A Listing of the Churchwardens of St Bartholomew Church, Wednesbury from 1561 to 1717.

Extracted from 'A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford'
by JN Bagnall
Published 1854, by William Parke, Wolverhampton.

Note: This listing was compiled from parish registers and other parish documents and minutes and is incomplete.

1561/98 - Nicholas Tonkes, Thomas Meryhurst
1599 - Thomas Hopkins, Edward Syddon
1600 - Thomas Dolphine, John Hawke
1601/03 - John Poynder, John Mathen
1604/06 - Samuel Addenbrooke, William Babbe
1607/09 - Henry Sheldon, Thomas Hurbbutt
1610 - Francis Tonkys, William Hebbeard
1611 - Thomas Tonks, George Medewe
1612/13 - George Holdin, Richd. Browne
1614/15 - Thomas Cowy, Thomas Parkshouse
1616/17 - Francis Pool, Henry Pool
1618 - William Hopkins, George Bassett
1619 - John Becke, Richard Sheldon
1620 - Henry Hurbbut, Rickard Wilkes
1621 - Thomas Biram, George Siddowne
1622 - Henry Siddowne, Richard Salte
1623 - William Hopkins, Nicholas Field
1624 - John Willis, Robert Nightingale
1625 - George Darlaston, Henry Morris
1626 - Henry Nightingale, John Browne
1627 - Richard Hart
1628 - William Hopkins, Edward Watson
1629/30 - Francis Perry, Richard Jarratt
1631 - Henry Addenbrooke, Humphrey Tonkys
1632 - John Carter, Richard Sylvester
1633 - Simon Warde, William Terry
1634 - William Hopkins, Thomas Cowy
1635 - Thomas Jefferson, William Hawkes
1636 - Henry Siddowne, John Hampson the younger
1637 - Richard Sheldon, Henry Siddowne

There are no records of churchwardens during the Commonwealth period

1676 - Thomas Hide, Thomas Hawkes
1677 - Henry Aston, John Chester
1678 - Joseph Tibbutts, Samuel Welsh
1679 - Thomas Jesson, Henry Bassett
1680 - Thomas Meadew, Henry Wood
1682 - Thomas Hind, Philip Harrison
1683 - John Snape, John Chester, jun.
1684 - William Tibbutts, jun., Abram Parks
1685 - Richard Right, Richard Dunton
1686 - Josiah Freeman, Edward Whitehouse
1687 - James Silvester, John Belshar
1693 - William Holden, jun., Henry Jackson
1695 - Richard Smith, George Silvester
1698 - Richard Edge, Richard Hanson
1699 - John Mountford, Henry Wood
1700 - Humphrey Kendrick, Thomas Saunders
1701 - John Cox, Samuel Hide
1702 - Thomas Wright, Richard Darby
1703 - Alexander Bunn, Richard Lane
1704/05 - John Belshar, Daniel More
1706 - John Russell, John Cashmore
1713 - Thomas Brown, Richard Tebbits
1714 - Humphrey Kendrick, Thomas Jesson
1717 - George Hunt, Samuel Bruerton

A number of Overseers are also noted by Bagnall as follows:
1679 - John Tuncks, William Hopkin
1683 - Thomas Jesson, Thomas Hind
1685 - John Hunks, John Fidoe
1686 - Henry Aston, Richard Hollyhead
1687 - William Smallwood, William Constable
1690 - Thomas Haines, James Silvester
1691 - Thomas Jesson, Richard Budler
1694 - Josiah Freeman

• The majority of parish registers for the county are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office, although some may be found in the smaller archive repositories in the county or in adjacent county record offices where boundaries have changed. The main repository for Bishop's Transcripts is Lichfield Record Office.
  Nonconformist registers for the county are deposited in many repositories including the National Archives, Staffordshire Record Office and the other archive departments in the county.

   

• Many parish registers for the county have been transcribed and published, originally by the Staffordshire Parish Register Society (SPRS), and more recently by the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (BMSGH), in conjunction with the SPRS. The BMSGH have also undertaken a program of reprinting the earlier SPRS volumes which is ongoing.

   

• Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts may be found on the individual parish pages.

   

• The FreeREG project aims to make all parish register records available in a free searchable database. This is an ongoing project .
  The FreeREG Pages gives details of the current coverage of parish registers for Staffordshire

   

• Find My Past in conjuction with the SRO have digitised most of the Staffordshire parish registers and original images are available to view and download. This is a subscription site but the indexes can be viewed free of charge.
  The FMP index gives details of the current coverage of parish registers for Staffordshire

   

• The Society of Genealogists ' National Index of Parish Registers. Volume 6, Part 1 Staffordshire', compiled by Peter Bloore (1992) 100 p. [ISBN 0 946789 29 0] is "A Guide to Anglican, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist registers, together with information on Bishop's Transcripts, modern copies and Marriage licences." This is the most detailed of the available guides and includes date coverage and location of registers, copies, transcripts and indexes and IGI coverage. Due to the date of compilation, some details are now out of date with regard to recently deposited registers etc.

   

• The Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Services ' Guide to Sources, No 1. Parish Registers and Bishops Transcripts', (1999) 81 p. [ISBN 0 946602 24 7] has the latest details on the holdings of Anglican Parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office and Bishops Transcripts at Lichfield Record Office.

   

• The Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Services ' Nonconformist Registers', (1996) contains details on the Nonconformist Registers deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.

   

• Nonconformist registers held by the National Archives

   

• 'Catholic Missions & Registers 1700-1880. Volume 2, The Midlands and East Anglia', compiled by Michael Gandy (1993) 78 p. [ISBN 0 9520535 2 7] gives details of Staffordshire Catholic mission registers (and 16 other counties) and includes date coverage and location of registers.

   

• Microfilm copies of many registers are in the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They are listed on-line in the FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog which is also available from their Distribution Centres for purchase as a CDROM. Microfilms can be ordered for viewing at any Family History Centre of the LDS Church world-wide.

   

• The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (BMSGH) have compiled the Staffordshire Marriage Index & Staffordshire Burial Index which are complete for all surviving registers in the county up to 1837. Details of search procedures (fee payable) can be found on the BMSGH pages.

   

• The National Burial Index (NBI) has been published on CDROM by the Family History Federation. The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry has contributed indexes for the three counties that it covers (Warwickshire, Worcestershire & Staffordshire). The Third edition has now been published and contains around 800,000 Staffordshire records relating to 253 parishes.

   

  • The FHF index to Staffordshire parish registers contained in the National Burial Index (NBI)

     

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has two major sets of indexes of registers:

   

  • The International Genealogical Index (IGI) covers many Staffordshire marriage and baptism registers. It is available free on-line within FamilySearch, is available on CDROM at Family History Centers of the LDS Church and other libraries, and earlier versions are available on microfiche. Hugh Wallis provides a list of Batch Numbers and Parishes in the IGI .

     

  • The British Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) (VRI) includes baptisms and marriages for 108 registers in Staffordshire. It is available for purchase as a set of 16 inexpensive CDs covering the British Isles, from Distribution Centers of the LDS Church. Contact a Family History Center to find the one nearest to you.

     

  • An index to Staffordshire parish registers contained in the British Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) (VRI)

     

  • For reference an index to Staffordshire parish registers contained in the British VRI (1st Edition)
    Note: all records in the 1st edition should be included in the 2nd edition.

     

• Ted Wildy's UK Marriage witness index has some entries for Staffordshire.
  The Staffordshire file is listed as "ukwitsts.zip"

   

• The Searchable Library Catalogue of the library of the Society of Genealogists includes details of Stafforshire Parish Register copies held by the society.

   

• The Diocese of Lichfield Website allows users to find churches & clergy in the diocese.

   

The British Vital Records Index (VRI) Second Edition, released in 2002, includes baptisms and marriages for 108 registers in Staffordshire; it is available for purchase as a set of 16 inexpensive CDs covering the British Isles, from Distribution Centers of the LDS Church (contact a Family History Center to find the one nearest to you) or order at the the London Family History Centre on-line distribution pages
 

CHURCH	BAPTISMS	MARRIAGES
Acton Trussell, St James & Bednall, All Saints	1571-1906	1707-1836
Adbaston, St Michael	1588-1906	-
Audley, St James	---	1754-1875
Baswich, Holy Trinity	1880-1909	1879-1906
Bednall, All Saints	---	1814-1837
Betley, St Margaret	1879-1888	1845-1897
Blurton, Redbank	1853-1867	---
Bramshall, St Lawrence	1587-1916	1587-1906
Brown Edge, St Anne	1845-1908	1845-1906
Bucknall Cum Bagnall , St Mary	1812-1905	1802-1906
Burntwood, Christ Church	1820-1899	1845-1906
Burslem, St John	1638-1888	1639-1800
Burton-upon-Trent, St Modwen	---	1669-1906
Calton, St Mary	1762-1906	---
Caverswall, St Peter	1559-1895	1559-1861
Chesterton, Holy Trinity	---	1852-1906
Church Eaton, St Editha	1875-1888	---
Darlaston, St George	1845-1904	1853-1906
Darlaston, St Lawrence	1842-1883	---
Dilhorne, All Saints	1560-1846	1560-1906
Dresden, Church of the Resurrection	1867-1900	1897-1906
Dresden, St Luke	1885-1898	---
Dunstall, St Mary	1854-1880	---
Eccleshall, Holy Trinity	1589-1812	1819-1845
Elkstone, St John & Warslow, St Lawrence	1785-1888	1870-1898
Endon, St Luke	1855-1897	---
Etruria, St Matthew	---	1877-1898
Ettingshall, Holy Trinity	1835-1889	---
Fenton, Christchurch	---	1865-1882
Forton, All Saints	1760-1906	1754-1837
Fulford Chapelry (to Stone St Michael)	1790-1800	---
Gailey, St John	---	1872-1906
Gentleshaw, Christ Church	1837-1906	1840-1906
Gnosall, St Lawrence	1572-1900	1572-1900
Goldenhill, St John	1841-1909	1849-1906
Gratwich, St Mary	1813-1907	1839-1906
Great Wyrley, St Mark	1845-1906	1846-1906
Grindon, All Saints	1697-1880	1698-1754
Hammerwich, St John	1724-1900	---
Hamstall Ridware, St Michael	---	1833-1900
Hanley, St John	1789-1910	1837-1902
Hanley, St Luke (Wellington)	1848-1901	1854-1900
Hartshill, Holy Trinity	1884-1906	1875-1906
Hednesford, St Peter	1865-1901	1884-1904
High Offley, St Mary	1660-1812	---
Hope, Holy Trinity	1848-1903	1850-1892
Ipstones, St Leonard	1848-1900	1727-1900
Keele, St John the Baptist	1700-1876	1543-1906
Kinver, St Peter	1877-1904	1560-1906
Kings Bromley, All Saints	1673-1852	1673-1837
Knutton, St Mary	1873-1906	1875-1904
Lapley, St Mary	1538-1906	1538-1906
Leek, St Luke	1849-1906	1848-1900
Leigh, All Saints	1872-1906	1838-1906
Lichfield, St Mary	1566-1686, 1842-1879	1627-1720
Little Aston, St Peter	---	1877-1906
Longdon, St James	1873-1900	---
Longton, St James the Less	1834-1900	1837-1900
Longton, St John	1764-1901	1866-1901
Madeley, All Saints	1776-1876	1882-1906
Marchington, St Peter	1612-1670	---
Marston, St Leonard	1767-1877	1607-1876
Mavesyn Ridware, St Nicholas	1538-1663, 1787-1900	1538-1660, 1844-1899
Mayfield, St John	1576-1906	1577-1900
Milwich, All Saints	1573-1855	1574-1837
Mowcop, St Thomas	1894-1901	---
Moxley, All Saints	1838-1876	1888-1900
Newborough, All Saints	1601-1899	1602-1834
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, St Giles	1789-1877, 1885-1906	1754-1837, 1891-1906
Northwood, Holy Trinity	1848-1903	1849-1906
Norton-in-the-Moors, St Bartholomew	1813-1876	1575-1751
Ogley Hay, St James	1849-1876	1854-1900
Onecote, St Luke	1755-1885	1849-1876
Oulton, St John	1878-1900	1880-1900
Pelsall, St Michael & All Angels	1754-1905	1876-1906
Penkhull, St Thomas	1843-1900	1845-1900
Penkridge, St Michael & All Angels	1572-1575, 1735-1876	---
Penn, St Bartholomew	1570-1876	---
Pipe Ridware, St James	1572-1900	1571-1894
Rolleston, St Mary	1569-1620, 1701-1906	1569-1906
Rugeley, St Augustine	1819-1876	1569-1876
Rushall, St Michael	1686-1787	1715-1884
Sandon, All Saints	1635-1843	1635-1856
Sedgley, All Saints	1819-1876	1559-1685, 1839-1904
Stafford, Christ Church	1839-1876, 1882-1888	1845-1876
Stafford, St Chad	1765-1803	1766-1804
Stafford, St Mary	1856-1876	1852-1876
Stafford, St Paul (Forebridge)	---	1844-1876
Stone, St Michael	1568-1907	1567-1906
Tettenhall, St Michael & All Angels	1742-1876, 1880-1900	1837-1876, 1895-1900
Tipton, St Martin	---	1824-1854
Tipton, St Paul	---	1853-1885
Trentham, St Mary & All Saints	1813-1842	---
Tunstall, St Mary	1881-1900	1882-1900
Walsall, St John	1858-1888	1860-1898
Walsall, St Peter	---	1861-1898
Walsall Wood, St John	1879-1888	1890-1900
Wednesfield, St Thomas	1852-1906	1853-1906
Weeford, St Mary	1813-1890	1563-1900
West Bromwich, Christ Church	1878-1889	1837-1898
West Bromwich, St Peter	1858-1888	1861-1899
Western Under Lizard, St Andrew	1813-1877	1754-1854
Wetton, St Margaret	1841-1872	1868-1898
Willenhall, St Giles	1829-1901	1841-1900
Willenhall, St Stephen	1888-1904	1888-1906
Wolstanton, St Margaret	---	1691-1903
Wolverhampton, St Luke	1861-1876	1862-1876
Wolverhampton, St Matthew	---	1849-1857

The British Vital Records Index (VRI) First Edition includes baptisms and marriages for 55 registers in Staffordshire. It has now been superceded by the Second Edition which should include all the records from the First Edition. This index is retained here for reference.

CHURCH	BAPTISMS	MARRIAGES
Blurton, Redbank	1853-1867	---
Brown Edge, St Anne	1845-1943	1845-1913
Bucknall Cum Bagnall, St Mary	---	1844-1897
Burntwood, Christ Church	1820-1887	1845-1897
Burslem, St John	1637-1888	1637-1693, 1788-1800
Burton-upon-Trent, St Modwen	---	1855-1898
Calton, St Mary	1762-1888	---
Darlaston, St Lawrence	1842-1883	---
Dilhorne, All Saints	1560-1846	1560-1898
Dresden, Church of the Resurrection	1867-1885	---
Dresden, St Luke	1885-1898	---
Dunstall, St Mary	1854-1880	---
Eccleshall, Holy Trinity	1611-1620, 1667-1812	---
Forton, All Saints	1760-1888	1755-1837
Gailey, St John	---	1872-1976
Gentleshaw, Christ Church	1837-1888	1840-1898
Hanley, St John	---	1873-1898
Hanley, St Luke (Wellington)	1848-1900	1854-1900
Hartshill, Holy Trinity	1885-1888	1876-1898
Hednesford, St Peter	1865-1901	1884-1904
Ipstones, St Leonard	1848-1900	1717-1837
Keele, St John the Baptist	---	1886-1943
Kinver, St Peter	1877-1888	1883-1898
Leek, St Luke	1849-1905	1848-1900
Leigh, All Saints	1873-1906	1843-1920
Little Aston, St Peter	---	1877-1938
Longdon, St James	1873-1888	---
Longton, St James the Less	---	1869-1898
Madeley, All Saints	1776-1876	---
Marston, St Leonard	1767-1877	1841-1876
Mavesyn Ridware, St Nicholas	1552-1663, 1868-1888	1538-1663, 1844-1899
Newcastle-Under-Lyme, St Giles	1788-1877, 1885-1888	1754-1837, 1891-1898
Northwood, Holy Trinity	1848-1888	---
Norton-in-the-Moors, St Bartholomew	1813-1875	1574-1751
Ogley Hay, St James	1849-1876	1854-1876
Onecote, St Luke	1755-1885	---
Oulton, St John	1878-1900	1880-1900
Pelsall, St Michael & All Angels	---	1876-1913
Penkhull, St Thomas	1843-1888	1845-1898
Penkridge, St Michael & All Angels	1736-1876	---
Penn, St Bartholomew	1570-1876	---
Pipe Ridware, St James	1571-1900	1571-1894
Rugeley, St Augustine	1819-1875	1569-1720
Rushall, St Michael	---	1809-1884
Sedgley, All Saints	1819-1876	1558-1685, 1878-1904
Stafford, Christ Church	1839-1876	1845-1876
Stafford, St Mary	---	1861-1876
Stafford, St Paul (Forebridge)	---	1844-1885
Stone, St Michael	---	1837-1897
Tettenhall, St Michael & All Angels	1742-1876, 1880-1900	1840-1875, 1895-1900
Western Under Lizard, St Andrew	1813-1877	1754-1854
Wetton, St Margaret	---	1868-1877
Wolstanton, St Margaret	---	1849-1898
Wolverhampton, St Luke	1861-1876	1862-1876
Wolverhampton, St Matthew	---	1849-1857

• The Open Library has made Charles Cox's 1910 publication The parish registers of England available online.

• FamilySearch has a useful page about Marriage Allegations, Bonds and Licences in England and Wales.

• The L.D.S. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) have now provided online search facilities for the I.G.I. (International Genealogical Index). As well as the general search facility, there is also a Custom Search page allowing more refined searches. Hugh Wallis has provided a search facility which greatly simplifies searching by batch number. See also Finding L.D.S. Batch Numbers.

• The FreeREG Project provides free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from English and Welsh parish and non-conformist church registers.

• The largest single collection of Parish Register copies and transcripts is at the Society of Genealogists, and these searched for in the (online) catalogue of the library of the Society of Genealogists.

• The contents of missing Parish Registers can often be obtained by finding the copies that since 1598 have had to be made annually and sent to the bishop, i.e the Bishop's Transcripts. The standard source for locating such copies is: J.S.W. Gibson, Bishops' Transcripts and Marriage Licences, Bonds and Allegations. (FFHS Publications).

• Tithe payments, used to support the clergy, are fully explained on this National Archives page - Tithe Records.

• G. Jaunay. A Parish Finder for England, published by Adelaide Proformat: South Plympton, Australia (2000) 468 p. Includes Ordnance Survey references for all English parishes, both ancient and modern, their diocese, deanery and county as at 1974, their date of creation and dedication, indicating for modern parishes the ancient parish(es) from which they were created, etc.

• The Clergy of the Church of England Database (CCEd) is a collaborative project to create a relational database documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835.

• Stan Mapstone once put online the list, as certified to the Registrar-General, of Denominations in England and Wales in 1867. Unfortunately these disappeared the closure of AOL's hometown pages, if anyone finds them online at another URL, please let me know using the report link below

Parish	Dedication	Year	Order Ref
Abram	St John the Evangelist	Bap, Mar, Bur 1838 -1841	CD178 Vol178
Accrington	St James	Bap 1745-1842, Mar & Bur 1743-1812	Vol197
Aldingham	St Cuthbert	Bap 1561-1694, Mar 1540-1694 & Bur 1554-1695	CD30
		Bap. & Bur 1695-1756 Mar 1695-1754	CDM10
Altcar	St Michael	Bap. & Bur 1663-1810 Mar 1664-1812	CDM9
Altham	St James	Bap, Mar & Bur 1596-1695	CD36
Ashton-in-Makerfield	St Thomas	Bap 1698-1755 Mar 1700-1753	CDM3
		Bap 1756-1809 Bur 1746-1805	CDM14
		Bap 1810-1827 Bur 1806-1844	CD141 Vol141
		Bap 1828-1873	CD142 Vol142
Ashton-under-Lyne	St Michael & All Angels	Bap & Mar 1594-1720 Bur 1596-1720	CD65
		Bap Mar Bur 1720 1760	CD191 Vol191
		Bap Mar Bur 1761-1785	CD193 Vol193
	St Peter	Bap 1824-1837 Bur 1825-1837	CD129
Aughton	St Michael	Bap, Mar & Bur 1541-1764	CD81
Bacup	St John the Evangelist	Bap, Mar & Bur 1788-1812	CDNC5
Balderstone	St Leonard	Bap Mar Bur 1751-1841	CD194 Vol194
Bentham	St John the Baptist	Bap 1673-1812, Mar 1668-1812 & Bur 1666-1812	CD69
Billinge	St Aidan	Bap 1696-1812, Mar 1699-1810 & Bur 1699-1812	CD123
		Bap, Mar Bur 1813-1841	CD190 Vol190
Birch in Rusholme	St James	Bap & Bur 1752-1837	CDNC6
Bispham	All Hallows	Bap 1599-1754, Mar 1631-1754 & Bur 1631-1753	CD33
Blackburn	St Mary the Virgin	Bap, Mar & Bur 1600-1653	CD41
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1653-1680	CD93
Blackley	St Peter	Mar 1668-1752, Bap & Bur 1655-1753	CD39
		Bap & Bur 1754-1783	CD129
Blackrod	St Katharine	Bap 1606-1701, Mar 1613-1700, Bur 1607-1701	CD36
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1701-1837	CD160 Vol160
Blawith	St John the Baptist	Bap 1728-1837 Mar & Bur 1730-1837	CD94
Bolton-le-Moors	St Peter	Bap 1573-4. 1590-1660, Mar 1573, 1587-1660, Bur 1573-4, 1587-1660	CD50
Bolton-le-Sands	St Michael	Bap & Bur 1655-1736, Mar 1653-1736	CD42
Brindle	St James	Bap, Mar & Bur 1558-1714	CD11
Broughton, near Preston	St John the Baptist	Bap 1653-1804, Mar 1653-1759, Bur 1653-1803	CD48
Broughton-in-Furness	St Mary Magdalene	Bap 1634-1812 Mar & Bur 1662-1812	CD90
		Bap, Mar, & Bur 1634-1720 and 1813-1837	CD185 Vol185
Burnley	St Peter	Bap, Mar & Bur 1562-1653	CD2
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1653-1690	CD151 Vol151
Burtonwood	St Michael	Bap 1668-1837 Mar 1683-1730 Bur 1697-1837	CD84
Bury	St Mary the Virgin	Bap 1590-1616 Mar & Bur 1591-1616	CD1
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1617-1646	CD10
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1647-1698	CD24
Cartmel	St Mary the Virgin Priory Chapel	Bap 1559-1661, Mar 1559-1660 & Bur 1559-1659	CD28
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1660-1723	CD96
		Bap 1724-1772, Mar 1724-1790 & Bur 1724-1771	CDM4
Caton	St Paul	Bap 1585-1717 Mar 1586-1718 Bur 1585-1718	CD59
Childwall	All Saints	Bap, Mar & Bur 1557-1680	CD106
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1681-1753	CD122
Chipping	St Bartholomew	Bap 1559-1693, Mar 1599-1692 & Bur 1599-1694	CD14
Chorley	St Lawrence	Bap, Mar & Bur 1548-1653	CD38
		Bap & Bur 1653-1708 Mar 1654-1708	CD129
Chorlton cum Hardy	St Clement	Bap 1639, 1737-1837, Mar 1737-1751, Bur 1753-1837	CD124
Church Kirk	St James	Bap & Bur 1600-1746 Mar 1600-1747	CD102
		Bap, Mar, Bur 1747 – 1812	CD187  Vol187
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1813-1851	Vol198
Claughton	St Chad	Bap, Mar & Bur 1701-1812	CD59
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1813-1901	CD176 Vol176
Clitheroe	St Mary Magdalene	Bap 1570-1725, Mar 1570-1727 & Bur 1570-1724	CD144 Vol144
Cockerham	St Michael	Bap 1595-1658, Mar & Bur 1595-1657	CD21
Colne	St Bartholomew	Bap 1599-1653, Mar 1599-1644 & Bur 1599-1650	CD17
Colton	Holy Trinity	Bap, Mar & Bur 1623-1812	CDM23
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1813-1842	CD133 Vol133
Coniston	St Andrew	Bap 1599-1700, Mar 1604-1700 & Bur 1600-1700	CD30
Copp Chapel	St Anne	Mar 1737, Bap 1728-1837	CD143 Vol143
Coppull	chapel	Bap 1757-1842	CDM26
Croft with Southworth	Christ Church	Bap 1833-1841 Bur 1834-1841	CDM8
Crosby	St Luke	Bap 1749-1837	CD130
Croston	St Michael	Bap 1543-1727, Mar 1538-1685, Bur 1538-1684	CD6
		Mar & Bur 1690-1727	CD20
Dalton-in-Furness	St Mary	Bap, Mar & Bur 1565-1620	CD100
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1621-1691	CD104
		Bap, Mar & Bur 1692-1812	CD177 Vol177
		Bap Mar & Bur 1813-1837	CD185 Vol185
Darwen	St James	Bap 1723-59, Mar 1731-53, Bur 1728-59	CD171 Vol171
Deane	St Mary	Bap &  Marr 1604-1750	CD53
		Bur 1604-1750	CD54
		Index 1604-1812 Bap, Mar & Bur 1751-1812	CD79
Denton	St Lawrence, originally St James	Bap 1695-1757, Mar 1698-1754, Bur 1695-1756	CD47
Didsbury	St James	Bap 1561-1711, Mar 1561-1712 & Bur 1562-1653	CD8/9
		Bap 1710-1757, Mar 1710-1751 & Bur 1654-1757	CD8/9
		(Index from 1561)	CD8/9
Downham	St Leonard	Bap, Mar & Bur 1606-1837	CD118

 

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Batch numbers are used to identify the sources of records included on the I.G.I. (International Genealogical Index). Now that the L.D.S. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) have provided online search facilities to this unparalleled resource, but without as yet providing means of limiting name searches to particular localities, batch numbers have become a valuable search aid because they can be used on the >Custom Search page to restrict searches to a particular parish. Unfortunately the L.D.S. have not provided an online index to batch numbers, and unofficial listings, while useful, are very far from complete and are not completely accurate. However, by following the steps below, it is possible to use the existing L.D.S. place search facility to determine batch numbers yourself:-

Please note: batch numbers for entries extracted from Scottish Civil Registration records (1855-1875) do not appear to be available online.

1	Go to the L.D.S. Place Search page.	You can also reach this page from the initial search page at http://www.familysearch.org - just select the "Custom" tab, then the "Family History Catalogue" link, and finally select "Place Search".
2	Enter the name of the parish or place in the Place Textbox and press the Search Button (or hit "Enter" on your keyboard").	You can limit the place search to a county or country by completing the optional "Part of" text box , but it is much safer to leave this blank and select from the resulting matches (step 3).
3	Select the appropriate location from the displayed list of place-name matches.	A "No Match" does not necessarily mean that the place or parish you are seeking is not included on the I.G.I. The indexes are apparently listed under "old" parish names only, and there are many places (e.g. villages and hamlets, which are not parishes and there are many parishes which are too modern to be included. In both cases indexes for your place/parish may well be included as a "title" within an "old" parish entry. For "places" you need to find which "old" parish included that place, and for modern parishes you need to identify its "mother parish". (Many GENUKI county pages now include gazetteers and/or church/parish indexes which may help identify the appropriate parish name to use.)
4	Select "... - Church Records -Indexes" from the list of available topics.	If this topic does not appear then unfortunately the parish is not included on the I.G.I. Please Note - the topic must be "Church Records - Indexes", NOT "Church Records".
5	Select the appropriate "Computer Printout" from the list of displayed titles.	The list of displayed titles may include non-conformist churches located within the parish and also "daughter" parishes of the parish you originally specified. Where no denomination is given, the church may be assumed to belong to the Church of England/Church of Scotland. The term "Computer Printout" seems rather inappropriate as it does not refer to a hard-copy, but to a set of electronic records in the L.D.S. database.
6	Note the Batch Numbers (in the first row of the "Notes" section).	If the term "Batch Number" does not appear, the selected records are not included on the I.G.I.
7	Produce a series of six digit numbers by combining each five digit number with each of the digits which follow the hyphen.	For example, 15565-1,2 would give you 155651 and 155652.
8	Where prefix letter(s) is/are specified, prefix each 6-digit number with those letters. The resulting "letter + 6-digit" strings are the batch numbers for the desired records. Otherwise, if no prefix is given, prefix each 6-digit number with M or E (for marriages), or P, C, I or J (for christenings). The resulting strings are potential batch numbers for the records in question and one or more of them will be valid.	In cases where the prefix is not specified, this step can only be a matter of trial and error - prefixes C, P and M are the most common prefixes and should be tried first, but E, I and J do occur quite regularly. Putative batch numbers can often be verified by making test searches using a very common surname. (Other prefix letters do exist but these relate to material submitted by L.D.S. members rather than to records resulting from the Church's record extraction programme.)

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General

• Find a Church - a Directory of Christian Churches in the UK and Ireland, providing basic location and contact information, details of services, etc. 
• Free searches of parish and nonconformist registers are provided by FreeReg.
• FamilySearch's page on IGI Batch Numbers for the British Isles and North America
• Hugh Wallis provides a batch number search facility, which greatly simplifies the task of searching the I.G.I. for records from particular churches (useful, for example, in case of strangely-spelled names). A further batch number site is provided by Archer Software.
• The LDS also supply additional church baptism and marriage records on their British Vital Records Index (2nd Edition) CD. A breakdown of the number of records included on the BVRI from each county and parish is provided on the Genoots website.(archived copy)
• Glossary of terms related to church records, by Martyn Parsons.
• The Official Non-Parochial BMD Records Service - a free index search facility for various unpublished registries from 1534 to 1865, from National Archives Refrences RG4 and RG5, with a pay-per-view access to the original records.
• The National Archives provides a Research Guide on Nonconformists - advice on TNA's holdings

Lyon-Turner, G. Original Records of Early Nonconformity Under Persecution and Indulgence - 3 vols. T. Fisher Unwin, London (1911) [Online copies: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3]

Anglican

Two major marriage licence indexing projects: the Faculty Office Marriage Licence Index (of licences issued by the Master of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1714 to 1850), and the Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index (of licences issued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1701 to 1850 undertaken by the SoG are now on www.findmypast.co.uk.

• Free searches of parish registers are provided by FamilySearch.
• Commercial register search sites include Ancestry, TheGenealogist, and www.findmypast.co.uk.
• An article on clandestine marriages - by Jennifer M. Payne.

M.W. Foster. "A Comedy of Errors" or "The Marriage Records of England and Wales, 1837-1899", 19 Khouri Avenue, Wellington 6005, New Zealand, (1998) 223 p. [ISBN 0 473 05581 3]

Baptist

• The Baptist Historical Society - general information.
• The Catholic Archive Society website provides information about the Society and a full Catalogue of its publications.
• The Catholic Central Library has moved to Durham University library.
• Catholic Heritage - website of a project to provide a centralised access point to an online collection of Archive and Library catalogues within the Catholic Church

Breed, Geoffrey. My Ancestors were Baptists (4th ed.). Society of Genealogists (2002) 135 pp. [ISBN: 1903462525]
[". . . a history of the church plus valuable information on what records can be obtained. A complete listing of all Baptist churches and dates by county and appendices showing for instance the important collection in Dr Williams Library.."]

Congregationalists

• Surnam Index Online - a biographical index to the names of 32,000 Congregational Ministers from the mid-seventeenth century to 1972, with "where known, their dates, details of their education, ministries or other employment", provided by the Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English.

Clifford, David J.H. My ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales: how can I find out more about them?, Society of Genealogists (1997) 77 pp. [ISBN: 0946789460]
["Following a useful introduction this book comprises a location list by county of Independent and Congregationalist registers to 1850. Many exist outside the Public Record Office. Details of chapels where no registers have been located are also included."]

Huguenot

Randolph Vigne. Huguenot Family Research Made Easier, Genealogist's Magazine 27, 10 (June 2003) pp. 447-449.

Inghamites

Oates, P.J. My Ancestors Were Inghamites, Society of Genealogists (2003) 149 pp. [ISBN 1 903462 77 0]
["Includes a brief history of the Inghamites, sections on chapels and their records, index of people referred to in the conference books of the Inghamites Societies, various baptism and lists of members."]

Jewish

Joseph, Austen. My Ancestors were Jewish (3rd ed.), Society of Genealogists (2002) 60 pp. [ISBN: 1903462630]
["Covers the emancipation of Jews in Europe, marriage, death and burials, census, secular records, surname information, information on repositories, internet and more."]

Methodist

• The Methodist Archives and Research Centre is located at John Rylands University Library of Manchester, and provides the page Researching Methodist History.
• Information about Wesleyan Methodist ministers 1847-9 supplied by Bob Bester.

Leary, William. My Ancestors were Methodists (3rd ed.), Society of Genealogists (1997) 116 pp. [ISBN: 1859514030]
["The main text [of this 3rd edition] has not changed but the appendixes detailing holdings in the SoG have been revised and updated thoroughly. The book explains the records of Methodism and what to expect from these records."]