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*There are several subscription Web sites that have parish records: Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, The Genealogist, and World Vital Records. These are free at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers] and some sites are available at large public libraries. | *There are several subscription Web sites that have parish records: Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, The Genealogist, and World Vital Records. These are free at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers] and some sites are available at large public libraries. | ||
*As a last resort, you can contact the county records office and they will sometimes do a quick look-up for you for free. If you have more extensive research you want done, they will recommend a researcher who knows their records. | *As a last resort, you can contact the county records office and they will sometimes do a quick look-up for you for free. If you have more extensive research you want done, they will recommend a researcher who knows their records. | ||
==== Christenings (Baptisms) ==== | ==== Christenings (Baptisms) ==== | ||
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A burial usually took place in the deceased’s parish a few days after the death. Pre-1813 burial records list the deceased’s name and burial date and sometimes mention the age, place of residence, cause of death, or occupation. The husband’s name is sometimes given on the wife’s burial entry. The father’s name may be on the record for a deceased child. After 1813 the forms called for the name, age, abode, burial date, and minister’s signature. | A burial usually took place in the deceased’s parish a few days after the death. Pre-1813 burial records list the deceased’s name and burial date and sometimes mention the age, place of residence, cause of death, or occupation. The husband’s name is sometimes given on the wife’s burial entry. The father’s name may be on the record for a deceased child. After 1813 the forms called for the name, age, abode, burial date, and minister’s signature. | ||
Burial registers may mention infant children who were not christened including stillbirths. Christening records never record stillbirths. | Burial registers may mention infant children who were not christened including stillbirths. Christening records never record stillbirths. | ||
=== Bishop's Transcripts<br> === | === Bishop's Transcripts<br> === | ||