Rutland Church Records

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Online Records
Large collections of Rutland parish registers are available online in:


 * 1538-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1813-1912 - Included in Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912, index and images, ($)
 * 1754-1912 - Included in Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912, index and images, ($)
 * 1813-1912 - Included in Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1912, index and images, ($)
 * Boyd's Marriage Index at FindMyPast (£). Coverage.
 * International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. 127,412 baptisms, 43,601 marriages, 138,871 burials. Coverage. Mainly bishop's transcripts.

Parish Registers
Most Rutland parish registers are held at the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office. Parish registers have not been microfilmed. Most bishop's transcripts are held at the Northamptonshire Record Office and are available online at Ancestry (baptisms and burials from 1813-1912) or on microfilm through the Family History Library.

Indexes
Ancestry has digitized original bishop's transcripts (baptisms and burials) for most Rutland parishes covering the years 1813 to 1912. The collections include indexes and images in two databases researchers may not think to look at, as they are erroneously labeled 'Northamptonshire:'


 * 1) Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912
 * 2) Northamptonshire, England, Burials, 1813-1912

Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Family History Society has published transcripts of most Rutland parish registers on CD:


 * Volume 1 - Ayston, Brooke, Cottesmore, Edith Weston, Egleton, Empingham, Hambleton, Little Casterton, Lyndon, Manton, Morcott, Normanton, Pilton, Preston, Ridlington, Ryhall, Teigh, Whissendine, Whitwell, and Wing parishes.


 * Volume 2 - Ashwell, Barrowden, Braunston, Exton, Great Casterton, Ketton, Langham, Oakham, South Luffenham, Tickencote, and Tinwell parishes.


 * Volume 3 - Belton, Bisbrook, Burley, Caldecott, Clipsham, Essendine, Glaston, Greetham, Lyddington, Market Overton, North Luffenham, Pickworth, Seaton, Stoke Dry, Streeton, Thistleton, Tixover, Uppingham, and Wardley parishes.


 * Volume 4 - Ashwell, Ayston, Barrowden, Belton, Bisbrook, Braunston, Brooke, Burley, Caldicott, Clipsham, Cottesmore, Edith Weston, Egleton, Empingham, Essendine, Exton, Glaston, Great Casterton, Greetham, Hambleton, Ketton, Langham, Little Casterton, Lyddington, Lyndon, Manton, Market Overton, Morcott, Normanton, North Luffenham, Oakham, Pickworth, Pilton, Preston, Ridlington, Ryhall, Seaton, South Luffenham, Stoke Dry, Stretton, Teigh, Thislteton, Tickencote, Tinwell, Tixover, Uppingham, Wardley, Whissendine, Whitwell, and Wing (1813-1840) parishes.

Marriages
The place to start Rutland marriage searches is:

Ian Buxton and Audrey Margaret Buxton published Rutland Marriage Index (beg. 1538) on CD:.

Leicestershire &amp; Rutland Family History Society published Rutland Marriage Index, 1754-1837:.

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

46% of Rutland's parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.

Burials

 * National Burial Index, 3rd ed. Includes 19,000 Rutland burials: . Rutland entries are not included in the online edition on FindMyPast.

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


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

Parish Registers Held by Incumbents
The majority of Rutland's parish registers have been deposited at Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office. Several parishes; however, have retained their post-1813 baptism and burial registers within their churches, as follows:


 * Belton -- burials 1813+
 * Essendine -- baptisms 1813+; burials 1781+
 * Glaston -- burials 1813+
 * Little Casterton -- baptisms and burials 1813+
 * Pickworth -- baptisms and burials 1813+
 * Stoke Dry -- baptisms and burials 1813+
 * Streeton -- marriages 1813+
 * Tickencote -- baptisms and burials 1813+
 * Tinwell -- burials 1813+
 * Wardley -- baptisms and burials 1813+

Most of Rutland's bishop's transcripts are held at the Northamptonshire Record Office. Ancestry has been digitizing and indexing those records, which can be used as a substitute for parish registers. All parishes whose registers are held by incumbents are represented in these two datasets:


 * Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912
 * Northamptonshire, England, Burials, 1813-1912

Marriage Licences
Rutland residents typically went to Peterborough or Leicester to acquire marriage licences. Peterborough marriage licences are held at the Northamptonshire Record Office and Leicester marriage licences are held at the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office.

Peterborough marriage licences have not been published. A card index is available at the Northamptonshire Record Office.

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:.