Cheshire Church Records: Difference between revisions

::"This is the Diocesan record office for about 400 parishes in the Diocese of Chester (roughly the same area as pre-1974 Cheshire) and for those in the deaneries of Widnes and Warrington in the Diocese of Liverpool. The vast majority have deposited records and most registers can be seen on microfilm in their search room. Larger local libraries hold microfilms for their areas. Microfilmed register entries up to 1910 can now be searched and viewed online with the subscription site [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections/the-cheshire-collection Find my Past]. To see a full list of the parish registers we hold please view their [https://www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/pdf/Parish-registers-index.pdf '''parish register index''' (PDF 1.57MB)]<br>

::"Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials generally begin between 1538 and 1598. Each church kept its own set of registers so there can be gaps in the records where volumes have been lost or damaged, or due to the disruption caused by the Civil War and Commonwealth period (1640-1660). Copies of baptism, marriage and burial records were sent every year to the Bishop of Chester until the late nineteenth century. These ‘Bishop’s Transcripts’ (BTs) can be useful when the original register is lost or difficult to read."<ref>"Church of England Parishes", Cheshire Archive and Local Studies, https://www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/what-we-hold/church-of-england-parishes.aspx, accessed 11 February 2023.</ref>