London, England Genealogy

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Guide to London ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

''This page is about the City of London proper (one square mile). For Greater London see Essex, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey.''

Unique genealogical features:


 * FamilySearch Historical Record Collections index 90% of London christenings and marriages
 * Findmypast has central and inner London church records
 * Ancestry.com's massive outer London church record collections
 * Society of Genealogists Library
 * London Family History Centre
 * Apprenticeship registers identify fathers and migrations
 * Pallot's Marriage Index
 * Boyd's London Inhabitants
 * Before 1858, Londoners proved wills in 1 of 10 probate courts

London is the United Kingdom's capital. 'The Square Mile' included 109 parishes. Today, Greater London has expanded into Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex. What is the difference between London and Greater London? Read more.

Featured Content

 * Stuck in London: resources at the Society of Genealogists and elsewhere. Free online Power Point slides by Else Churchill.
 * List of Greater London Parishes and Chapels Pre-1910
 * Tracing London and Other Large City Immigrants From Abroad
 * Victorian London A-Z Street Index (61,000 references)

Historic London Parishes
All Hallows Barking • All Hallows Bread Street •  All Hallows Honey Lane •  All Hallows Lombard Street •  All Hallows London Wall •  All Hallows Staining •  All Hallows the Great •  All Hallows the Less •  Barnard's Inn •  Bridewell Chapel •  Christ Church Newgate Street •  Furnival's Inn •  Holborn St Andrew •  Holy Trinity Gough Square •  Holy Trinity the Less •  Holy Trinity Minories •  Lambe's Chapel •  St Alban Wood Street •  St Alphage London Wall •  St Andrew by the Wardrobe •  St Andrew Holborn •  St Andrew Hubbard •  St Andrew Undershaft  •  St Ann Blackfriars  •  St Ann and St Agnes  • St Antholin  •  St Augustine •  St Bartholomew by the Exchange •  St Bartholomew the Great •  St Bartholomew the Less •  St Bartholomew Moor Lane •  St Benet Fink •  St Benet Gracechurch •  St Benet Paul's Wharf •  St Benet Sherehog •  St Botolph Billingsgate •  St Botolph Aldersgate •  St Botolph without Aldgate •  St Botolph without Bishopsgate •  St Bride Fleet Street •  St Christopher le Stocks •  St Clement Eastcheap •  St Dionis Backchurch •  St Dunstan in the East •  St Dunstan in the West •  St Edmund the King •  St Ethelburga •  St Faith •  St Gabriel Fenchurch •  St George •  St Giles without Cripplegate •  St Gregory by St Paul •  St Helen Bishopsgate •  St James Duke's Place •  St James Garlickhithe •  St John the Baptist upon Wallbrook •  St John the Evangelist •  St John Zachary •  St Katherine by Tower Precinct •  St Katherine Coleman •  St Katherine Cree •  St Lawrence Jewry •  St Lawrence Pountney •  St Leonard Eastcheap •  St Leonard Foster Lane •  St Magnus the Martyr •  St Margaret Lothbury •  St Margaret Moses •  St Margaret New Fish Street •  St Margaret Pattens •  St Martin Ludgate •  St Martin Orgar •  St Martin Outwich •  St Martin Pomeroy •  St Martin Vintry •  St Mary Abchurch •  St Mary Aldermanbury •  St Mary Aldermary •  St Mary at Hill •  St Mary Axe • St Mary Bothaw •  St Mary Colechurch •  St Mary le Bow •  St Mary Magdalene Milk Street •  St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street •  St Mary Mounthaw •  St Mary Somerset •  St Mary Staining •  St Mary Woolchurch Haw •  St Mary Woolnoth •  St Matthew Friday Street •  St Michael Bassishaw •  St Michael Cornhill •  St Michael Crooked Lane •  St Michael le Querne •  St Michael Paternoster Royal •  St Michael Queenhithe •  St Michael Wood Street •  St Mildred Bread Street •  St Mildred Poultry •  St Nicholas Acons •  St Nicholas Cole Abbey •  St Nicholas Olave •  St Olave Hart Street •  St Olave Old Jewry •  St Olave Silver Street •  St Pancras Soper Lane •  St Paul's Cathedral •  St Peter Cheap •  St Peter Cornhill •  St Peter le Poer •  St Peter Paul's Wharf •  St Sepulchre •  St Stephen Coleman Street •  St Stephen Walbrook •  St Swithun London Stone •  St Thomas the Apostle •  St Vedast Foster Lane •  Staple Inn •  Thavie's Inn •  The Temple Click on the map to visit a zoomable labeled map

Major Repositories

 * The British Library
 * Guildhall Library
 * Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
 * London Family History Centre
 * London Metropolitan Archives
 * Society of Genealogists Library

Research Tools
More than one hundred higher education institutions, learned societies, livery companies and cultural groups have made descriptions of their collections and of which are searchable at AIM25. AIM25 includes London repositories mostly within and surrounding the M25 area.

Did You Know

 * Archives for London is passionate about archives in or about London. It is the independent voice for archives in the UK's capital city and brings together everyone interested in London's documentary history - users, practitioners and enthusiasts. Through free seminars, exclusive behind-the-scenes archive tours, an annual conference and other events everyone can find out more about the documents, photographs and films that tell the many stories of London and Londoners. Visit Archives for London for more details.

Websites
To view an excellent list of web sites for London, visit FHLFavorites.info and/or FHLFavorites.com.
 * London &amp; Middlesex Resources and help pages on RootsChat London &amp; Middlesex Resources and help pages. (Free).