Parish Registers were instigated by Thomas Cromwell from 1538 in the reign of Henry VIII, recording every wedding, baptism and burial. There are gaps in the records for a variety of reasons, such as the civil war, but these records are a prime source for building family trees. From 1597 a copy of the records had to be made and sent to the Bishop. Sometimes the Bishops' Transcript may contain more information than the original, so it can often be worthwhile tracking down both. For more information on Parish Registers there is a brief history on the Wikipedia Parish Register page.
After 1837 Civil Registration was introduced and the Local BMD and GRO BMD records become the primary source.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates - BMD Index |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Complete GRO indexes online & Non-Parochial BMDs service. Includes overseas BMD's for armed forces. |
| Extra Info: | Includes Pre-1837 Non-Conformist BMDs |
| 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 |
| Link: | |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Botley Parish Registers |
| Link: | http://michaelcooper.org.uk/BOT/bot.htm |
| Description: | Botley Parish Registers |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Durley Village Website |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160307045812/http://d... |
| Description: | Durley Village Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site. Maybe slow to load. Most information still available to view. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | East Meon and Langrish Parish Transcripts |
| Link: | http://www.parishregisters.co.uk/hampshire/eastmeo... |
| Description: | East Meon and Langrish Parish Transcripts |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Census, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1861-1901 Censuses; 1837-2005 GRO BMD; visitations and other records. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | English Clandestine Marriages |
| Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-clandestine-marriages |
| Description: | English Clandestine Marriages from 1667 to 1775. |
| 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: | Parish Records |
| Title: | Family Search - Maps |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Family Search - Maps |
| Extra Info: | Maps showing where parish boundaries are, when registers were first started. Not complete coverage. Click on map in the map screen to view road names. |
| 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, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | FreeReg Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Transcriptions for Parish Registers |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Froyle Archive |
| Link: | http://www.froyle.com |
| Description: | Froyle Archive - Froyle, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Includes a churchyard plan. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Hampshire County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Hampshire County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Hampshire County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Allegations for Marriage Licences, 1689-1837; Registers of St. Thomas a Becket, Portsmouth. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Hampshire Family History PRs and MIs |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20090414015157/http://... |
| Description: | Hampshire Family History Parish Register and Monumental Inscriptions etc. |
| Extra Info: | An aechived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records |
| Title: | Hampshire Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | https://www.knightroots.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Hampshire Online Parish Clerk and Knight Family Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Click on the Online Transcriptions link on the main page. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Headley by the Wey Parish Website |
| Link: | http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/ |
| Description: | Headley by the Wey Parish Website |
| Extra Info: | Click on History or scroll down the main page for many documents and articles about the village. |
| Classification: | Burials / Cremations, Census, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Highfield History |
| Link: | http://highfieldhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Highfield History - Highfield, South Stoneham, Southampton |
| Extra Info: | Burial records now online. |
| 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: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Marriage Licences, Hampshire Allegations |
| Link: | Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences |
| Description: | Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1689-1837 in the registry of the Bishop of Winchester. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Marriages - England and Wales |
| Link: | England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 |
| Description: | England and Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 |
| Extra Info: | Not complete. |
| 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, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of St. George's, Waterlooville |
| Link: | http://www.stgeorgesnews.org/ |
| Description: | Parish of St. George's, Waterlooville |
| Extra Info: | Click on News Bulletin and Info, and then on Parish Registers, also has some recent confirmations. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of Weeke, near Winchester, Hampshire |
| Link: | http://www.weekehistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish of Weeke, near Winchester, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms, marriages and burials from 1573. Click on Transcripts for quick access to online records. |
| Classification: | Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register - William Bradock's Guide 1910 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregister00braduof... |
| Description: | Parish Register - William Bradock's Guide 1910 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. It explains that start of parish registers and other associated items, such as Phillimore marriages, Hardwicke's marriage act, banns, explanation of register entries, foundlings, as well as some interesting register extracts. |
| 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: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register from Various Counties and Regions |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pinks/genealogy/ind... |
| Description: | Parish Register from Various Counties and Regions |
| Extra Info: | Includes transcriptions for Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Angus. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register Marriage Search |
| Link: | https://ukga.org/browse.php |
| Description: | Marriage Search of Parish Registers for Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down for a scan of some Phillimore marriage transcriptions, scroll further down for searchable parish registers. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Register Transcriptons |
| Link: | http://www.parishregisters.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Register Transcriptions for Selected Villages |
| Extra Info: | Some transcriptions for Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Scotland. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Crawley - St Mary's, Hampshire |
| Link: | http://www.downsbenefice.org/index.php?&pg=Hom... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Crawley - St Mary's, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Click on Parish Registers for St Mary's church transcriptions of the parish registers. Baptisms from 1649, marriages and burials from 1675. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (13) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparishr13phil |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 13 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Winchester, St Maurice 1538-1837. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (15) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparishr15phil |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 15 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. St. Thomas a Becket, Portsmouth 1701-1775. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (2) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparish01colcgo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 2 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Faccombe, Tangley, Coombe, Vernham, Yateley, Overton, Winslade, Aldershot, Up-Nately and Amport. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (5) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparishr05phil |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 5 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Long Sutton, Stratfieldsaye, St. Michael-in-the-Soke (Winchester), St. Lawrence (Winchester), Basingstoke, Baughurst, Eastrop and Worting. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (6) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparish00unkngo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 6 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Odiham 1538-1812, South Warnborough 1539-1812, Tadley 1691-1812, Heckfield 1538-1812 and Stratfield Turgis 1672-1812. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (7) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparish00colcgo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 7 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Eling 1539-1812, Sopley 1682-1812, West Meon 1538-1800 and Silchester 1653-1812. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (8) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparish00oglago... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 8 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. HighClere, Burghclere, Ewhurst, Wolverton, Rowner, Newtown, Litchfield, Newnham, Herriard, Tifton and Whitchurch. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore (9) |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/hampshireparish00blaggo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hampshire - Phillimore - Marriages Vol 9 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Marriages. Stoke Charity, Mapledurwell, Hunton, East Woodhay, Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hartley Westpall, Linkenholt, Laverstoke, Wonston, Bentley, Preston Candover, Popham and Woodmancote. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Littleton - St Catherine's, Hampshire |
| Link: | http://www.downsbenefice.org/index.php?&pg=Hom... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Littleton - St Catherine's, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Click on Parish Registers for St Catherine's church transcriptions of the parish registers. Baptisms and burials from 1726, marriages from 1839. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Morestead, Hampshire |
| Link: | http://www.sdgateway.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Morestead, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Click on About, then Benefice Records for parish records. Marriages 1550-1935, baptisms 1549-1920, and burials 1549-1960. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Owslebuy - St Andrew's |
| Link: | http://www.sdgateway.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Owslebuy - St Andrew's |
| Extra Info: | Click on About, then Benefice Records for parish records. baptisms 1696-1920, burials 1678-1961. |
| Classification: | Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Portsmouth, St. Thomas a Becket Church |
| Link: | Parish Registers of Portsmouth, St. Thomas a Becket Church |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Portsmouth, St. Thomas a Becket Church (Ancestry) |
| Extra Info: | Covers marriages 1776 -1812. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Sparsholt with Lainston - St Stephen's, Hampshire |
| Link: | http://www.downsbenefice.org/index.php?&pg=Hom... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Sparsholt with Lainston - St Stephen's, Hampshire |
| Extra Info: | Click on Parish Registers for St Catherine's church transcriptions of the parish registers. Baptisms from 1609, burials from 1628 and marriages from 1630. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Twyford - St Mary the Virgin |
| Link: | http://www.sdgateway.org.uk |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Twyford - St Mary the Virgin |
| Extra Info: | Click on About, then Benefice Records for parish records. Marriages 1636-2007, Banns 1754-1823, Burials 1626-2007, Baptisms 1626-2007. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers on Sue Froud's Family History Pages |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160327062213/http://... |
| Description: | Parish Registers on Sue Froud's Family History Pages |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information still seems to be available. Scroll down for counties. Selected parish records and more for several counties. |
| Classification: | Parish Records |
| Title: | Parishmouse Family History Guides |
| Link: | https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers, Parish Records and Historical Directories. |
| Extra Info: | Each parish page provides a list of adjacent parishes, historical descriptions of the parish, links to free parish registers and records. |
| 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, 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, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
| Link: | https://www.littlewoodham.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Little Woodham Living Village, Rowner Parish, near Portsmouth |
| Extra Info: | Look under research. A living history village that you can visit and see what life may have been like for your ancestors in the 1600's. |
| 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, Census, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Shalfleet Local and Family History Sources |
| Link: | http://www.sources.shalfleet.net/ |
| Description: | Shalfleet Local and Family History Sources |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Yateley Society and Local History Resources |
| Link: | https://www.yateleysociety.org.uk |
| Description: | Yateley Society and Local History Resources |
| Extra Info: | Click Local History, Original Documents for parish records. |
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