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which is the best website to subscribe to for pari

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JessyG

JessyG Report 9 Apr 2009 08:40

I have had a membership to ancestry and found it great for BMD and Census records but am now to the point when i need parish records and of course Ancestry hasn't got many at the moment.
Can anyone advice me which is the best website to subscribe to?

Kindest Regards Jess

Researching:
Ringsell

Joy

Joy Report 9 Apr 2009 09:30

First of all, try these, and then google for the area's parish records in case they have been put on line.

Happy hunting.

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://freereg.rootsweb.com/index.htm

Sam

Sam Report 9 Apr 2009 13:12

There aren't many sites that have comprehensive coverage of parish records unfortunately.

As Joy says, you are probably best googling as some places have put their own records online.

Sam x

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 10 Apr 2009 01:02

The Lancashire Online Parish Clerks project has a lot of parish records online (google "lan-opc" for the adress), and there are others, e.g. the sussex weald.

Maggie

Vicci

Vicci Report 10 Apr 2009 01:15

this site is useful for finding where records are
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/index.html

Researching:
Lashmore, Lines, Smith, Reilly, Mendus

JessyG

JessyG Report 10 Apr 2009 08:44

Thanks for the advice. I have used the IGI and googled too.

Kindest Regards Jess

Researching:
Ringsell

Ron

Ron Report 10 Apr 2009 13:42

The local family history society for the area you are interested in is probably the best bet, most societies have local PR's transcribed and put onto a CD that you can buy.

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com