Finsbury St Paul, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   Finsbury St Paul

Parish History
One of the oldest of the smaller district churches within the borough and civil parish of St Luke Old Street Finsbury, St Paul's Bunhill Row was established in the year 1839. It lays within the boundaries of St Luke Old Street.

Additionally, there was another St Paul, called St Paul Peartree which was likewise a district church built to ease the population increases in the borough of St Luke's, established and in operation by the year 1865.

For a list of all churches and chapels of the Church of England within the civil parish of Finsbury, see St Luke's Old Street (Finsbury).

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.

Church records
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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
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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
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