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: | Baptism Index for England (Pallot's) |
| Link: | Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837 |
| Description: | Pallot's Baptism Index for England (Ancestry) |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1780 - 1837. For the Greater London area. |
| 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 |
| Title: | Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, London |
| Link: | London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 |
| Description: | Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, London - 1538-1812 |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages |
| Title: | Brian Smart's Family History Site |
| Link: | http://www.bms.me.uk/ |
| Description: | Selected Records for Several Family Names |
| Extra Info: | Click on Family History and then My Family Data for transcriptions for the names Austen, Burton, Hill, Jeffery, Message, Singyard, Smart, Wadham(s) and Waghorn(e) and others. |
| 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, Marriages |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 8 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/miscellaneaviii08cathuo... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 8 |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. Includes catholic registers of Danby, West Witton and Leyburn (Yorkshire) 1742-1840; Claxby (Lincolnshire) 1755-1766; Oscott (Warwickshire) 1755-1766; Britwell-Prior (Oxfordshire) 1765-1788. Isleworth (Middlesex) 1746-1835. |
| 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, Marriages, National, Parish Records |
| Title: | FreeReg Project |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Transcriptions for Parish Registers |
| 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: | Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | London Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | London Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | London Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes numerous baptism, banns, marriages, burials and deaths from parish registers; American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775; Visitation of London, 1633-1635 |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | London Lives 1690 to 1800 - Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis |
| Link: | https://www.londonlives.org/ |
| Description: | A fully searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from eight archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names. |
| Extra Info: | See the Additional Datasets for Wills and Parish registers. |
| 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: | Baptisms |
| Title: | Middlesex Baptisms |
| Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
| Description: | Middlesex Baptisms, by Find My Past |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Middlesex County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Middlesex County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Middlesex County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts and wills index. |
| 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: | Non-conformist Registers, London |
| Link: | Non-conformist Registers, London 1694-1931 |
| Description: | Non-conformist Registers, London 1694-1931 |
| 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, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of Harefield, Middlesex - Notes from the Parish |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/notesonparishha00verng... |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a history of the area, information on the monuments of the church, and extracts form parish registers. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish of Stoke Newington, Middlesex - A History |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq03robig... |
| Description: | Parish of Stoke Newington, Middlesex - A History |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes extracts from the Parish Registers, Monuments and prominent people of the parish. |
| 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 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 Registers of Collegiate Church or Abbey of St, Peter, Westminster, London |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationshar18socigo... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Collegiate Church or Abbey of St, Peter, Westminster, London |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Registers 1655- 1875. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Covent Garden - St Pauls Church, London |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofstpau01lond |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Covent Garden - St Pauls Church, London |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms for 1653-1752. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Covent Garden - St Pauls Church, London |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofstpau34stpa |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Covent Garden - St Pauls Church, London |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms for 1752-1837. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Hackney, St. John |
| Link: | Parish Records of St. John, Hackney |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Hackney, St. John (Ancestry) |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms 1555-1650, marriages and burials 1600-1650. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Kensington, Middlesex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishregisterof16kens |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Kensington, Middlesex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Covers 1539-1675. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Mayfair, St. George's Chapel |
| Link: | Parish Registers of St. George's Chapel, Mayfair |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Mayfair, St. George's Chapel (Ancestry) |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms 1740-1753, marriages 1735-54. Also includes Marriages from Mayfair Chapel for 1728-1731. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registerofbaptis00stma |
| Description: | Parish Registers of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Baptisms, marriages and burials 1550-1619, published 1898. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of The Private Chapel of Somerset House, Strand, Middlesex |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/cu31924102088774 |
| Description: | Parish Registers of The Private Chapel of Somerset House, Strand, Middlesex |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Covers the period 1714-1776 (First 40 or so pages) |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Westminster, Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter |
| Link: | Parish Registers of Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Westminster, Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter (Ancestry) |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms and burials 1606-1875, marriages 1655-1875. |
| Classification: | Baptisms |
| Title: | Parish Roman Catholic Baptisms |
| Link: | Parish Roman Catholic Baptisms by Find My Past |
| Description: | Parish Roman Catholic Baptisms by Find My Past |
| Extra Info: | Roman Catholic sacramental registers from the dioceses of Birmingham, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, Southwark and Westminster in England. |
| 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, 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, 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, Monumental Inscriptions, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Link: | http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/index.shtml |
| Description: | Wakefield Family History Sharing Website |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for census transcriptions, and other indexes. |
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