Parish Records in the United Kingdom
Calendar HistoryParish Records
- IGI (International Genealogical Index) – http://www.familysearch.org (choose 'Search Records', then 'International Genealogical Index')
- Hugh Wallis Index – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm (an index for searching the IGI by batch numbers)
- Cambridgeshire Family History Society – http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html (for pre-1837 baptisms, marriages & burials)
- Cornwall OPC – http://cornwall-opc.org/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Dockland Ancestors – http://www.parishregister.com/searchpage.asp (London's parish registers, free to search, costs to get detailed results)
- Devon OPC – http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html (Online Parish Clerks)
- Dorset OPC – http://www.opcdorset.org/index.htm (Online Parish Clerks)
- Essex OPC – http://essex-opc.org.uk/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- FamilyRelatives.com – http://www.familyrelatives.com/ (many parish registers, costs)
- FreeREG – http://freereg.rootsweb.com/ (free baptisms, marriages & burials)
- UK County Record Offices (CRO) – http://www.genuki.org.uk (select county & see under Archives - CRO are usual holders of parish records)
- Genwed – http://www.genwed.com/index.htm (Marriage records - select England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales)
- Hampshire OPC – http://www.knightroots.co.uk/parishes.htm (Online Parish Clerks)
- Kent OPC – http://www.kent-opc.org/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Lancashire OPC – http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Leicestershire Genealogical Resources – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engleiopc/
- London burial grounds – http://www.londonburials.co.uk (locations & descriptions - not monumental inscriptions)
- London Signatures – http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wills/ (Surrey marriage bonds 1673-1850, Middlesex wills)
- Middlesex Marriage Index 1563-1895 – http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html
- Mid-Kent Marriage Index 1754-1911 – http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php
- Norfolk Parish Records – https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1416598 (Digital images, not indexed)
- Norfolk Transcription Archive – http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/index.php (incomplete - parish records, hearth tax)
- Parish Records & National Burial Index 1538-2005 – http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp (incomplete - free to search, costs for details)
- Somerset OPC – http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Sussex OPC – http://www.sussex-opc.org/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Warwickshire OPC – http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html (Online Parish Clerks)
- Wiltshire OPC – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwopcp/ (Online Parish Clerks)
- Wisbech & the fens – http://contueor.com/wisbech/ (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Lincolnshire, includes parish registers)
Poor Law
- 19th Century Poor Law Union & Workhouse Records – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
- Cambridgeshire Poor Law Papers – http://www.cfhs.org.uk/PoorLawPapers/index.html
- Care of the Poor (Wales) – http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/poormenu.html
- Poor Law Records (Somerset) – http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/PoorLawRecs.htm
- Poor Law Records (West Sussex) – http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap=
- Poor Law Unions – http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?unions/unions.shtml
- The Workhouse – http://www.workhouses.org.uk
- Rossbret Workhouses – http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/
Roman Catholic & Non-conformists' Records
- Baptist Archives (UK) – http://www.baptisthistory.org.uk
- Dr Williams' library – http://www.dwlib.co.uk/dwlib/index.html (English Protestant Non-Conformists)
- Methodist Archives (UK) – http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/methodist/
- Quakers (Friends) Archives (UK) – http://www.qfhs.co.uk
- Religion in Victorian Britain – http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/relov.html
- Roman Catholic parish registers of Manchester – http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/
- Roman Catholic UK history – http://www.catholic-history.org.uk
- Salvation Army history – http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki_ihc.nsf/
- Surman Index Online – http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/ (Congregational ministers)
Cemeteries and Monumental Inscriptions
- Cemetery Records Online – http://www.interment.net/
- Cemsearch UK – http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/ (Monumental Inscriptions & gravestones in Lancashire)
- Deceased Online – https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
- National Archive of Monumental Inscriptions – http://www.memorialinscriptions.org.uk/ (currently Bedfordshire & Norfolk)
- National Burial Index – http://www.findmypast.com (See 'Births, Marriages & Deaths', free to search, costs to see transcriptions)
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
- IGI & Ancestral File – http://www.familysearch.org (choose "Births, Marriages & Deaths" , then only the particular resource you want to check)
- Hugh Wallis Index – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm (an index for searching the IGI by batch numbers)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) (LDS)
LDS have microfilmed many records (including parish records, censuses & much more)
- FamilySearch website – http://www.familysearch.org
- Family History Centres – http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
- FamilySearch film ordering – https://film.familysearch.org/
- FamilySearch Place Search – http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0
- Hugh Wallis Index – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm (an index for searching the IGI by batch numbers)
- Granite Mountains Records Vault, Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAzty9dd6rA
- Granite Mountains Records Vault, Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkA2AT2FVzo