Family tree: WHERE IS CHURCH RECORD.(Features) From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: August 7, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

QI READ with interest your advice on the births, marriages and deaths records last week. I want to seek out the parish register containing the marriage of my ancestors. Do I have to go to the actual church?

MARJORIE, Great Barr A NO, not any more. Although churches hold their current records, most of the older registers are now held on microfilm at big libraries.

The Church of England parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials from 1538 onwards. ...