Tuesday, July 31, 2012

United Kingdom Databases on FindMyPast.com

I wondered just what databases are included in my www.FindMyPast.com subscription, so I found this list on the site (https://www.findmypast.com/payments, click on "Credits Explained" link):

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 0
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census 5 - 5
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census 30 - 10

Anglesey Banns 20 - 10
Anglesey Baptisms 20 - 10
Anglesey Burials 20 - 10
Anglesey Marriages 20 - 10
Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945 - - 10

Baptisms of Frant, Sussex - - 10
Berkshire Burial Index - - 10
Berkshire Marriages - - 10
Billingshurst Baptisms - - 10
Billingshurst Burials and Probate - - 5
Billingshurst Marriages - - 10
Boyd's 1st Misc - - 5
Boyd's London Burials - - 5
Boyd's Marriage Index 1538-1840 - - 5
Bradford Burial Index - - 5
Bradford Parish Church burials, Yorkshire - - 5
Brayton St Wilfred Burials - - 5
British Army Service Records 1760-1915 30 - 5
British Overseas Marriages - - 5
Burials of Frant, Sussex - - 5

Caernarvonshire Banns 20 - 10
Caernarvonshire Baptisms 20 - 10
Caernarvonshire Burials 20 - 10
Caernarvonshire Marriages 20 - 10
Cambridgeshire Banns - - 10
Cambridgeshire Baptisms - - 10
Cambridgeshire Burials - - 5
Cambridgeshire Marriages - - 10
Cardigan Banns 20 - 10
Cardigan Baptisms 20 - 10
Cardigan Burials 20 - 10
Cardigan Marriage 20 - 10
Carmarthen Banns 20 - 10
Carmarthen Baptisms 20 - 10
Carmarthen Burials 20 - 10
Carmarthen Marriages 20 - 10
Chepstow non-conformists registers - - 5
Cheshire Marriage licence bonds and allegations 1606-1905 20 - 10
Cheshire Monumental Inscriptions - - 10
Cheshire Non-conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910 20 - 10
Cheshire Non-conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Burials) 17th Century-1910 20 - 10
Cheshire Non-conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Marriages) 17th Century-1910 20 - 10
Cheshire Workhouse Records (Baptisms) 20 - 10
Cheshire Workhouse Records (Births) 20 - 10
Cheshire Workhouse Records (Burials) 20 - 10
Cheshire Workhouse Records (Deaths) 20 - 10
City of London Burials 1754-1855 - - 5
Cleveland Baptisms - - 5
Cleveland Marriages - - 5
Cleveland Memorial Inscriptions - - 5
Clifton Road Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions (Rugby) - - 10
Cornwall Baptisms - - 10
Cornwall Burials - - 5
Cornwall Marriages - - 5
Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions - - 5

Denbigh Banns 20 - 10
Denbigh Baptisms 20 - 10
Denbigh Burials 20 - 10
Denbigh Marriages 20 - 10
Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index - - 5
Derbyshire Registrars Death Index - - 5
Derbyshire Registrars Marriage Index - - 5
Devon Baptisms - - 20
Devon Baptisms - Transcripts 10 - 10
Devon Burials - - 20
Devon Burials - Transcripts 10 - 10
Devon Marriages - - 20
Devon Marriages - Transcripts 10 - 10
Diocese of Chester Bishop's Transcripts of Baptisms c1600-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester Bishop's Transcripts of Burials c1600-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester Bishop's Transcripts of Marriages c1600-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester parish registers of baptisms c1538-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester parish registers of Baptisms c1538-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester parish registers of burials c1538-1910 20 - 10
Diocese of Chester parish registers of marriages c1538-1910 20 - 10
Docklands Ancestors - - 10
Dorset Baptisms - - 10
Dorset Burials - - 5
Dorset Marriages - - 10
Dorset Memorial Inscriptions - - 10
Dorset Monumental Inscriptions - - 10
Dunchurch baptisms - - 10
Dunchurch Burials - - 5
Dunchurch Marriages - - 10
Durham baptisms - - 10
Durham baptisms part 2 - - 10

East Kent Burial Index - - 10
Edge Designs Burials - - 10
Elland St Mary Baptisms - - 10
Elland St Mary Burials - - 5
Elland St Mary Marriages - - 10
Elmton, Derbyshire Baptisms - - 10
Elmton, Derbyshire Burials - - 5
Elmton, Derbyshire Marriages - - 10
England & Wales births 1837-2006 5 - 5
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 5 - 5
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 5 - 5
Essex Memorial Inscriptions - - 5

Faculty Office Marriage Licences - - 10
Flint Banns 20 - 10
Flint Baptisms 20 - 10
Flint Burials 20 - 10
Flint Marriages 20 - 10
Furness burials - - 5

Glamorgan Banns 20 - 10
Glamorgan Baptisms 20 - 10
Glamorgan Burial Index - - 5
Glamorgan Burials 20 - 10
Glamorgan Marriage Index pre-1837 - - 5
Glamorgan Marriages 20 - 10
Glamorgan Marriages and Banns 20 - 10
Glamorgan Monumental Inscription index - - 5
Gloucestershire Baptisms - - 5
Gloucestershire Burials - - 5
Gloucestershire Marriages - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Blackwood - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Blackwood Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Chepstow - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Chepstow Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Ebbvale - - 5
Gwent FHS Baptisms - Pontypool Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Abergavenny - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Blackwood - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Blackwood Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Chepstow - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Chepstow Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Ebbvale - - 5
Gwent FHS Burials - Pontypool - - 5
Gwent FHS Marriage - Ebbvale - - 5
Gwent FHS Marriages - - 5
Gwent FHS Marriages - Blackwood - - 5
Gwent FHS Marriages - Blackwood Branch - - 5
Gwent FHS Marriages - Chepstow Branch - - 5
Gwent Non-conformist Baptisms - - 10
Gwent Non-conformist marriages - - 10

Halifax St John Baptisms - - 10
Halifax St John Burials - - 5
Halifax St John Marriages - - 10
Hampshire baptisms - - 5
Hampshire Burials - - 5
Hampshire Marriages - - 5
Huddersfield Baptisms - - 10
Huntingdonshire Burials - - 5

Illingworth Marriages - - 5

Lincolnshire Cemetery Registers - - 5
Lincolnshire Marriage Index - - 5
Lincolnshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations - - 5
Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions - - 10
Lincolnshire Parish Bastardy Cases - - 10
Lincolnshire Workhouse Deaths - - 5
Liverpool Baptisms - - 10
Liverpool Burials - - 5
Liverpool Marriages - - 10
Living relatives - - N/A
Luddenden St Mary - Baptisms - - 5
Luddenden St Mary - Burials - - 5
Luddenden St Mary - Marriages - - 5

Manchester and Oldham Burials - - 5
Manchester Baptism Register 20 - 5
Manchester Birth Register 20 - 5
Manchester Cemetery Records 20 - 5
Manchester Death Register 20 - 5
Manchester Marriage Register 20 - 5
Marriages of Frant, Sussex - - 10
Marriages Prestwich, Lancashire - - 10
Merionethshire Banns 20 - 10
Merionethshire Baptisms 20 - 10
Merionethshire Burials 20 - 10
Merionethshire Marriages 20 - 10
Mid Norfolk Baptisms - - 10
Mid Norfolk Monumental Inscriptions - - 10
Middlesex Baptisms - Cliff Webb - - 10
Middlesex Burials & MIs - Cliff Webb - - 5
Monmouth Workhouse Baptisms - - 10
Monmouth Workhouse Burials - - 10
Monmouthshire Banns 20 - 10
Monmouthshire Baptisms 20 - 10
Monmouthshire Burials N/A - 10
Monmouthshire Marriages 20 - 10
Montgomeryshire Baptisms - - 10
Montgomeryshire Burials - - 5
Montgomeryshire Marriages - - 10

N Cheshire Burials of Non-residents - - 5
N Cheshire Memorial Inscriptions - - 10
National Burial Index for England & Wales - - 5
National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 10 - 5
North West Kent FHS Baptisms - - 10
North West Kent FHS Marriages - - 10
North Yorkshire baptisms - - 10
North Yorkshire Non-conformist baptisms - - 5
Northamptonshire Burials - - 5
Northamptonshire Marriages - - 5
Northumberland and Durham Baptisms - - 10
Northumberland and Durham Burials - - 5
Northumberland and Durham Marriages - - 10
Northumberland and Durham Memorial Inscriptions - - 10

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 30 - 5
Pembroke Banns 20 - 10
Pembroke Baptisms 20 - 10
Pembroke Burials 20 - 10
Pembroke Marriages 20 - 10
Pleasington Priory Burials - - 10
Plymouth Baptism Register 20 - 10
Plymouth Deaths & Burials 20 - 10
Plymouth Marriage Register 20 - 10
Pontefract District Baptisms - - 10
Pontefract District Burials - - 5
Pontefract District Marriages - - 10
Pontypool Marriage Announcements - - 10
Powys Banns 20 - 10
Powys Baptisms 20 - 10
Powys Burials 20 - 10
Powys Marriages 20 - 10

Rugby Baptisms - - 10
Rugby Burials - - 5
Rugby Marriages - - 10

Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds - - 10
Selby Cemetery - - 5
Sheffield Baptisms - - 5
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 - - 10
Somerset Marriages (post-1754) - - 10
Somerset Marriages (pre-1754) - - 10
Somerset Monumental Inscriptions - - 10
Somerset Monumental Inscriptions (Full) - - 10
Southam Baptisms - - 10
Southam Marriages - - 10
Sowerby Bridge & Illingworth Baptisms - - 5
Sowerby Bridge & Illingworth Burials - - 5
Sowerby Bridge Marriages - - 5
St Andrew's Holborn Marriage Index 1754-1812 - - 10
St Leonard Shoreditch Burials - - 10
St Mary, Lambeth burials 1777 - 1838 - - 5
Suffolk Baptism Index (part 1) - - 5
Suffolk Baptism Index (part 2) - - 5
Suffolk Baptism Index (part 3) - - 5
Suffolk Early Burials Index - - 5
Suffolk Marriage Index - - 5
Suffolk Marriage Index (1813-37) - - 5
Sussex Burials - - 5

Thames & Medway Baptisms - - 10
Thames & Medway Burials - - 10
Thames & Medway Marriages - - 10
Tunbridge Wells Baptisms - - 10
Tunbridge Wells Congregational Baptisms - - 10
Tunbridge Wells Congregational Marriages - - 10
Tunbridge Wells Marriages - - 10

Vicar General Marriage Licences - - 5

Wakefield district baptisms - - 10
Wakefield district burials - - 5
Wakefield district marriages - - 10
Warwickshire burials - - 5
West Middlesex Marriage Index - - 5
Westminster Baptisms 20 - 10
Westminster Burials 20 - 10
Westminster Marriages 20 - 10
Wiltshire Baptisms (pre-1837) - - 10
Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index - - 10
Withington Workhouse Cemetery Records 20 - 10
Withington Workhouse Death Register 20 - 10
Wrightington Banns - - 10
Wrightington Baptisms - - 10
Wrightington Deaths - - 5
Wrightington Marriages - - 10

Note:  the three columns of credit charges on each line are for Image, PDF and Transcription.

I see that there are Wiltshire Baptisms pre-1837 available - I'll have to see if my Rich and Richman folks are included.  There are also Somerset Marriages available.  But not Lancashire or Yorkshire, or many other counties.

I was really surprised that FindMyPast doesn't have parish records for every county for baptisms, marriages and burials.  I just expected that a longstanding commercial website in England would have them - I guess my expectations were too high.  Hmmm, perhaps they haven't loaded everything they have onto the www.FindMyPast.com site.  Are there more records available on the www.findmypast.co.uk website?  Is there a list of them somewhere?

Many parish record transcriptions are online on Online Parish Clerks sites - such as the Lancashire site at http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/.  Many are, apparently, still in work.

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

6 comments:

Saskey said...

Do I recall correctly that the "transcriptions" for the UK census are less detailed than those found on the .co.uk site?

Taco said...

Hi Randy,

I have 400+ non-copyrighted e-books (over 6 GB) of English parish registers (downloaded of the internet). Anything in particular you are looking for?

Missy/Bayside Research said...

Thank you, Randy! I had tried to find a list like this while exploring their site a few days ago -- this is very helpful information!

Mister Tolley said...

Many parish records are simply not available to any commercial organisations. The originals are often deposited in local county record offices and archives who are often reluctant to allow access for filming due to the fragility of some of the records. Many local government organizations see their role as being to preserve first and giving access is only a secondary consideration. There are also copyright issues or permissions that need to be obtained - many churches entered into convoluted agreements with local authorities years ago which forbade the distribution and copying of records etc. The coverage of many counties is also piecemeal and fragmentary at best - many records were kept in local churches for many hundreds of years and have suffered from water, vermin and fire.

A O'Brien said...

I have been told that the findmypast.com.au site world collection so far only has 80% of the UK records from FindMyPast.co.uk including only transcripts of the Military Pension records (not the actual record images as on FindMyPast.co.uk). This may be similar for FindMyPast.com. I was told via email that the remaining UK records will be added later.

Caroline Gurney said...

Don't be surprised, Randy. There are a very large number of parish registers, covering the period from 1538 to the present day. It will take many years for them all to be digitised and indexed. I am actually surprised at how many have come online over the past couple of years.

One problem is that the main players all aim at the same targets, so they all focused on the censuses first, then the GRO indexes to births, marriages and deaths from 1837 onwards and are only now turning their attention to parish registers. If one of these companies had focused on parish registers from the outset, they would by now have a great USP.