Cheshire Church Records

Parish Registers
Images of Cheshire's parish registers are available online at FindMyPast.

These websites provide indexed or transcribed parish registers for Cheshire:


 * Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
 * Cheshire Parish Register Project - This society transcribes Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts for Cheshire. These transcriptions are moved to a database which is searchable by Baptism, Marriage and Burial. The transcriptions begin with the earliest entry in the registers and end with 1871.
 * Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection
 * Cheshire Parish Registers through FamilySearch Historical Collection.
 * 285,892 Cheshire entries are included in England &amp; Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.
 * 51,607 Cheshire entries are included in England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.
 * 45 Cheshire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.
 * Burials from 59 Cheshire places (332,678 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.

Marriage Licences
Marriage licence abstracts have been published and indexed. The following indexes are available online:


 * 1661-1667
 * 1667-1680
 * 1691-1700
 * 1661-1667
 * 1667-1680
 * 1691-1700
 * 1691-1700
 * 1691-1700


 * 1606-1726 - Boyd's Marriage Index (£) includes Archdeaconry of Chester marriage licences (1606-1726).


 * 1606-1900 - : Provided through FamilySearch Historical Collection. Description.


 * 1750-1837 - Bertram Merrell's Index of English Marriage Licences Chester Diocese 1750-1837. Digitised by - free.