What are parish registers?

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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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