by Susan Morris | May 29, 2024 | Ancestry Research, Genealogy, Parish Registers
Now that so many English parish registers have been digitised, it has never been easier to access these precious records, which provide a window into everyday life in England from the sixteenth century onwards. Relying on indexes and transcripts for parish register... by Susan Morris | May 6, 2024 | Parish Registers, Uncategorized
English parish registers were sometimes used to record momentous events as well as baptisms, marriages and burials. In 1750 the Reverend Thomas Barnett, Vicar of Rothwell in Northamptonshire, wrote a dramatic account of the earthquake which struck his church...