General

The Parish of   is located  in the  of Leicestershire about   miles from Leicester and includes the village(s) of  .

For more info see :-

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Parishes

for an old map of the parish see:-

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

Census

The census records for 1841, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91 and 1901 are available on microfilm or microfiche at the records office for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland  see:-

http://www.leics.gov.uk/museums/records

and

http://lrfhs.org.uk/leicrecoff.html

A copy of the census records are held in certain local libraries in Leicestershire see:-

http://www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/local_studies/index.htm#census

also at the Family Records Center of the Public Records Office in London see:-

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/censusenglandwales.htm

copies of these films/fiche are available to order for a small fee worldwide at your nearest Mormon Family History Center see:-

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC

census microfilms are available from the Mormons for almost all of Leicestershire for the years 1841, 51, 61, 71, 81 & 91 

see  The LDS(mormons) online catalogue and enter  

Other relevant census material on the net

1851 census

The 1851 census has been indexed by the Leics. Family History society and may be purchased in printed or fiche format either by post direct from the society see:- 

http://www.lrfhs.co.uk/bookstall.htm

or online at

http://www.genfair.com/shop/system/index.html   following the links to Leicestershire.

1861 census

The 1861 census for Market Bosworth and Hinckley districts has been indexed by J Denny and may be purchased on CD Rom at   http://www.13black.co.uk/familytree

The parish of   is   included on the disks  

1881 census

The 1881 census for the whole UK has been transcribed and published on CDRom and can be purchased from

http://www.ldscatalog.com/

or in England see:-

http://www.lds.org.uk/

These are excellent value at around 30 pounds for the whole of Britain.

1891 census

Microfiche copies may be purchased at http://www.familytree.swinternet.co.uk/leicest.txt

The 1891 census for Market Bosworth district has been indexed by J Denny and may be purchased on CD Rom at   http://www.13black.co.uk/familytree

The parish of   is   included on the disks  

1901 census

The 1901 census will be available online soon at http://www.census.pro.gov.uk/ although for the moment they are having problems with over demand.

Parish Registers

In 1538 a Royal injunction ordered that clergy should keep registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, this was further enforced in 1597 by the archbishop of Canterbury ordering that there should be proper parchment register books and specifying how they should be conserved. These registers are often known as Old Parish Registers

For an idea of the types of information contained in these records see:-

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com

you will see from the above that depending on what period your researching a baptism entry may be just

Mary Smith was baptized 4 June 1609

through to an entry with parents names date and place of birth etc.

It should be remembered that the majority of these registers have not been indexed and the only way to find an entry is to read through the text.

 The parish records available at the Leics records office are

microfilm of some parish registers or some transcripts of parish registers are available to order at your nearest Mormon family history center 

see  The LDS(mormons) online catalogue and enter  

From around 1561 a copy of these registers were sent each year to the archdeaconry of Leicester registry and many of these copies survive from an earlier date than the original registers. These copies are known as Bishops Transcripts.

Bishops Transcripts for   are available at Leics records office for the years 

These dates only indicate when the records available start and finish, there are often years missing especially in the early transcripts. To check a more detailed list of the years available please email me.

and copies for most villages may be ordered at your nearest Mormon family history center

 see  The LDS(mormons) online catalogue and enter  

Although the records office holds the original registers as above it will only normally produce a micro film/fiche copy for research.

Burials for many parishes in Leics. have been indexed by the Leics. Family History Society and can be purchased online at

http://www.genfair.com/shop/system/index.html

A number of the Leics. parish marriage registers were transcribed by Phillimore and some of these transcripts have been made available on CD Rom by Archive CD books the following dates marriage records are available

Other relevant parish register material on the net

Non Conformists

Records from the following non conformist churches are available at the Leics records office

Monumental Inscriptions

(gravestones to you & me)

The general pattern for burials in Leicestershire is, until the middle of the 1800s, most people were buried in the graveyard surrounding their parish church. When that became full most parishes opened a public cemetery which is still in use today. The main cemetery for the City of Leicester is on Welford Road. Cremation was much less common until more recent times. 

Some gravestones have been transcribed and these transcripts can be made available for viewing at your nearest Mormon family history center.

see  The LDS(mormons) online catalogue and enter  

Other relevant monumental inscription material on the net