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Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitised London's parish registers with the exception of All Hallows Barking. Transcripts of many of the City of London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitised and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitised or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | Most of the City of London's parishes, Inns of court, and liberty precincts are held at the [[Guildhall Library]]. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473014 FamilySearch] has indexed more than 90% of the christenings and marriages. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1624 Ancestry.com] has digitised London's parish registers with the exception of All Hallows Barking. Transcripts of many of the City of London parishes have been published and are now out of copyright (published before 1923). Consequently, many parish register transcripts have been digitised and are available for free at [http://books.google.com Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]. To determine if your ancestor's parish has been digitised or indexed, refer to individual parish pages. | ||
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[[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed many London churches and their records. | [[Image:{{LondonGreatFire}}]]The Great Fire of London (1666) destroyed many London churches and their records. | ||
<br>Clandestine places to marry in London (1674-1753): | <br>Clandestine places to marry in London (1674-1753): | ||
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Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | Few bishop's transcripts survive for City of London parishes before 1800. The exceptions being large numbers of returns that survive for the years 1629-1630 and 1639-1640.<ref>Cliff Webb, ''My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 23.</ref><br> | ||
Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. | Michael Gandy has concluded that even though most Londoners baptized their children Anglican in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many were actually irreligious and simply performed this rite to qualify their children for poor relief. Historians have also concluded that a great deal of underregistration of baptisms, marriages, and burials occurred in early modern London parishes.<ref>E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, ''The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981).</ref> | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=K9c-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Marrying+London+by+Mrs.+Belloc-Lowndes&source=bl&ots=4_M6tImTXP&sig=8SCZKhaGR7vCVgLOe48tF7K-gtU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cW_GT92eFMK-2gXY3dWtAQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Marrying%20London%20by%20Mrs.%20Belloc-Lowndes&f=false ''Marrying London'' by Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes]: 'Penny Weddings' | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=K9c-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Marrying+London+by+Mrs.+Belloc-Lowndes&source=bl&ots=4_M6tImTXP&sig=8SCZKhaGR7vCVgLOe48tF7K-gtU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cW_GT92eFMK-2gXY3dWtAQ&ved=0CFMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Marrying%20London%20by%20Mrs.%20Belloc-Lowndes&f=false ''Marrying London'' by Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes]: 'Penny Weddings' | ||
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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, ''<span style="display: none | 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, ''<span id="1267206418766S" style="display: none"> </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 from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | 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 from John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales ''(published in 1870-72).'' '' | ||
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