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Parish Registers

• 1515-1993 England, Berkshire, Parish Registers, 1515-1993 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Appleton at Findmypast (£)
• Transcript of Bishop's Transcripts for Cookham (Rootsweb)

Baptisms

• 57,837 Berkshire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£)
• Transcript of Baptisms for the Parish Register For Lambourne, Berkshire (Rootsweb)

Marriages

• 14,310 Berkshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£)
• Berkshire Marriages Index 1538-1931 at Findmypast (£)

Marriage Licences

Berkshire residents often acquired marriage licences at Reading, Oxford, and Salisbury. Peculiars at Faringdon and Langford also issued marriage licences. "'The Marriages Database Search the names. Archdeaconry of Berkshire marriage licences (1616-1850) have been indexed: FS Library Film 1849533 Items 5-7. Archdeaconry of Oxford marriage licence bonds (1634-1849) have been indexed: FS Library Film 476648. Bishop of Salisbury and Dean of Salisbury marriage licence bonds (1609-1837) have been indexed: FS Library CD-ROM no. 2461. Peculiar of Faringdon marriage licence bonds (1664-1740) and Peculiar of Langford marriage licence bonds (1676-1814) have been indexed: FS Library Film 416215.

Parish Chest

Parish Chest records available at the FamilySearch Library (FS Library)

Abingdon 1772-1865 Abingdon, St. Nicholas' Church 1689-1853 Aldermaston Aldworth Appleford Aston-Tirrold Aston-Upthorpe Beedon Binfield Bisham Blewberry Bradfield Bray Bright-Waltham Brightwell Brimpton Buckland Chaddleworth Cheveley Cholsey Clewer Cookham

Cumnor Denchworth East Hendred East Ilsley Easthampstead Englefield Fawler Finchampstead Fyfield 1704-1931 Hungerford Hurst Kintbury Letcombe-Regis Maidenhead Midgham Moulsford New Windsor Newbury, St. Nicholas 1792-1940 Pangbourn 1730-1895 Peasemore 1538-1842 Radley Reading, St. Giles 1518-1962

Reading, St. Lawrence 1645-1948 Reading, St. Mary's 1550-1907 Sandhurst Shellingford Shinfield Shrivenham Sonning Sparsholt 1623-1978 Speenhamland Stanford-Dingley Streatley Sulhampstead-Bannister Sunninghill Thatcham Tilehurst 1657-1900 Wallingford, St. Peter's Church Wantage Warfield Watchfield West Challow West Hendred West Shefford

Non-Conformist Records

• 1539-1910 England, Archdiocese of Birmingham, Roman Catholic Parish Records, 1539-1910 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

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Parish Registers and Other Records

"There are around 200 ancient parishes in Berkshire: we hold the registers for all but one. Taken together with around 100 Victorian or later parishes, if you have Berkshire ancestors, you may be able to discover nearly 500 years of family history.

The English parish church was a key secular institution until the Victorian period. It was responsible for poor relief, running local charities, and even local roads and law enforcement. As a result, the 'parish chest' contains a lot more than just the registers. A small number of other parish records are listed on our online catalogue, but the majority are not, so please do Contact Us if you are interested in other parish records.

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