Resources

Take your research further

GUIDES SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS

sog.org.uk

The society has created a free guide in PDF format on Anglican parish registers and finding aids (visit bit.ly/sog-guide-anglican), and sells copies of its National Index of Parish Registers for 18 English counties through its online bookshop (see bit.ly/sog-book).

REGISTERS ANCESTRY

ancestry.co.uk

Ancestry has scanned many registers from archives in Dorset, Lancashire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, West Yorkshire and elsewhere, and has digitally indexed lots of old finding aids. Links to parish register records arranged by county will be located at ancestry.co.uk/cs/parish.

FAMILYSEARCH

familysearch.org

In addition to its indexes, FamilySearch has digital scans of microfilmed parish registers obtained from various archives. Search for a parish name at familysearch.org/search/catalog/ search and click on the ‘Church Records’ list. Scanned collections have a camera symbol next to the title and can be browsed online.

FINDMYPAST

findmypast.co.uk

Findmypast has scanned many registers from Manchester, Sheffield, East and North Yorkshire, Teeside, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Devon, and has a partnership with the Federation of Family History Societies, which has supplied a wealth of indexes.

THEGENEALOGIST

thegenealogist.co.uk

Some original parish registers can be searched and downloaded digitally, including registers from the majority of parishes in Norfolk, alongside many transcripts in the form of printed books.