- Acton, Suffolk
- Ampton, Suffolk
- Arkesdon, Essex
- Arrington, Cambridgeshire
- Ashdon, Essex
- Assington, Suffolk
- Babraham, Cambridgeshire
- Bacton, Suffolk
- Balsham,Cambridgeshire
- Bardwell, Suffolk
- Barnadiston, Suffolk
- Barrington, Cambridgeshire
- Barrow, Suffolk
- Bartlow, Cambridgeshire &
Essex
- Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire
- Beyton, Suffolk
- Bildeston, Suffolk
- Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
- Boxford, Suffolk
- Boxted, Suffolk
- Brettenham, Suffolk
- Brinkley, Cambridgeshire
- Brockley, Suffolk
- Bures St Mary, Suffolk
- Burgate, Suffolk
- Burrough Green, Cambridgeshire
- Burwell, Cambridgeshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Cambridge St. Andrew
- Cambridge St. Andrew the
Less
- Cambridge St. Benedict
- Cambridge St. Boltoph
- Cambridge St. Clement
- Cambridge St. Edward
- Cambridge St. Giles
- Cambridge Holy Trinity
- Cambridge St. Mary the Great
- Cambridge St. Mary the Less
- Cambridge St. Michael
- Cambridge St. Paul
- Cambridge St. Sepulchre
- Carlton cum William, Cambridge
- Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
- Chattisham, Suffolk
- Chedburgh, Suffolk
- Chelsworth, Suffolk
- Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire
- Chesterton, Cambridgeshire.
- Chevington, Suffolk
- Clare, Suffolk
- Cockfield, Suffolk
- Comberton, Cambridgeshire
- Combs, Suffolk
- Coney Western, Suffolk
- Coton, Cambridgeshire
- Cowlinge, Suffolk
- Culford, Suffolk
- Debden, Essex
- Denston, Suffolk
- Depden, Suffolk
- Dullingham, Cambridgeshire
- Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
- Earl Stonham, Suffolk
- East Bergholt, Suffolk
- Edwardstone, Suffolk
- Elmdon, Essex.
- Exning, Suffolk
- Eye, Suffolk
- Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire.
- Finningham, Suffolk
- Flempton-cum-Hengrave, Suffolk
- Fordham, Cambridgeshire
- Fornham, Suffolk
- Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire
- Foxton, Cambridgeshire.
- Freckenham, Suffolk
- Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.
- Garboldisham, Norfolk
- Glemsford, Suffolk
- Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.
- Great Abington
- Great Barton, Suffolk
- Great Blakenham, Suffolk
- Great Bradley, Suffolk
- Great Chesterford, Essex.
- Great Eversdon, Cambridgeshire.
- Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.
- Great Thurlow, Suffolk
- Great Wenham, Suffolk
- Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire.
- Great Wratting, Suffolk
- Great Yeldham, Essex.
- Groton, Suffolk
- Hadleigh, Suffolk
- Halesworth, Suffolk
- Hargrave, Suffolk
- Harlton, Cambridgeshire.
- Harston, Cambridgeshire.
- Hartest, Suffolk
- Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire.
- Haverhill, Suffolk.
- Hawkedon, Suffolk
- Hawstead, Suffolk
- Hepworth, Suffolk
- Heydon, Essex.
- Hildersham, Cambridgeshire
- Hinderclay, Suffolk
- Hinxton, Cambridgeshire.
- Hitcham, Suffolk
- Homersfield, Suffolk
- Hopton nr Thetford, Suffolk
- Horningsea, Cambridgeshire.
- Horringer, Suffolk
- Horseheath, Cambridgeshire
- Hundon, Suffolk
- Ingham, Suffolk
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- Kedington, Suffolk
- Kentford, Suffolk
- Kirtling, Cambridgeshire
- Lackford, Suffolk
- Lakenheath, Suffolk.
- Lawshall, Suffolk
- Linton, Cambridgeshire
- Little Abingdon, Cambridgeshire.
- Little Chishall, Essex.
- Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire.
- Littleport, Cambridgeshire.
- Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire.
- Little Thurlow, Suffolk
- Little Welnetham, Suffolk
- Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire.
- Little Yeldham, Essex.
- Long Melford, Suffolk
- Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
- Mellis, Suffolk
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
- Monk's Eleigh, Suffolk
- Nacton, Suffolk
- Nayland, Suffolk
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Newton, Cambridgeshire.
- Norton, Suffolk
- Old Newton, Suffolk
- Onehouse, Suffolk
- Orwell, Cambridgeshire.
- Ousden, Suffolk
- Palgrave, Suffolk
- Pampisford, Cambridgeshire.
- Polstead, Suffolk
- Poslingford, Suffolk
- Rede, Suffolk
- Redgrave cum Botesdale, Suffolk
- Rougham, Suffolk
- Royston,Hertfordshire
- Rushbrooke, Suffolk
- Sawston, Cambridgeshire.
- Saxmundham, Suffolk
- Shepreth, Cambridgeshire.
- Shimpling, Suffolk
- Shottisham, Suffolk
- Shuddy Camps, Cambridgeshire.
- Somerton, Suffolk
- Sotherton, Suffolk
- Stansfield, Suffolk
- Stanton, Suffolk
- Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.
- Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire
- Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
- Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk
- Stonham Aspal, Suffolk
- Stow Cum Quy, Cambridgeshire.
- Stowmarket, Suffolk
- Stradishall, Suffolk
- Sudbury, Suffolk
- Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
- Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire.
- Thelnetham, Suffolk
- Thorndon, Suffolk
- Thriplow, Cambridgeshire.
- Toft, Cambridgeshire.
- Tostock, Suffolk
- Trumpington, Cambridgeshire.
- Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk
- Washbrook, Suffolk
- Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
- Wattisfield, Suffolk
- Wendon Lofts, Essex.
- Westhorpe, Suffolk
- Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire.
- Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire.
- West Stow, Suffolk
- West Wickham, Cambridgeshire.
- West Wratting, Cambridgeshire.
- Whepstead, Suffolk
- Wicken, Cambridgeshire
- Wickhambrook, Suffolk
- Wickham Skeith, Suffolk
- Wimbish, Essex.
- Withersfield, Suffolk.
- Wixoe, Suffolk
- Woolpit, Suffolk
- Wortham, Suffolk
- Wyverstone, Suffolk
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English Parish Registers.
Church of England parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials,
sometimes as early as 1538. From 1598 copies of the entries from many
registers were sent to bishops and archdeacons: these copies are known
as Bishop's Transcripts.
In 1538 Thomas Cromwell ordered that each parish priest should keep registers
of the baptisms, marriages and burials taking place in his parish. Very
few parishes have surviving registers that are complete since 1538: despite
the order many parishes did not start to keep registers until some years
later, and many of the early registers have been lost or destroyed. In
1598 it was ordered that registers should be kept on parchment because
the paper in the books that had been in use since 1538 was of poor quality
and many entries were already illegible. The order stated that existing
entries in the registers were to be copied on to parchment, especially
those entries for the period since Queen Elizabeth's accession in
1558. Unfortunately some priests decided only to copy those entries since
1558 and the earlier records are lost.
Registers of the 16th and 17th centuries were often written in Latin
and can be difficult to read. A statute of 1812, known as Rose's Act,
required parish incumbents to use specially printed registers, with separate
books for baptisms, marriages and burials, and this generally made the
entries easier to read and greatly improved the amount of detail recorded.
Dates before 1752 can cause confusion. From about 1190 until 1 January
1752 the Julian calendar was used in England and each year began officially
on Lady Day (25 March) rather than on 1 January. The entry for 10 February
1730 for example was actually in what we would now regard as 1731, and
for clarity the date is often now written as 10 February 1730/31. An act
of Parliament, Lord Chesterfield's Act of 1751, replaced this calendar
with the Gregorian calendar that was already in use in Scotland and most
of Europe. The year 1751 commenced as in previous years on 25 March but
ended on 31 December 1751 so that 1752 and subsequent years then started
on 1 January.
(Sourced from "Ancestral Trails", 2nd Edition by Mark D Herber,
Sutton Publishing 2000)
Glossary of terms
1) (x) in a marriage entry means the person just made their mark rather
than signing the register.
2) botp is "both of this parish": singly it would be otp "of
this parish", the parish of the other person is then usually given.
Of this parish only means living there at the time of the marriage and
does not indicate that they were born there.
3) bachelor is given as "bac" in most registers but just as
"b" in others. Spinster is "sp" or "s"
etc etc etc
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