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Parish Records

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Diane

Diane Report 19 Sep 2014 09:04

I am new to this site. Can someone please tell me how to access
Parish Records. I have paid for this service. Diane

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 19 Sep 2014 09:12

Welcome to the boards Diane.

Do you mean you have paid on this GR site to see records please?

If you would lie to give us a name, place of birth etc of who you are looking for I am sure someone would be able to help you on here free of charge.

Mel

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 19 Sep 2014 09:16

Welcome to the boards Diane

Just put the known details with a wide search in the search box. E.g. He might be William, but by ticking 'name variants' you will also be shown 'Wm'. Then on the left hand side select the PR results to view those.


No one site holds all transcribed records - google the likely parish or county + parish records to be directed to a number of free sites. eg
http://www.freereg.org.uk/
https://familysearch.org/
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 19 Sep 2014 13:12

Only a very limited number of PR's has been transcribed, so you may be looking for info that doesn't yet exist on line

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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 20 Sep 2014 16:58

Hello Diane

As well as taking the advice above, try googling the area you are interested in to see if they have an online parish clerk. Medway, Lancashire and several others have amazing records. Good luck.


(I'll let Diane know how to find her replies.) :-)

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Sep 2014 01:21

The ukbmd site will tell you which counties have active online Parish Clerk information

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk


just click enter county of interest to see whether it is covered



this is an alternate site that will help you find if "your" county of interest is covered

http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/OPC.html

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Sep 2014 01:24

I've also had good luck by Googling either the name of a person of interest OR the name of the town where they lived



............. getting information as far back as 1791 for a marriage in Settle, Yorkshire



alternatively, ancestry is a subscription site which has quite a good collection of Parish Records.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Diane

Diane Report 8 Oct 2014 05:29

Thank you to everyone who kindly gave their time to help me in my search for the Parish Records. Sorry for the delay in answering, have been out of town for a few weeks, minus my IPad. I am now going to get started in my search.
Diane