Libraries Church and chapel registers

Church of England registers

We hold most historical registers for the Church of England in the Diocese of Manchester. You can check our church register to find out how to access them.

Online

  • Family Search is an index of baptisms and marriages from (mainly) Church of England registers. Whilst far from complete it can make a very good starting point.  A list of the parishes covered can be found on the rootsweb site.
  • The Lancashire Online Parish Clerks preserve records from various parishes and provides online access free of charge. Transcripts of various parish registers are available on this website.

At our Central Library you will find: 

  • microfilm copies for many Lancashire and Cheshire parishes, and a few in Derbyshire
  • original registers for some Manchester Diocese parishes which have not been microfilmed or digitised. For details of all parish registers we hold, see our church register list.
  • published volumes of the Lancashire Parish Register Society and it's unpublished transcripts
  • microfiche index of baptisms and marriages for the British Isles
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