More Than 400 Years of London Church Records
Did you know that until 1763, you only had to be 12 (girls) or 14 (boys) to marry in London? That 20% of London’s population was killed by a second Black Plague in the 1600s? That during the first year of WWI, marriages in London increased by 32%?
In the October newsletter we featured a new collection of London parish registers (containing baptism, marriage, and burial records from various churches, or parishes) extending all the way back to the 1500s. Besides providing an interesting look at London’s social history, these records are an absolutely phenomenal resource for family history–since government records weren’t started until 1837. In many cases, these are the only source of vital records available before that time.
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“Did you know that until 1763, you only had to be 12 (girls) or 14 (boys) to marry in London?”
THIS IS INCORRECT AS THE LAW ON AGE OF MARRIAGE WAS NOT CHANGED UNTIL 1929.
lOOK UP THE “”Age of Marriage Act 1929″”
I believe the the legal age to marry in some countries is still very low.
who ever transcribed the records for lambeth have made a major mistake. lambeth has been transcribed as being within middlesex. lambeth is part of surrey. (parts of surrey have now become part of greater london but ask any local who’s family have been there for years and they will still say lambeth surrey) this needs to be corrected. middlesex concists mainly of the parts of london north of the river thames. surrey and kent concists of most of the areas south of the river thames.
living south of the thames and only 4 miles from lambeth i thought i should bring this mistake to your attention.
LAMBETH = SURREY
please will you amend this.
Thank you very much Jana. That certainly gives me a better idea of the status etc.
I posted a link to this blog on the Rootsweb London list as questions are asked there.
On parishes in wrong places I found records for All Souls St Marylebone that were indexed as St Mary Ealing. Quite a long way between
Jana, I just wanted you to know that I think I may have found my 5th great grandfather’s first marriage in the London records. He was born in 1704 in London-this info comes from a letter written by his youngest son in 1838. The letter also said that his father had lived in or around St. Botolph Aldgate, City of London, and had married about 1723-that his wife and a child had died and then he came to America. I found a marriage record for St. Botolph Aldgate, City of London that matches the info in the letter. I am unable to read clearly the name of the wife, but the other info matches quite well. This is a great find. I’ll keep searching and maybe find the birth and/or death of his wife and child in 1725.
I WAS NOTIFIED I HAD TWO ACCOUNTS. PLEASE COMBINE THEM. THANKS.
LARITA 11 OR 27
OR RITA SMITH 44
i am confused as you can see. !so help me and thank you.
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It is wonderful to have the London data. An enormous help with London ancestors. What people are asking is
Was this release all the parish registers from LMA? Are more to come? And when?
Will the prior 1812 data be name indexed. Your news says “Browse through images of original records from 1538 through 1812 by parish and year.”
This is a big task as it is image by image. With several hundred images under one heading. could this be broken into smaller lots.