Parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials in Anglican parish
churches. These registers began in 1538, though very few of the early
registers survive
Before the 1850s, most baptisms, marriages and burials were recorded in
these Anglican registers. As civil registration did not begin until 1837,
these registers are a key source of information about births, marriages and
deaths before then
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