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: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Archives - Essex Archives Online |
| Link: | https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Default.aspx |
| Description: | Essex Archives for History and Family History |
| Extra Info: | Although this is a searchable database of their catalogue - some items, such as wills and letters are scanned images. Some items may be available online for a subscription. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~melanie/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village |
| Extra Info: | More data should be added to the database soon. |
| 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, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Castle Hedingham Village Website |
| Link: | http://castlehedingham.org/ |
| Description: | Castle Hedingham Village Website |
| Extra Info: | Click on Information to find Parish registers. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Pedigrees |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 7 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/miscellanea09cath |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 7 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes entries of Catholics in some areas of Monmouth, and some parish registers for Liverpool and Eccles. Includes catholic registers of Liverpool, now St Mary's, Highfield Street 1741-1773. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, One Place Study, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Earls Colne Village Records, Essex |
| Link: | https://wwwe.lib.cam.ac.uk/earls_colne/ |
| Description: | Earls Colne Village Records from 1375 |
| Extra Info: | Click on Contents for a full list of transcriptions. |
| 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 |
| Link: |  |
| 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 |
| Link: | |
| 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 |
| Link: | |
| 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, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Foxearth and District Local History Society |
| Link: | http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Foxearth and District Census Records |
| Extra Info: | Includes census for surrounding areas. Scroll down the homepage for Parish records, or look under all publications. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | FreeReg Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Transcriptions for Parish Registers |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Henham Parish Bygones |
| Link: | http://www.henhamhistory.org/ |
| Description: | Local History of Henham, Little Henham and Pledgdon |
| Extra Info: | Recording the village as it was and as it is now. Formerly known as Henham on the Hill, the parish also includes the two hamlets of Little Henham and Pledgdon (or Prison Green). |
| 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, 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: | 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: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of Radwinter, Essex - History |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180903043502/http://... |
| Description: | Parish of Radwinter, Essex - History |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register and Census Transcripts - A Selection |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~juliet22/genealogy/... |
| Description: | Parish Register and Census Transcripts - A Selection |
| Extra Info: | May not display correctly in all browsers. Transcripts from Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Northumberland for a selction of names. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers for Mount Bures |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20050912163647/http://m... |
| Description: | Mount Bures - Parish Baptisms, Marriages and Burials |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most of the baptism, christening, marriage and burial information still seems to be available. Use the link in the boxes to the data. Links to other sites will probably fail. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Bocking - Saint Mary's Church, Essex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/firstregisterofs00sain |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Bocking - Saint Mary's Church, Essex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms 1561-1605, marriages 1593-1639 and burials 1558-1628. Published 1903. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Ongar, Essex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregisters00crisgo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Ongar, Essex |
| Extra Info: | Online book., published 1886. Baptisms 1558-1750, marriages 1560-1749, burials 1558-1750. A few later entries at the end of the baptism section. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Saffron Walden - St. Mary's, Essex |
| Link: | http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Saffron Walden - St. Mary's, Essex |
| Extra Info: | Click on history for link to baptisms. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Stifford, Essex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregisterso00stif |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Stifford, Essex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Covers baptisms 1569-1783, burials 1572-1783 and marriages 1572-1753. Includes a names index. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Toppesfield - St. Margaret's, Essex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registerofbaptis00barn |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Toppesfield - St. Margaret's, Essex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms, marriages and burials 1559-1650, and some account of the parish. Published 1905. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parishes of Holy Trinity Church, Takeley and All Saints Church, Little Canfield |
| Link: | https://www.tlcchurch.co.uk |
| Description: | Parishes of Holy Trinity Church, Takeley and All Saints Church, Little Canfield |
| Extra Info: | Clik on Life Events, then Church Records. |
| 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, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Romany References and Records |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20091026134802/http://g... |
| Description: | Romany References and Records |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active, although most information still seems to be available. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
| Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Takeley Local History Society |
| Link: | http://tlhs.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Takeley Local History Society - Chapel Records |
| 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. |
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