Cheshire parish registers and BTs at Findmypast

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As the Shropshire families I am researching lived mainly in the north of the c.o.u.n.t.y, their movements often took them into neighbouring Cheshire. Now researching those people has become easier thanks to Findmypast and Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, who have joined forces to put many Cheshire PRs and BTs online.

FamilySearch already has an extensive collection of Cheshire records online, but the corresponding collections at FMP have scans of the actual registers.

Cheshire parish registers are here: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/cheshire/parish-registers.html

And the BTs are here: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/cheshire/bishops-transcripts.html

More is to follow in the coming weeks:

  • Chester Wills and Probate records 1492-1910
  • Electoral Registers 1832-1900
  • Land Tax Records 1778-1832
  • Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations 1663-1905
  • Non-Conformist and Roman Catholic registers 1671-1910
  • Workhouse Registers 1837-1910

Steve

Martyn Freeth
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Thank you Steven. Very helpful information.

We have, of course, to pay; and we cannot browse a register. Further, we are to some extent "blinkered" by the search box and must rely on the accuracy of the transcription or optical scanning on names.

That said, I have just experimented with one neglected ancestral family in Cheshire, and, without yet paying to get the detail, have found without difficulty a number of key entries. These will cost 10 credits each, so for £6-95 I can get 6o credits and thus 6 views of detailed entries. Weigh all this against cost and time of a trip to Chester from Salop and it makes sense to buy a fair stock.

As, I believe, people have said about using other FMP databases, it pays to search first for likely entries before plunging.