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Pre - 1837 records

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Susan

Susan Report 29 Jan 2021 01:44

I know I would have to look at Parish Records but where can I find them on the web?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 29 Jan 2021 07:39

Family search is a good place to start

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 29 Jan 2021 09:18

Try www.freereg.co.uk.

They don’t have full coverage but well worth a try. Some places have Online Parish clerks known as OPC. They will do the lookup for you. You would need to do a ‘search’ to find if the place has one. Also check out Genuki ‘place name’ that will usually tell you the dates covered. If you need a lot of entries for one place look at the Family history societies - they often sell their transcriptions on disc.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Jan 2021 09:36

FMP and Ancestry have some. Obviously not free, but GR members will help, if asked

A lot depends on ‘where’ - some counties are better than others

Lancashire is particulalry well-served

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

malyon

malyon Report 29 Jan 2021 13:22

bdm

https://www.freereg.org.uk/

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 29 Jan 2021 13:30

You don't say which country.

For Scotland:

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 29 Jan 2021 13:34

Mallon

Thanks for putting up the correct link for free reg. I’m always doing it the wrong way.

mgnv

mgnv Report 30 Jan 2021 11:36

Check out
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?fcs=region%3AUNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND&ec=region%3AUNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND

You might have to do a free rego