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TheGenealogist is the official site for Non-Conformist & Non-Parochial Records with the largest collection available online.

Access over 8 Million records including Quakers (Society of Friends), Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians and Unitarians. This data proves invaluable for research prior to census and BMD records. The details give images of early birth certificates and registers which include baptisms, marriages and burials.

These Records and images are unique to S&N and can only be found on this site and on our official BMDregisters site.

We also have RG33: Foreign Registers & Returns 1627-1960 which contains Overseas Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial of British Subjects including those onboard ships. Also Lundy Island Devon. Original registers, notebooks and copies of entries in registers kept by incumbents of English churches and missions, British embassies and legations etc. This new record sets allows access to 100,000 individuals, complete with images and full transcript, complete with mini family tree.

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Non-Conformist Records

Online access to the Official Non-Parochial BMDs Service. Records of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial taken from non parish sources:-Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians, and Unitarians, Quakers and Fleet Marriages plus many more. The record sets included are:

RG4 – Early Registers (authenticated by the Non-Parochial Registers Commissioners) of births, baptisms, deaths, burials and marriages. They cover dates from 1567 to 1858.
RG5 – Early Birth Certificates from the Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist Registry and from the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry. They cover dates from 1742 to 1840.
RG6 - The Society of Friends' (Quakers) Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials ranging from 1578-1841.
RG7 – Fleet Marriages. The collection of registers and notebooks of Clandestine Marriages and Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint and the May Fair Chapel ranging from 1667-c1777.
RG8 – Early GRO Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non Parochial Registers Commission of 1857. Among the more extensive collections in this series are the registers of the British Lying-in Hospital, Holborn, which record particulars of births and baptisms. These cover the period 1749 to 1868 and are very detailed. Burial records, registers of the Chapels Royal and the archive of the Russian Orthodox Church in London.
RG32: Registers Abroad and on British & Foreign Ships 1831-1969General Register Office:Overseas Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Abroad and on British & Foreign ships, of British subjects, nationals of the colonies, the Commonwealth and countries under British jurisdiction. Also Lundy Island Devon and Channel Island records. Events affecting some foreign nationals are also included. Records consist mainly of certificates issued by foreign registration authorities, which are in local languages, and copies of entries kept by incumbents of English churches and missions, chaplains and burial authorities. These cover the period 1831 to 1969 and are very detailed.
RG33 - GRO:Overseas Birth, Marriage, death and Burial of British Subjects including those onboard ships. Also Lundy Island Devon. Original registers, notebooks and copies of entries in registers kept by incumbents of English churches and missions, British embassies and legations etc. These cover the period 1627 to 1960 and are very detailed.
RG34 - General Register Office: Worldwide Foreign Marriage Returns. More than 38,000 individuals are recorded in the overseas marriages records which include British subjects marrying abroad. These newly added records were previously only viewable on microfilm at The National Archives as the RG 34 series. Many of the marriage certificates were issued by the authorities in the country concerned in the local language. These have been translated to provide a searchable database and links to a digital image of the original record.
Included in this series you can find:
- Marriage registers of British churches abroad.
- There is also a collection of marriages between British soldiers in France, Flanders and Holland during and after the First World War, including many who had been prisoners of war.
The sources of these records covering British Citizens are worldwide and include marriage certificates issued by foreign registration authorities and churches, copies of entries in the registers kept by British embassies, incumbents of English churches and chaplains, notification of marriages of servicemen during service abroad, and documents deposited for safekeeping. These cover the period 1861 to 1921.
RG36 Registers and Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Protectorates etc of Africa and Asia Covering dates 1895-1965. Notifications of birth, marriage and death forwarded by officials responsible for civil registration under administrative ordinances in Nyasaland, Kenya, Somaliland, Uganda, Sudan, Palestine, Sarawak, Malaya, including Johore and Selangor, and British North Borneo.
BT158 Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages of Passengers at Sea. Covering dates 1854-1908.
BT159 Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Deaths at Sea of British Nationals. Covering dates 1875-1888
BT160 Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Births at Sea of British Nationals. Covering dates 1875-1891

RG8 (Early GRO Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths)

Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the Dissenting Chapel (later Unitarian) at Allostock, near Knutsford, Cheshire from 1688 to 1755

Register of Baptisms and Burials belonging to the Unitarian Church, commonly called Georges Meeting of Colyton, Devon from 1823 to 1862

Register of Births and Baptisms at the Independent Meeting and Baptist Church in Morrice's Square, Plymouth Dock, Devon from 1785 to 1794

Register of Baptisms at the Presbyterian Meeting House in South Shields, Northumberland from 1786 to 1857, with a Register of Marriages from 1845 to 1850, and a Register of Deaths from 1847 to 1851

Register of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the Wesleyan Chapel in Brightlingsea, Essex from 1831 to 1859, with one Baptism record for 1804

Register of Births and Baptisms at Christ Church in Hulme, Lancashire from 1762 to 1810, with a Register of Burials from 1800 to 1835

Register of Births and Baptisms at Christ Church in Hulme, Lancashire from 1828 to 1869, with a Register of Burials from 1835 to 1839

Register of Births and Baptisms at Providence Chapel on Chadwell Street (later Northampton Tabernacle on Upper Rosoman Street) in Saint James Clerkenwell, Middlesex from 1813 to 1846

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1749 to 1754, with a Register of Deaths from 1750 to 1754

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1754 to 1758, with a Register of Deaths from 1754 to 1757

Register of Births and Baptisms and a Register of Deaths in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1757 to 1760

Register of Births and Baptisms and a Register of Deaths in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1760 to 1763

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1763 to 1766

Register of Births and Baptisms and a Register of Deaths in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1766 to 1770

Register of Births and Baptisms and a Register of Deaths in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1770 to 1784

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1784 to 1797, with a Register of Deaths from 1784 to 1797

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1798 to 1819

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1819 to 1868, with a Register of Deaths from 1819 to 1868

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1749 to 1767

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1767 to 1769

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1770 to 1788

Register of Births and Baptisms in the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1788 to 1814

Register of Baptisms at the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1814 to 1822

Register of Baptisms at the British Lying-In Hospital in Endell Street, St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex from 1822 to 1830

Register of Baptisms belonging to Edward Place Chapel (later called Langham Chapel) at Langham Place in St Marylebone, Middlesex from 1854 to 1869

Register of Births and Baptisms at Gloucester Chapel, Haggerstone in St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex from 1832 to 1859, with a Register of Burials from 1831 to 1852

Register of Births and Baptisms at the Ebenezer Chapel on Back Street (removed to Neckinger Road, Bermondsey in 1829) in St John Horselydown, Surrey from 1790 to 1872

Whitehall: Chapel Royal; Licences for Marriages

Record of Licences for Marriages received from the Chapel Royal, Whitehall from 1687 to 1807

Whitehall: Chapel Royal; Licences for Marriages

Register of Births and Baptisms at Chase Side (Dissenters) in Enfield, Middlesex from 1790 to 1871, with a Register of Burials from 1831 to 1854

Register of Births at the Baptist Union Tabernacle in Diss, Norfolk from 1780 to 1834, with one Marriage record for 1796 and a Register of Deaths from 1791 to 1835

Register of Marriages and other records of the Aldis family of the Society of Friends of Tivetshall, Norfolk from 1741 to 1840

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the Hexham Circuit, Northumberland from 1836 to 1850

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the Hexham Circuit, Northumberland from 1846 to 1864

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the Hexham Circuit, Northumberland from 1862 to 1879

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Smethwick in Harborne, Staffordshire from 1836 to 1870

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapels of West Bromwich, Staffordshire from 1839 to 1850

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapels in West Bromwich, Staffordshire from 1837 to 1867

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapels in the Brighton Circuit, Sussex from 1818 to 1853

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in the Church of the Saviour on Edward Street in Birmingham, Warwickshire from 1860 to 1895

Register of Marriages solemnized in the Church of the Saviour on Edward Street in Birmingham, Warwickshire from 1848 to 1894

Register of Births and Baptisms at the Methodist Chapel in Harbury, Warwickshire from 1802 to 1853, with a Register of Burials from 1835 to 1872

Register of Births and Baptisms belonging to the Independent Chapel on Holborn Street, Holderness Road in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire from 1805 to 1847, with a Register of Marriages from 1838 to 1851, and a Register of Burials from 1830 to 1852

Register of Births and Baptisms solemnized in Salem Independent Chapel on Cogan Street in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire from 1828 to 1901, with a Register of Marriages from 1837 to 1883, and a Register of Burials from 1833 to 1847

Register of Births at the Protestan Dissenters Baptist Church at Cwm Y Velin in Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire from 1779 to 1828

Register of Births and Baptisms at the Three Crosses Congregational Church in Llanrhidian Higher, Glamorganshire from 1792 to 1834

Register of Births and Baptisms at Castle Street Meeting House of the Independent Denomination in St Mary's Swansea, Glamorganshire from 1821 to 1835

Burial index only

Register of Births and Baptisms at Somerset House Chapel in St Mary Le Strand, Middlesex from 1722 to 1775, with a Register of Marriages from 1714 to 1776 and a Register of Burials from 1720 to 1770

Register of Births and Baptisms at the Royal Chapels of St James, Whitehall and Windsor, Berkshire and Middlesex from 1647 to 1708, with a Register of Marriages from 1675 to 1709 and a Register of Deaths from 1674 to 1680

Archives of the Russian Orthodox Church in London

Orders for Funerals at Gibraltar Row Protestant Dissenters Burial Ground in Bethnal Green, Middlesex from 1815 to 1818

Orders for Funerals at Gibraltar Row Protestant Dissenters Burial Ground in Bethnal Green, Middlesex from 1818 to 1822

Orders for Funerals at Gibraltar Row Protestant Dissenters Burial Ground in Bethnal Green, Middlesex from 1822 to 1826

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