Births and baptisms are the records that help you establish the date of birth of an individual. Prior to the start of civil registration there were only parish records. For dates after the start of civil registration it is often worth tracking down both a birth registration and the parish records as they both contain useful information.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
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| Description: | Find My Past - BMD's, Parish Records and More |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | A Romany Gypsy & Traveller Heritage Project |
| Link: | https://www.romaheritage.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Romani Parish and Census records |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Baptisms - England and Wales Christening Records |
| Link: | England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1980 |
| Description: | England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1980 |
| Extra Info: | Not complete. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Baptisms, Births |
| Title: | British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Link: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Description: | Search British Nationals Armed Forces Births and Baptisms |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Link: | http://www.argbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Extra Info: | Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions |
| Title: | Connors Genealogy Pages |
| Link: | http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | Connors Genealogy Pages |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Cornwall County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Cornwall County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Cornwall County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records |
| Title: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | https://www.opc-cornwall.org/ |
| Description: | Cornwall Online Parish Clerk |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationsofha37harlu... |
| Description: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes about 250 pedigrees of families from Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, and spreading further afield. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 2 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/FamiliaeMinorumGentiumV... |
| Description: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 2 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes more pedigrees of families from Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, and spreading further afield. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 3 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationsofha39harlu... |
| Description: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 3 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes more pedigrees of families from Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, and spreading further afield. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 4 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationsofha40harlu... |
| Description: | Familiae Minorum Gentium - Pedigrees of Many Families Vol. 4 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes more pedigrees of families from Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire, and spreading further afield. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family History Books via Family Search |
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| Description: | Family History Books via Family Search |
| Extra Info: | More than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. Read online for free. Includes some parish register transcripts. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
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| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
| Extra Info: | An increasing number of records, including census and parish records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection - Worldwide |
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| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - Worldwide |
| Extra Info: | Includes the England and Wales 1841 & 1861 Census, and foreign records, such as the American census that contains Britons who were aboard. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | FreeReg Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Transcriptions for Parish Registers |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Gwithian Records |
| Link: | http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/gwithian_page.html |
| Description: | Gwithian Records |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://archive.org/ |
| Description: | Internet Archive |
| Extra Info: | Has many scanned books, including some parish registers. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note baptism and baptisms give different results. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Lelant Online Resources |
| Link: | http://lelant.info/ |
| Description: | Lelant Online Resources |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://... |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British men and women who were born, married or died in Malta. |
| Classification: | Baptisms |
| Title: | Methodists - Wesleyan Methodists |
| Link: | https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Wesleyan Methodists - Resources and History |
| Extra Info: | Photos, memories, stories and research relating to the Wesleyan strand of Methodism. Includes some baptismal registers for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs |
| Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
| Description: | Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs from the National Archive, hosted by The Genealogist |
| Extra Info: | They include the birth records at Dr Williams' Library in London, hospital records of maternity, overseas registrations for British citizens and those on board ships. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Nonconformist Register - Northowram of Coley Register |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/nonconformistreg00byuhe... |
| Description: | Nonconformist Register - Northowram or Coley Register 1644-1752 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Parish Registers 1584-1620. Index of surnames and place names at end of book. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Includes full images of many books of transcribed parish registers. Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of St Stithians, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stithiansopc/geneal... |
| Description: | Parish of St Stithians, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms 1676-1900, marriages 1614-1900, burials1676-1900. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish of St. Austell - An Account of its History |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/acornishparishb00hammgo... |
| Description: | Parish of St. Austell - An Account of its History |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some extracts of the very early parish registers (1560's), from about page 159 and an index to some early wills. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of St. Austell, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~staustell/genealogy... |
| Description: | Parish of St. Austell, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Click on genealogy for information. Includes St. Peter's, Treverbyn and St. Paul's, Charlestown, also census transcriptions from the local workhouse. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Records of Towednack , Cornwall |
| Link: | https://towednackrecords.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | Parish Records of Towednack , Cornwall and Other Information |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register Index for Cornwall |
| Link: | https://www.cornwalleng.com/ |
| Description: | Cornwall Parish Register Index Databases |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Register Scans |
| Link: | https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=loadDB&DB=1... |
| Description: | Parish Register Scans for Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Scans of books with parish register transcriptions. Free to browse. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Madron, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/firstbookofparis00madr |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Madron, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms 1592-1725, marriages 1577-1678 and burials 1577-1681. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Parkham, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersparkha00dredgo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Parkham, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Contains marriages baptisms, and burials from 1 to 1812. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Redruth, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregisters00petego... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Redruth, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Contains marriages, baptisms, and burials from 1560-1716. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of St. Columb Major, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofparis00stco |
| Description: | Parish Registers of St. Columb Major, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Registers 1539-1780. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sterth/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms 1563-1900, marriages 1563-1960, burials 1565-1960 and wills 1690-1859. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Parishes of Mevagissey, St Goran, Caerhays and St Ewe |
| Link: | http://gorran-haven.org |
| Description: | Family History of Mevagissey, St Goran, Caerhays and St Ewe Parishes |
| Extra Info: | May not work correctly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages |
| Title: | Roger Thomas's Genealogical Research |
| Link: | http://www.rogerthomas.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Roger Thomas's Genealogical Research |
| Extra Info: | A variety of names included. Majority of records from Yorkshire and Lancashire. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society |
| Link: | https://rtfhs.org.uk |
| Description: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210423045021/http://... |
| Description: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Maybe slow to load. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Deaths, Marriages |
| Title: | Romany Genes Website |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210427155917/http://... |
| Description: | Romany Genes Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | https://sennencornwall.tripod.com/contents.htm |
| Description: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
| Extra Info: | The site aims to provide information, from an historical viewpoint, on Sennen, Cornwall, the most westerly parish in the United Kingdom. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | St Allen Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/genealogy/... |
| Description: | St Allen Online Parish Clerk |
| Extra Info: | Online Parish Clerk, including parish records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | St Keverne Local History Site |
| Link: | http://www.st-keverne.com/History/ |
| Description: | St Keverne Local History Site |
| Extra Info: | A wealth of parish information and history. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | St Mabyn Village Website |
| Link: | http://www.stmabyncornwall.co.uk/ |
| Description: | St Mabyn Village Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1841, 1881 and 1891 census extracts, baptisms 1717-1844 and marriages 1562-1812. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Deaths, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe. |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~juneen/family/sthil... |
| Description: | St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | A selection of records for St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | West Cornwall Genealogical Information |
| Link: | https://www.west-penwith.org.uk |
| Description: | West Cornwall Genealogical Information |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | West Country Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | West Country Genealogy - Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Parish registers, census and more. |
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