Religious lists vary in their content, from listing clergy through to listing Confirmations.
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Catholic Family History |
| Link: | https://catholicfhs.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/marga... |
| Description: | The Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and their Friends 1607-1840 |
| Extra Info: | See if your ancestors were recusant Catholics using a downloadable PDF or spreadsheet. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat45britgo... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 1 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. List prisoners for religion 1562-1580, papers relating to Catholics in the reign of Charles I and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat04britgo... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 3 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes recusants of Masham in Yorkshire, letters about the treatment of Catholic prisoners in Cambridgeshire and more. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo... |
| Description: | Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Clergy of the Church of England Database |
| Link: | https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Clergy of the Church of England Database |
| Extra Info: | Searchable database by name or location, also lists source documents and for some lists their education. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Cleveland Family History Society |
| Link: | https://clevelandfhs.org.uk |
| Description: | Cleveland Family History Society |
| Extra Info: | Click on free online lists for many local names. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate |
| Title: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.cluett.org.uk/ |
| Description: | CLUETT / CLEWETT Records and One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Part way down the home page is the Search link. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | https://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900 |
| Extra Info: | From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715 |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/englishcatholicn00estcu... |
| Description: | English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. A summary of the register of their estates, with genealogical and other notes. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Link: | https://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Methodists - Wesleyan Methodists |
| Link: | https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Wesleyan Methodists - Resources and History |
| Extra Info: | Photos, memories, stories and research relating to the Wesleyan strand of Methodism. Look under topics and also research Historic Rolls, newspaper cuttings and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish Clerk Index (PCI) |
| Link: | https://www.dands.uk/pci/ |
| Description: | Parish Clerk Index (PCI) |
| Extra Info: | Includes Churchwardens, Sextons and more. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish of Pittington, Durham - Churchwarden Accounts |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/churchwardensac00pargoo... |
| Description: | Parish of Pittington and Others - Churchwarden Accounts |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Vestry book of the parish of Pittington and extracts from the vestry books of St Oswald and St Nicholas' churches Durham and Houghton-le-Spring. Many names mentioned. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Castle Eden, Durham |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofcastl00robi |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Castle Eden, Durham |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Published 1914. Includes a list of curates and rectors from 1198. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Conscliffe, Durham |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofconsc00coniu... |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Conscliffe, Durham |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Published 1908. Includes a list of vicars 1313-1906. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Durham - St. Giles - Extracts |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/memorialsstgile00englgo... |
| Description: | Extracts of the Parish Registers of St. Giles, Durham and Other Parish Records |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes extracts from the churchwarden accounts and documents relating to Kepyer Hospital and St. Mary Magdalen Hospital. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Parish Registers of Seaham, Durham |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersofseaha00wood |
| Description: | Parish Registers of Seaham, Durham |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Published 1910. Includes a list of rectors and vicars from 1279. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
| Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Link: | https://www.sterryworldwide.com/ |
| Description: | STERRY One Name Study |
| Extra Info: | Includes STERRY apprentices, London guilds, manorial records, newspaper extracts and more |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Diseases / Causes of Death |
| Title: | Sunderland Ward Website |
| Link: | http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Sunderland Ward Website - History of the Area |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Sunniside and District Local History Society |
| Link: | https://www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk |
| Description: | Sunniside and District Local History Society |
| Extra Info: | Includes the names of the victims of the West Stanley pit disaster in 1909, also teacher names and photographs from the schools. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales |
| Link: | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/proje... |
| Description: | The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Surman Index Online |
| Link: | http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in... |
| Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish00unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1860 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish01unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1868 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish02unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1853 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
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