
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| London* | | London* | ||
|Ancestry, FamilySearch, | |Ancestry, FamilySearch, | ||
| Ancestry, FamilySearch (see | | Ancestry, FamilySearch (see Middlesex below), FindMyPast | ||
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| Middlesex | | Middlesex | ||
|Ancestry, [[England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast, | |Ancestry, [[England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]], FindMyPast, | ||
| Ancestry, FamilySearch (Westminster, | | Ancestry, FamilySearch (Westminster, Middlesex), FindMyPast | ||
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| Norfolk | | Norfolk | ||
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| Northamptonshire | | Northamptonshire | ||
|Ancestry, FreeReg | |Ancestry, FreeReg | ||
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| Shropshire | | Shropshire | ||
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| FindMyPast | | FindMyPast | ||
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| Suffolk | | Suffolk | ||
|FindMyPast | |FindMyPast | ||
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| Worcestershire | | Worcestershire | ||
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* What is now London was formerly Middlesex, and portions of northeast Surrey, northwest Kent, and West Ham, in Essex. | * What is now London was formerly Middlesex, and portions of northeast Surrey, northwest Kent, and West Ham, in Essex. | ||
* This table may be out of date. Feel free to update it with records that have recently been published online. | |||
=== IGI === | === IGI === | ||