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FamilySearch
Vast and growing collection of indexed parish register material, including some which are digitised. Some digitised registers can be viewed on any computer, others can only be seen at a FamilySearch Center, (or with and LDS account) depending on the licensing arrangement with the authority which holds the original registers. There are lists of databases of all kinds (not just parish registers) at the bottom of the search pages for England and Wales.
Vast and growing collection of indexed parish register material, including some which are digitised. Some digitised registers can be viewed on any computer, others can only be seen at a FamilySearch Center, (or with and LDS account) depending on the licensing arrangement with the authority which holds the original registers. There are lists of databases of all kinds (not just parish registers) at the bottom of the search pages for England and Wales.
Ancestry
Lots of index-only records, many of which are also on FamilySearch. Unique digitised and index collections including the following areas:
London/Middlesex (not including Westminster)
Surrey
Lancashire
Northamptonshire
Gloucestershire
Manchester
Liverpool
West Yorkshire
Lots of index-only records, many of which are also on FamilySearch. Unique digitised and index collections including the following areas:
London/Middlesex (not including Westminster)
Surrey
Lancashire
Northamptonshire
Gloucestershire
Manchester
Liverpool
West Yorkshire
Online registers - local
Online indexes and transcripts
Online Parish Clerks
Finding records
Background information
Clandestine marriages The chaotic state of marriage law in England led to Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753. The registers of many irregular and clandestine marriages, collectively known as the Fleet Registers, are held in The National Archives. The link above is to the catalogue description of the record series RG 7, and gives a good general account of their background and history. The registers themselves are online at The Genealogist and Ancestry. Google Books includes John Southerden Burn's classic account of the Fleet Registers published in 1833.
Google Books
Key to the Ancient Parish Registers of England and Wales Arthur Meredith Burke 1908
Parish Registers in England: their history and contents Robt Edmond Chester Waters 1883
the History of Parish Registers in England John Southerden Burn 1829
It is also worth searching Google Books and The Internet Archive for printed registers, such as Phillimore's Marriages, and publications of various Record Societies. The entries are mainly dated 1812 and earlier.
It is also worth searching Google Books and The Internet Archive for printed registers, such as Phillimore's Marriages, and publications of various Record Societies. The entries are mainly dated 1812 and earlier.
Help with handwriting
Reading old documents The National Archives (UK)
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