England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection contains baptisms, marriages, and burials from parishes in Westminster. This collection was done in cooperation with FindMyPast, and a full version of the index can be found at www.findmypast.co.uk.

Currently there are 51 parishes, chapelries, or district church registers of baptisms, marriages and burials with online data now available for searching at FindMyPast. With about 113 Westminster churches pre-dating the year 1890, FindMyPast's first Westminster online coverage represents approximately 45 percent of Westminster's extant Church of England registers. View a comprehensive "List of the Parish Churches Lying Within the City of Westminster", to view what churches now have available data online, see FindMyPast.

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Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include the following information:

Baptisms
 * Date of baptism
 * Child's name
 * Names of parents
 * Parents residence at time of baptism
 * Occupation of father

Marriages
 * Names of bride and groom
 * Name of parish where married
 * Date of marriage
 * Names of witnesses

Burial Records
 * Name of deceased
 * Place of burial
 * Date of burial
 * Age at burial

How to Use the Record
Beginning Your Search

To search this collection, it would be helpful if you knew the following information:


 * Name of ancestor
 * Approximate year of the event
 * Names of parents (for baptisms)
 * Place of birth (for marriages)
 * Last place of residence (for deaths)

Searching the Index

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Related Websites

 * FindMyPast.co.uk

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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
“Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; citing Delaware, State Marriage Records, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.

“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata.