GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CDs IN THIS SERIES Parish records--primarily births, baptisms, marriages, and burials--provide the best source of vital record information in the centuries before civil registration. This collection includes parish records and similar sources in the United Kingdom approximately 1538 to 1837. The records include baptisms, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records.
What is the original source of the data on this CD-ROM? The 1,142,711 records in this database come from parish records and similar sources in England around 1538 to 1837. Some non-parish records may be included from as early as the twelfth century. This CD is fully searchable on any word, including names and places.
CONTENTS
England: Canterbury - Marriage Licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1679-1694
England: Canterbury - Marriage Licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1668
England: Canterbury - The Harleian Society. Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Vicar: General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1669 to 1679. Volume 34.
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 3 & 4 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 5 & 6 (Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found.)
The Harleian Society. Obituary Prior to 1800 (as Far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where Some Account of Their Character is to be Found." Volume 49.
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 a
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 b
England: Canterbury - Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1558-1583
Sussex - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604
England: - Marriage Licences Issued by the Faculty Office, 1632-1714
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogatibe Court of Canterbury, 1605-1619
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1620-1629
England: Canterbury - Wills and Administrations in the Probate Registry at Canterbury, 1396-1558 and 1640-1650
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1657-1660
England: Canterbury - Index to the Act Books of the Archbishops of Canterbury, 1663-1859 (L-Z)
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1671-1675
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1649-1654
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1655-1660 (A-F)
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1655-1660 (G-Q)
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1655-1660 (R-Z)
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1581-1595
England: Canterbury - Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1686-1693
England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1694-1700
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1596-1608
England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1609-1619
Norfolk (England general): Yarmouth - Registers of Passengers (Great Yarmouth to Holland and New England), 1637-1639
England: Canterbury - Wills and Administrations in the probate registry at Canterbury, 1558-1577 and Administrations 1539-1545
IL Calendar of Administrations in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Chichester 1555-1800 Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Peculiar court of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1520-1670 Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Peculiar Court of the Dean of Chichester 1577-1800. Vol 64.
England: - Index of Chancery Proceedings (Reynardson's Division) (A-K)
England: - Index of Chancery Proceedings (Reynardson's Division) (L-Z)
England: - Calendar of Chancery Proceedings, Bills and Answers filed in the reign of King Charles the First a
England: - Calendar of Chancery Proceedings, Bills and Answers filed in the reign of King Charles the First b
England: - Calendar of Chancery Proceedings, Bills and Answers filed in the reign of King Charles the First c
England: - Calendar of Chancery Proceedings, Bills and Answers filed in the reign of King Charles the First d
England: - Index nominum to the Royalist compostion papers (A-F)
England: - Index to Bills of Provy Signet (Signet Bills), 1584-1596 & 1603-1624; Writs of Privy Seal, 1601-1603
England: - Placita coram domino rege apud Wesmonasterium de termino Sancte Trinitatis anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici vicesimo Quinto, The Pleas of the Court of Kings Bench, Trinity Term, 25 Edword 1st, 1297
England: Canterbury - Index to the Act Books of the Archbishops of Canterbury, 1663-1859 (A-K)
England: Canterbury -Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1653-1656 (preserved in the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London)
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