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ENGLISH PARISH REGISTERS INTRODUCTION

Parish registers (PRs) were first required to be kept in England in 1538. In addition, a duplicate was sent annually to the Bishop of the diocese concerned, these being referred to as Bishop's Transcripts (BTs). Most of the later PRs and BTs have survived, but there are many gaps in the earlier series. Except for very recent ones, surviving BTs and PRs have generally been microfilmed or microfiched. In addition many PRs and some BTs have been transcribed, both by individuals or by societies, this process having accelerated in recent years as interest in family tree research has increased.

The following lists have been gradually compiled on an individual county basis, generally up to the end of the 19th Century so as not include persons still living. As far as possible they have been checked against the original records, usually on microfiche or microfilm, as transcripts, including IGI entries, have often been found to contain errors and omissions.

In 1837 a standardised civil registration system was introduced, centrally administered and indexed by the General Register Office in London. Registration certificates provide more information than that entered in parish registers, whose use has declined with the drop in church attendance in recent years.






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