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England Beginning Research SeriesLesson 4: Understanding Church Records
Welcome! This series of lessons will help you learn how to conduct genealogical research on an ancestor from England.
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This lesson should take 20 minutes to complete.
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Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to do the following:
Understand the value of parish registers.Explore www.familysearch.org.
Search the Catalog. Locate record collections. Find a local FamilySearch Center. Learn about handwriting.
Learn about other Church Records.Evaluate the records that are found.
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Parish Registers
From 1538 to the present, the Church of England parish registers include:
• Baptism records• Marriage records• Burial records
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Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
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Types of Records
Civil Registration Church Records
Birth *Baptism or Christening
Marriage Marriage
Death *Burial
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* For family history research purposes, christenings and burials replace records of birth and death before civil registration in 1837, and these records are a supplement to births and deaths after 1837.
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Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Jurisdiction Authority
Province Archbishop
Diocese Bishop
Archdeaconry Archdeacon
Rural Deanery Dean
Parish or Chapelry Minister
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www.familysearch.org
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Searching for Harriott Leeson
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Searching for Harriott Leeson
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FamilySearch – Historical Record Collections
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FamilySearch – Historical Record Collections
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FamilySearch–Historical Record Collections
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Parish Registers Online
Other free sites to search:
www.freereg.org.ukwww.onlineparishclerks.org.uk www.genuki.org.ukwww.google.com
Pay sites to search:
www.findmypast.co.uk www.ancestry.co.uk www.thegenealogist.co.uk www.origins.net
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www.freereg.org.uk
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www.onlineparishclerks.org.uk
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GENUKI www.genuki.org.uk
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Search Engines
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Google Search Result Yahoo Search Result
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Pay sites–www.findmypast.co.uk
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Pay sites – www.ancestry.co.uk
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Pay sites – www.thegenealogist.co.uk
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Pay sites–www.origins.net–British Origins
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FamilySearch–The Catalog
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FamilySearch–Exploring the Catalog
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FamilySearch–Exploring the Catalog
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FamilySearch–Exploring the Catalog
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FamilySearch–Exploring the Catalog
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Parish Baptism Record
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Parish Marriage Record
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Parish Burial Record
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FamilySearch–Locating a FamilySearch Center
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FamilySearch–Locating a FamilySearch Center
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Church of England Records
Parish Registers–local unit governing Church affairs; original
“Chapelries” (more records)
Bishop’s Transcripts, (1598), copies
Parish Chest records, business and activities
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Other Church Records
Church Warden Accounts and Vestry Minutes
Poor Rates
Settlement Certificates and Removal Orders
Bastardy Bonds
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Nonconformist Records
Shown here is William Tyndale (1492 – 1536) Tyndale was an English scholar who became a central figure in Protestant reformation.
Nonconformist Churches
Baptists Congregationalists
Methodists Protestants Dissenters
Independents Society of Friends (Quakers)
Roman Catholics Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Presbyterians
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Handwriting–Paleography
Many different types of handwritingOnline helps:
www.familysearch.org click Learn then Research Courses then English Paleography. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk click Paleography.
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The Lucas Family
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Pedigree Chart
James Lucas
Hyrum J. LucasAbt. 1863Newbold On Avon, Warwickshire, England
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Family Group Record – James Lucas Family
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Congratulations!
You have completed the Church Records lesson in the series.
This completes this four part England Research series.