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*[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br>  
*[http://achievements.co.uk/family_tree_names/london_marriages_database.html Crisp's London Marriage Licences]<br>  
*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] ($)  
*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-wlm.aspx Webb's London Marriages] ($)  
*Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the [[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]].<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref>  
*Catholic Marriage Index ($) - indexes marriages from 60 London/Essex parishes 1837 to 1870. Searchable by correspondence with the [[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]].<ref>Jeremy Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson, ''Marriage and Census Indexes for Family Historians,'' 8th ed. (Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 2000), 24.</ref> CD can be purchased [http://www.parishchest.com/index.php?cmd=viewproduct&cat=&id=P80695&pageOffset=0 online].
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] ($) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br>  
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D Boyd's London Burial Index] ($) - index to adult male burials 1600s to 1800s<br>  
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] ($) - principally nineteenth-century burials  
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/sog/london-burials City of London Burials] ($) - principally nineteenth-century burials  
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=== Society of Genealogists  ===
=== Society of Genealogists  ===


The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br>
The [[Society of Genealogists Library]] in London has collected microfilm copies or transcripts of most of London's parish registers. Their unique collections are described by Cliff Webb, see [[London Church Records#Websites|Websites]].<br>  


== Nonconformists  ==
== Nonconformists  ==
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== Historical Background  ==
== Historical Background  ==


Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes,&nbsp;''<span style="display: none" id="1267206418766S">&nbsp;</span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew".  
Click [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjEQAAAAYAAJ here] to read a contemporary description of the parishes within the environs of the City of London from James Elmes,&nbsp;''<span id="1267206418766S" style="display: none">&nbsp;</span>Topographical Dictionary of London ''(published in 1831). Each parish is listed under the name of the patron saint to which it was dedicated, i.e. St Mary Abchurch, will be listed under the "M" section under "Mary", or, St Lawrence Jewry will be listed under the "L" section under "Lawrence", and St Andrew Holborn, under the "A" section under "Andrew".  


Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London&nbsp;from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).''&nbsp;''  
Click [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=730390&word=NULL here] to read a description of the City of London&nbsp;from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).''&nbsp;''  
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