Warwickshire County Record Office - Parish Registers

            

Warwickshire County Record Office is working in partnership with the Midland Ancestors to sell Warwickshire Parish Registers in the Midland Ancestors shop. 

Warwickshire’s Church of England Parish Registers

Lord Macaulay in the third chapter of his ‘History of England’ emphasises the lack of material available to historians and researchers looking for sources illuminating daily life for the majority of the population. After describing life in England in 1685, he writes, ‘Nothing has yet been said of the great body of the people, of those who held the ploughs, tended the oxen, who toiled at the looms …. Nor can very much be said.’ Family historians and record offices have tried to overcome this lack by promoting and interpreting the resources that are available. Now, by building on the work of family history societies like BMSGH and digitising and indexing these records, they can be widely accessible to all.

Parish registers are the most important single source of information for anyone tracing the history of their family. They contain entries for baptisms, marriages, and burials back to 1538 when the Tudor state decreed that these records should be kept. Unfortunately, early registers for parishes have often been lost, and in many parishes they do not start until after 1600 or even 1700. Early registers can be difficult to read because the handwriting is very different and also because the registers may have been damaged over the centuries. Even allowing for these losses, the registers are often the only source of information about most of Warwickshire’s former residents. Warwickshire County Record Office holds most of the historic registers for parishes in the County, including Coventry, but excluding Birmingham. The only exception to this is Stratford-upon-Avon where the original registers are held by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office. 

Initially, Parish registers are added to the shop as images only, customers can buy copies and browse through the images as if they were viewing the original microfilms. The BMSGH are transcribing and indexing each of the Parish registers and once completed, Parish Register images will be sold along with an index. 


Source Information: Original data provided by Warwickshire County Record Office, courtesy of Warwickshire County Council.
All rights are reserved. Any unauthorised act, including but not limited to, publishing, copying, lending, reselling or hiring of this material will constitute an infringement of copyright. The material must not be made available on the internet nor in any form of publication. Data is for personal research use only. Please respect copyright.
Contact Warwickshire County Record Office on 01926 738959  or Priory Park Cape Road Warwick CV34 4JS for further details or in relation to requests for permissions regarding this material. 


Please support Warwickshire County Record Office in its work to make these unique resources more widely available. All money raised helps to preserve the collections and to make them available now and in the future.


Sam Collenette, Archives and Historic Environment Manager, Warwickshire County Record Office, Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS, Tel: 01926 738950, email recordoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk, website http://heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk/warwickshire-county-record-office/


This is a very large project and is being split into phases:

Phase 1 - We will publish Parish Register data in the shop without indexes, ie you can just browse the images, these will be pre 1813 images initially

Phase 2 - Our army of volunteers are busy transcribing images and we will then produce indexes and re-publish in the shop, indexes will tend to be from 1813 onwards in this phase as records are recorded on forms and are easier and quicker to read and transcribe

Phase 3 - Our volunteers will transcribe pre 1813 images and once indexed we will update the item in the shop

Phase 4 - We will produce a Warwickshire County index for Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.


More Parish Registers will be available shortly, watch this space. If you are interested in one which is not yet listed, please contact us and we will make available as soon as possible.


Coventry St Michael Parish Register images - Part 6 - Marriages 1864 -1891 - No index (Download)

Coventry St Michael Parish Register images - Part 6 - Marriages 1864 -1891 - No index (Download)

Coventry St Michael Parish Registers - Part 6These are copies of the original images from the p..

£30.00

Coventry St Michael Parish Register images - Parts 1 to 6 - Bap 1813-1904, Mar 1827-1891, Bur 1813-1915 - No index (Download)

Coventry St Michael Parish Register images - Parts 1 to 6 - Bap 1813-1904, Mar 1827-1891, Bur 1813-1915 - No index (Download)

Coventry St Michael Parish Registers Parts 1 to 6These are copies of the original images from t..

£175.00

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images  Parts 1 and 2- Bap 1841-1907, Mar 1842-1903, Bur 1841-1915 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images Parts 1 and 2- Bap 1841-1907, Mar 1842-1903, Bur 1841-1915 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Registers - Parts 1 and 2These are copies of the original images from ..

£50.00

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images Part 1- Bap 1841-1868, Mar 1842-1865, Bur 1841-1858 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images Part 1- Bap 1841-1868, Mar 1842-1865, Bur 1841-1858 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Registers - Part 1These are copies of the original images from the par..

£22.00

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images Part 2 - Bap 1868-1907, Mar 1865-1903, Bur 1858-1915 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Register images Part 2 - Bap 1868-1907, Mar 1865-1903, Bur 1858-1915 - Indexed - (Download)

Coventry St Peter Parish Registers - Part 2These are copies of the original images from the par..

£30.00

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 1 - Bap 1734-1812, Banns 1766-1825, Mar 1734-1812, Bur 1737-1812 - Part Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 1 - Bap 1734-1812, Banns 1766-1825, Mar 1734-1812, Bur 1737-1812 - Part Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist Parish Registers - Part 1Including Surname IndexThese are copies ..

£30.00

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 2 - Bap 1813-1845, Mar 1813-1843 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 2 - Bap 1813-1845, Mar 1813-1843 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Registers - Part 2Including Surname IndexThese are copies..

£27.00

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 3 - Bap 1845-1882, Mar 1843-1882 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 3 - Bap 1845-1882, Mar 1843-1882 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Registers - Part 3Including Surname IndexThese are copies..

£25.00

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 4 - Bap 1882-1908, Mar 1882-1900, Bur 1813-1893 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Part 4 - Bap 1882-1908, Mar 1882-1900, Bur 1813-1893 - Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Registers - Part 4Including Surname IndexThese are copies..

£23.00

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Parts 1 to 4 - Bap 1734-1908, Banns 1766-1825, Mar 1734-1900, Bur 1737-1893 - Part Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Register images - Parts 1 to 4 - Bap 1734-1908, Banns 1766-1825, Mar 1734-1900, Bur 1737-1893 - Part Indexed (Download)

Coventry, St John the Baptist; Parish Registers Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4Including Surname IndexThese..

£95.00

Cubbington Parish Register images - Bap 1559-1914, Banns 1784-1900, Mar 1559-1915, Bur 1559-1903 - Some Gaps -Part Indexed (Download)

Cubbington Parish Register images - Bap 1559-1914, Banns 1784-1900, Mar 1559-1915, Bur 1559-1903 - Some Gaps -Part Indexed (Download)

Cubbington Parish Registers Including Surname IndexThese are copies of the original images f..

£27.00

Curdworth, Parish Register images - Bap 1653-1844, Mar 1653-1915, Burials 1653-1915 - Some Gaps - Indexed - (Download)

Curdworth, Parish Register images - Bap 1653-1844, Mar 1653-1915, Burials 1653-1915 - Some Gaps - Indexed - (Download)

Curdworth Parish Registers These are copies of the original images from the parish registers..

£18.00

Dunchurch, Parish Register images - Bap 1538-1909, Banns 1810-1840,1876-1915, Mar 1701-1904, Bur 1538-1915 - Some gaps - Part Indexed (Download)

Dunchurch, Parish Register images - Bap 1538-1909, Banns 1810-1840,1876-1915, Mar 1701-1904, Bur 1538-1915 - Some gaps - Part Indexed (Download)

Dunchurch Parish Registers Including Linked Surname IndexThese are copies of the original im..

£30.00

Eastern Green Allesley Coventry Parish Register images 1875-1915 - Indexed (Download)

Eastern Green Allesley Coventry Parish Register images 1875-1915 - Indexed (Download)

Eastern Green, Allesley, Coventry Parish Registers These are copies of the original ima..

£3.00

Elmdon, Parish Register images - Bap 1538-1725, Banns 1827-1915, Mar 1538-1915 (some gaps), Bur 1538-1725 - Indexed (Download)

Elmdon, Parish Register images - Bap 1538-1725, Banns 1827-1915, Mar 1538-1915 (some gaps), Bur 1538-1725 - Indexed (Download)

Elmdon, Parish RegistersWith a searchable indexThese are copies of the original images from the..

£6.00

Ettington Parish Register images - Bap 1661-1857, Mar 1661-1915, Bur 1661-1877 - Indexed (Download)

Ettington Parish Register images - Bap 1661-1857, Mar 1661-1915, Bur 1661-1877 - Indexed (Download)

Ettington Parish Registers Including Linked Surname IndexThese are copies of the original im..

£16.00

Exhall (Coventry) Parish Register images - Bap 1540-1915, Banns 1803-1905, Mar 1540-1910, Bur 1540-1915 - Part indexed (Download)

Exhall (Coventry) Parish Register images - Bap 1540-1915, Banns 1803-1905, Mar 1540-1910, Bur 1540-1915 - Part indexed (Download)

Exhall (Coventry) Parish Registers Including Surname IndexThese are copies of the original i..

£33.00

Exhall with Wixford (Alcester) Parish Register images - Bap 1539-1915, Banns 1823-1912, Mar 1539-1915, Bur 1539-1915 - Part Indexed (Download)

Exhall with Wixford (Alcester) Parish Register images - Bap 1539-1915, Banns 1823-1912, Mar 1539-1915, Bur 1539-1915 - Part Indexed (Download)

Exhall with Wixford (Alcester) Parish Registers Including Clickable Surname IndexThese are c..

£12.00

Farnborough Parish Register images - Bap 1558-1915, Banns 1899-1915, Mar 1558-1915, Bur 1558-1915 - Part - Indexed (Download)

Farnborough Parish Register images - Bap 1558-1915, Banns 1899-1915, Mar 1558-1915, Bur 1558-1915 - Part - Indexed (Download)

Farnborough Parish Registers Including Surname IndexThese are copies of the original images ..

£11.00

Fenny Compton Parish Register images - Bap 1627-1915, Banns 1755-1811, Mar 1627-1915, Bur 1627-1882 - Indexed (Download)

Fenny Compton Parish Register images - Bap 1627-1915, Banns 1755-1811, Mar 1627-1915, Bur 1627-1882 - Indexed (Download)

Fenny Compton Parish Registers Including Clickable Surname IndexThese are copies of the orig..

£17.00

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