Internet Archive

[Heilan Lass]

The Internet Archive contains a vast collection of digitised material amongst which are Parish registers/records and other material of interest to family history researchers in Britain, Eire and the US, all of which can be downloaded in PDF form or to a Kindle, etc.

By entering "Parish Record" or "Parish Register" (include the quote marks) in the search boxes at the top of the page and selecting All Media Types from the drop down box next to it a large selection of records will be presented. Searching for "Parish Record" and "Parish Register" produce slightly different results so it's worth running both (leaving out the quote marks results in a lot more, less focussed records). Using this site I have found the Registers of a couple parishes of particular interest - and the beauty of the site is that it is all free!

I have yet to discover how to successfully narrow down a search to a specific parish but is interesting reading through the list of results to see just what is available.

 

[peter]

I have yet to discover how to successfully narrow down a search to a specific parish but is interesting reading through the list of results to see just what is available.

I must admit I usually give up when I try the Internet Archive - maybe I don't have the patience. I just tried searching for "Great Barton", the parish in Suffolk where my great-grandfather was born, and got only two results, one of which was for a "Grateful Dead" concert.

 

[Heilan Lass]

I don't use it a first choice but if you do have occasion to trawl through it, it can throw up some interesting bits'n'pieces. However, I usually end up on the site because I've Googled for something and one of the results is this site!

 

[Heilan Lass]

PS: So did you go to the concert??