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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Shropshire church and cemetery records.
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ALearn about Shropshire church records.
- Get an overview of Shropshire church records in this article.
FS—Shropshire Church Records - Learn about Shropshire parish registers on the Shropshire Archives site.
Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials - Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Shropshire site. - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Explore place guides for 300 parishes on the Shropshire Archives site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Shropshire.
- Read this short guide to Catholic records in Shropshire.
A short guide to Roman Catholic records - Read this short guide to non-conformist registers in Shropshire.
A short guide to census returns
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Harry Maclellan Gillespie was married in Shropshire in 1930. Use information from the "FS: Shropshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1918" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is Harry's bride, and when and where did the marriage take place?
- Who are the fathers of the groom and bride?
- What are the occupations of the two fathers?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Harry Maclellan Gillespie" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription and the record image to answer the questions.
- Harry married Mary Morrell Patchett on April 23, 1930, in Wellington, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Harry's father is Douglas Gillespie, and Mary's father is George Sugden Patchett.
- Douglas Gillespie is a solicitor, and George Sugden Patchett is an iron master.
QUIKLinks
- AC: Shropshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1900
- AC: Shropshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- AC: Shropshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1901
- FS: Shropshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1918
- AC: Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812
- FMP: Shropshire Baptisms
- FMP: Shropshire Banns
- FMP: Shropshire Marriages
- FMP: Shropshire Burials
BExplore Shropshire cemetery records.
- Learn about cemeteries in Shropshire.
FS Wiki: Shropshire England Genealogy - Read this short guide to cemetery records in Shropshire.
A short guide to Cemeteries - Explore Shropshire cemetery records on the Gen UKI site.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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