Genealogy & Family History
Parish registers
Prior to 1837, there was no system for recording births and deaths. The main sources of information about individuals are church registers or parish registers, of baptism, marriage and burial. Parish registers were first introduced in 1538, but very few survive from this date. In 1598, parishes were ordered to keep their registers in parchment books instead of paper. Earlier entries were supposed to be copied into the new books. But many parishes started only at the year 1558, the year Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne.
Rotherham Registration Districts
Rother Valley Registration Districts
West Riding Registration Districts
United Kingdom and Ireland Parish Finder
Current Civil Parishes in South Yorkshire
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983
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