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A Short History of Parish Records
As we have seen, both Civil Registration and Census Returns run out when you get back to c.1840, and rarely provide information relevant before 1800. At this stage you need to turn to Parish Records.
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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.
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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.
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Who was W.P. Phillimore?
Phillimore has played a huge part in the transcription and printing of marriage register, and by the time he died he had covered over 1200 parishes.
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Marriage Transcripts at TheGenealogist.co.uk
Newly digitised marriage transcripts are now available at TheGenealogist, with records as far back as 1837 due to be online by September.
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Non-Conformist Records now Complete!
The non-conformist and non-parochial records held by The National Archives have now been digitised. The final series of records is now complete and available to search on www.BMDRegisters.co.uk, or as part of a subscription to www.TheGenealogist.co.uk.
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15 reasons to join TheGenealogist.co.uk
In the cut-and-thrust world of genealogy websites, one stands out for its friendly ethos and impressively broad range of content: The Genealogist (www.thegenealogist. co.uk). It's easy to see why the site was voted Census and BMD site of the year...
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Article of the Month: The Ultimate Sacrifice
We all owe a debt of gratitude to those who died fighting for our country, and November 11th is the time when we remember those who died in the Great War of 1914 to 1918, the 'War to end all wars'.
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