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Re: Parish registers
	Author: Hugh Watkins		Date: 31 Mar 2005 6:13 PM GMT
	Classification: Query
	In Reply to: Parish registers by: Shalisse Johnstun

(1)

The government registered their citizen's civil status

born === but no penalty for non reagistration prior to 1875
so many missing before between 1 July 1837 and 1875

married === but some never married

died === must be registered to get permission to bury or cremate the body.
after a coroners report if a sudden death.

all public events and registered

http://www.genuki.org.uk/
Addresses of local Register Offices can be found on English and Welsh Register Offices, or in the appropriate telephone directory under Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths. Details are also available of Registration Districts In England And Wales (1837-1930).
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/
on line http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/
with the indexes created from the original registration entries held by the local registrars

all public events and searchable centrally too

St Kaths index was the old name before the move to Somerset House and
now at http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk

http://www.freebmd.org.uk
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
The FreeBMD Database was last updated on Mon 21 Mar 2005 and currently contains 97,982,159 distinct records

The records that have been transcribed are not evenly distributed; the graphs for
Births, Marriages and Deaths how which years, quarters and events are most complete.

http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/
pay to look at images of the published index
if you have no access to film or fiche at a library near you

Certified copies of entries are available from local registrars
Note these are the originals and the above page reference numbers do not apply
see Comedy of Errors
Michael Whitfield Foster's research at the General Register Office (the GRO) in Southport

copies of copies
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/bmd_3.htm




(2)

the church (es) register religious events

baptism AKA christening === do not enter as date of birth in family trees

sometimes YEARS after the birth
or as a group when the priest caught up with them

or the family converted to a new church

or to qualify for relief under the poor laws,
some gypsies even christened their children many times LOL

confirmation === around 14 years of age

marriage

burials === do not enter as date of death in family trees

location of graves in church yard

Then there are cemetery records from municipal or private cemeteries - access may be a problem.

use
http://www.familysearch.org/

• Search the Family History Library Catalog for records and resources.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Place Search to find film of church books AKA parish registers

FreeREG - Search English Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes
is in its infancy.

(3)
the Church in Wales and some parishes refused access to LDS
so use Bishops Transcripts
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html#Bishops


http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html

I have to go to Wales to read the originals concerning my Watkins and Jones from Raglan

but it is much easier to read parish registers of small villages than ordering lots of certificates WRONGLY for John Jones or other big names like SMITH


Hugh W

and see the context:-

Boards > Localities > United Kingdom and Ireland > England > General

http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=81867074&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=&t=s

I feel another FAQ coming on
that could be the second draft needs more on the beginnings of parish registers