Leicestershire Church Records

England Leicestershire  Church Records

Online Records
Large collections of Leicestershire church records are available online in:


 * Boyd's Marriage Index at FindMyPast (£). Indexes 55% of Leicestershire's parishes: coverage.
 * International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Coverage. Mainly bishop's transcripts.
 * Archdeaconry of Leicester Marriage Licence Index (1570-1729) at Internet Archive - free.

Parish Registers
Most Leicestershire parish registers and bishop's transcripts are held at the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office. Limited parish registers have been microfilmed. Many bishop's transcripts are on microfilm through the Family History Library.

Marriages
Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Family History Society have published lists of Leicestershire residents who married in other counties, i.e. 'strays:'.

Burials

 * National Burial Index, 3rd ed. Includes 330,000 Leicestershire burials: . Leicestershire entries are not included in the online edition on FindMyPast.

Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Family History Society have published two volumes of Leicestershire burials:


 * Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Burial Index.
 * Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Burial Index Volume 2, 1813-1891.

Marriage Licences
Early Archdeaconry of Leicester marriage licences (1570-1729) have been published and available online.

A card index at the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office covering 1731-1891 has been microfilmed:.

Ecclesiastical Court
Ecclesiastical court records from the Archdeaconry of Leicester have been microfilmed for the years 1526 through 1825. There is no index. These records deal chiefly with fornication, adultery, slander, marriage (within degrees) and divorce. They identify the individuals concerned as well as their places (parish) of residence:.