Genealogy and Parish Record News & Information

Viewing Parish Records in your own home
With the use of personal computers becoming more widespread, the best way to make the parish records easily accessible to the general public is to transfer those records from micro-fiche and film to CD-ROM.

New Registers added: 'Quaker' (Religious Society of Friends)
The pay-per-view site BMDRegisters.co.uk has added 'Quaker' (Religious Society of Friends) registers to the website.

A Short History of Parish Records
Parish Registers were first ordered to be kept by Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General of King Henry VIII in 1538.

Phillimore's Marriage Indexes on CD-ROM
Phillimore's Marriage Indexes can help you track your ancestors back to the 18th century.

New Registers added: 'Quaker' (Religious Society of Friends)
The pay-per-view site BMDRegisters.co.uk has added 'Quaker' (Religious Society of Friends) registers to the website.

GENfair's New Owners
S&N Genealogy Supplies are now running GENfair on behalf of the Federation of Family History Societies.

TNA's 'Hidden BMD' site is "a great help" says users
The National Archives has launched a new site that aims to help people with their research in the years before compulsory registration in 1837. The records are currently for categories RG4 and RG5, which are non-conformist registers.

TNA Launch New Site - Hidden BMDs 1567 to 1858
In the years before compulsory registration, you need to turn to parish records. This new website that has been launched by The National Archive allows you to search records from 1567 to 1858.