The Knowledge Base section of our site contains our Parish Records Collection. We’ve just alphabetised the parish list so finding the one you need should now be much easier. Have a look at our parish list now.
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Parish records list alphabetised
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010The London Collection launch
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Findmypast.co.uk is pleased to offer a collection of records to help people track down their London-based ancestors and unearth the milestone events of famous Londoners from the past. The London Collection includes records of baptisms, marriages and burials which date back to 1538. These include significant dates in the lives of famous Londoners including Charles Dickens’ marriage in Chelsea in 1836, captured in the West Middlesex Marriage Index, and William Blake’s somewhat mysterious burial in 1827 at Bunhill Fields, detailed in the City of London Burial Index.
The collection also includes the records of baptisms in London’s Docklands, some of which provide a fascinating insight into popular baby names of the 1700s, including exotic-sounding names such as ‘Hephzibah’, ‘Delight’ and ‘Philadelphia’.
The findmypast.co.uk ‘London Collection’ includes:
- City of London Burial Index – records from all the churches in the City of London from 1813 to 1890
- West Middlesex Marriage Index – detailing 84,863 marriages in 61 parishes from 1538 to 1837
- London Docklands Baptisms – comprising 407,558 baptisms for London’s docklands areas 1712 to 1933
- London and West Kent Probate Indexes – mainly detailing wills and administrations from 1750 to 1858
- The Matchworkers’ Strike – listing participants of the strike of over 700 men, women and teenage boys and girls working at the Bryant and May factory in East London in 1888, the same year as the Jack the Ripper murders
City of London Burial Index records update
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010We have just added over 50,000 new City of London Burial Index records to findmypast.co.uk. The records are for St Andrew Holborn church for the period 1754-1812. You can view these records within the parish records collection on our site.
The original City of London Burial Index was created by Cliff Webb and produced by the West Surrey Family History Society in 1991 and re-issued in 1997. It contains details from 75 of the 98 churches within the City of London.
Find out more on our City of London Burials page.
New Lincolnshire parish records on findmypast.co.uk
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010We’ve just published around 77,000 new parish records for Lincolnshire from the Lincolnshire Family History Society. There are around 51,000 new marriage index records, 23,000 marriage bond records and 3,000 settlement certificate records. This makes a total of around 220,750 parish records for Lincolnshire. We are expecting more updates from Lincolnshire Family History Society in the future.
See the table below for the amount of Lincolnshire records now on our site:
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Records
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Amount
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Lincolnshire Parish Bastardy Cases
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2,443
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Lincolnshire Cemetery Registers
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63,985
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Lincolnshire Workhouse Deaths
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10,222
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Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions
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32,170
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Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations
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44,440
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Lincolnshire Marriage Index
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51,740
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Lincolnshire Parish Apprentice Indentures
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3,232
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Lincolnshire Settlement Certificates
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8,590
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Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations
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3,928
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Total:
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220,750
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BMD browse facility temporarily unavailable
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010The browse facility for BMDs will be unavailable from the ’search BMD’ index for a short time. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this has caused our users. The facility should be back in action very soon but in the meantime can be found here:
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/Pre84BrowseStartSearch.jsp
UPDATE 25/02/10 - this feature is now restored and can be found at the bottom of the search page for BMDs
Wakefield and district parish records updated
Thursday, January 21st, 2010We’ve added a large collection of baptism, burial and marriage records for Wakefield and surrounding areas. Have a look at the tables below for full details:
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Place, dedication
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No. of entries
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Year range
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ALVERTHORPE, ST PAUL
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2410
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1871-1901 |
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CHICKENLEY, WESLEYAN
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257
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1844,1846-47,1851,1854,1858,1860,1862-79,1881,1883-1903,1905-07 |
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HORBURY, ST PETER
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3113
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1860-1880 |
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OSSETT, DEWSBURY RD WESLEYAN
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310
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1847-1893,1895-1900,1902-1907 |
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OSSETT, STREETSIDE PRIMITIVE
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138
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1875-85,1887,1889-92,1894,1898,1901,1903-07,1930 |
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THORNHILL, ST MICHAEL
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5168
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1742-1812 |
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WAKEFIELD, ST JOHN
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2016
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1830-1843 |
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WAKEFIELD, ST MICHAEL
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3171
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1862-1892 |
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WOOLLEY, ST PETER
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1198
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1737-1812,1877 |
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WRENTHORPE, ST ANNE
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1650
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1874-1908 |
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Total (10)
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19431
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1737-1930 |
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Place, dedication
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No. of entries
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Year range
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SANDAL, ST HELEN
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498
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1837-1847 |
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THORNHILL, ST MICHAEL
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646
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1754-1787 |
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WOOLLEY, ST PETER
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29
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1737-44,1746-47,1749-50,1752-53 |
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Total (3)
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1173
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1737-1847 |
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Place, dedication
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No. of entries
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Year range
|
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WAKEFIELD, ALL SAINTS
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3156
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1796-1811,1902 |
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WAKEFIELD, ST JOHN
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2395
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1845-1865 |
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WOOLLEY, ST PETER
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1459
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1737-1885 |
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Total (3)
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7010
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1737-1902 |
The 1851 census is now complete!
Monday, November 30th, 2009After many hours of complex transciptions and hair-tearing by our developers we are thrilled to announce that the 1851 census is now fully complete.
The final counties which have been added are:
• Derbyshire
• Durham
• Northumberland
• Nottinghamshire
• Somersetshire
• Wiltshire
• Isle of Man
• Ships at Sea
• Royal Navy at Sea
• British Ships in Port
These newly-transcribed records give you the chance to search for those ancestors you can’t find on other versions of the census.
Start your 1851 person search or search by address
Best of luck with your research,
The findmypast.com team
1851 census update - 13 counties go live
Friday, November 6th, 2009We’ve added 13 complete counties the England and Wales 1851 census, which brings us tantalisingly close to completion.
You can now search for your ancestors in the below counties, which are all newly transcribed from a fresh set of images:
•Caernarvonshire
•Carmarthenshire
•Cardiganshire
•Monmouthshire
•Northamptonshire
•Denbighshire
•Pembrokeshire
•Montgomeryshire
•Herefordshire
•Brecknockshire
•Merionethshire
•Anglesey
•Radnorshire
What were your ancestors up to in 1851? Find out now.
New Welsh parish records dating from 1615
Thursday, November 5th, 2009This morning we added 43,000 parish records for Montgomeryshire in Wales, which include baptisms, marriages and burials. They date from as early as 1615.
Combined with our existing records for Montgomeryshire and Wales, these new additions give you more chance than ever of tracing your Welsh ancestors from the early nineteenth century and beyond.
Find your Welsh forebears in our Parish Records Collection today
New parish records – trace your Wakefield ancestry back to the 1600s
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009We’ve just added 276,000 new parish records for Wakefield in Yorkshire. These include baptisms, marriages and burials, and date back to the 1600s.
If you have gaps in your Wakefield ancestry or have been unable to get back beyond the 1837 cut-off for births, marriages and deaths, you may just find what you’re looking for in the new records.