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===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===
The [http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk Priaulx Library] also has the indexes on microfilm.<br>
'''The Priaulx Library '''Candie, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1UG have incomplete microfilmed sets of Civil Registration records. See [http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/Using%20family%20history%20records%20booklet.pdf '''A guide to Civil and Parish Registers and Census records at the Priaulx Library''']
The [https://jerseyfamilyhistory.org/sources-of-research/ Channel Islands Family History Society] can give additional information on how to access the records.


See Locating the Records below.
See Locating the Records below.
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==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==


=== Births  ===
=== Births  ===
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There are two sets of civil records: the records created by each parish and a copy held by the Superintendent Registrar. When civil registration began, the parish registers became civil registers, and the civil registers continued to be maintained by the parish.<ref>"A guide to Civil and Parish Registers and Census records at the Priaulx Library." ''Priaulx Library''. Accessed 16 January 2019. https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/Using%20family%20history%20records%20booklet.pdf.</ref>
There are two sets of civil records: the records created by each parish and a copy held by the Superintendent Registrar. When civil registration began, the parish registers became civil registers, and the civil registers continued to be maintained by the parish.<ref>"A guide to Civil and Parish Registers and Census records at the Priaulx Library." ''Priaulx Library''. Accessed 16 January 2019. https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/Using%20family%20history%20records%20booklet.pdf.</ref>


The [https://jerseyfamilyhistory.org/sources-of-research/ Channel Islands Family History Society] can give additional information on how to access the records.
 


===Guernsey===
===Guernsey===
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St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2PB  
St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2PB  


The [http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk Priaulx Library] also has the indexes on microfilm.<br>
 
'''Note: '''Guernsey Marriages were not subject to Civil Registration until 1919 - so the coverage is incomplete prior to that date. Go to the Parish Registers. Gap 1875-1907 instead.  
'''Note: '''Guernsey Marriages were not subject to Civil Registration until 1919 - so the coverage is incomplete prior to that date. Go to the Parish Registers. Gap 1875-1907 instead.  


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'''Marriages''' from 1886 (from St Anne's Church). 1891 onwards from elsewhere on the Island.<br>'''In Guernsey '''<br>Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1925 to date only. <br>  
'''Marriages''' from 1886 (from St Anne's Church). 1891 onwards from elsewhere on the Island.<br>'''In Guernsey '''<br>Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1925 to date only. <br>  


'''The Priaulx Library '''Candie, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1UG have incomplete microfilmed sets of Civil Registration records. See [http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/Using%20family%20history%20records%20booklet.pdf '''A guide to Civil and Parish Registers and Census records at the Priaulx Library''']
 


===Alderney Greffe Records===
===Alderney Greffe Records===
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