St Paul's Cathedral, London Genealogy

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Church records
Clay published St Paul's Cathedral marriages (1697-1754) and funerals (1760-1899). Free digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Census
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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Cemetery


A survey of tombs in St Paul's Cathedral, published 1614, is Holland's Monumenta Sepulchraria Sancti Pauli.

St Paul's Cathedral monumental inscriptions are included in a 1631 national survey (updated through 1767), which is available online.

A survey of tombs in St. Paul's Cathedral, published 1633, is Ecclesia Sancti Pauli Illustrata, &amp;c.

A survey of the tombs and monumental inscriptions at St Paul's Cathedral, published in 1684, is available online.

Sinclair's survey of memorials at St Paul's Cathedral, published in 1909, is available online.

Records of the Poor
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St Paul's Cathedral Timeline

 * 604 - original church founded on this site
 * 1666 - building badly damaged in Great Fire of London
 * 1697 - rebuilding of Cathedral completed

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain



Web Sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Paul's Cathedral records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Paul's Cathedral')