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England Cheshire Church Records

Images of Cheshire's parish registers are available online at findmypast.

These websites provide indexed or transcribed parish registers for Cheshire:

• Church of England Bishop's Transcripts 1538-1910: Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
• Cheshire Parish Register Project - This society transcribes Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts for Cheshire. These transcriptions are moved to a database which is searchable by Baptism, Marriage and Burial. The transcriptions begin with the earliest entry in the registers and end with 1871.
• Cheshire Non-conformist Records 1671-1900: Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection
• Church of England Church Records 1538-2000: Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
• 285,892 Cheshire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.
• 51,607 Cheshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.
• 45 Cheshire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.
• Burials from 59 Cheshire places (332,678 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.
• 1603 - 1910 England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage Licences

Marriage licence abstracts have been published and indexed. The following indexes are available online:

• 1606-1616
• 1616-1624
• 1624-1632
• 1639-1644
• 1661-1667
• 1667-1680
• 1680-1691
• 1691-1700

• 1606-1726 - Boyd's Marriage Index (£) includes Archdeaconry of Chester marriage licences (1606-1726).

• 1606-1900 - Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900: Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection. Description.

• 1750-1837 - Bertram Merrell's Index of English Marriage Licences Chester Diocese 1750-1837. Digitised by FamilySearch Digital Library - free.