Talk:Brighouse, Yorkshire Genealogy

New Parish Table

Brighouse parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

FS = FamilySearch - free

FMP = Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (FindMyPast) - ($)

FMP BTs = Yorkshire Bishop's Transcripts of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (FindMyPast) - ($)

FMP Banns = Yorkshire Banns (FindMyPast) - ($)

FMP Marr = Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (FindMyPast) - ($)

ANC 1 = West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 (Ancestry) - ($)

ANC 2 = West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Records (Ancestry) - ($)

BOYD = England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 (FindMyPast) - free

IGI = International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free

FS Catalog PRs = FamilySearch Catalog Parish registers - free

FS Catalog BTs = FamilySearch Catalog Bishop's transcripts - free

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Brighouse Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes/images	Indexes only	Indexes/images	Indexes only	Indexes/images	Indexes only
FS	1538-1975		1538-1973		1538-1991
FMP	1831-1858				1831-1865
FMP BTs	1558-1914		1558-1899		1560-1919
FMP Banns
FMP Marr			1613-1839
ANC 1	1512-1812		1512-1812		1512-1812
ANC 2	1813-1910		1813-1935		1813-1985
BOYD			1538-1850	-	-

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the West Yorkshire Archive Service.

Old Parish Table

Online data content from chapelry registers of Brighouse exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

IARC = Archive.org

FS = FamilySearch.org

ANC = ancestry.co.uk (£)

HATH = HathiTrust.org

JOIN = JoinerMarriageIndex.co.uk - (£)

BRIGHOUSE CHAPELRY (1701) Online Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
FS	1842-1903		1780-1906		1701-1930
JOIN	None		None		None
AC	None		None		None

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Brighouse Chapel and comprising the whole ancient parish of Halifax to which it was attached, be certain to see the "Comprehensive List of Halifax's chapels and District Churches" link at the top of the Halifax St John the Baptist page.

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, also use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

International Genealogical Index (FamilySearch) - free