Talk:Shotwick, Cheshire Genealogy

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

FS PRs = England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 (FamilySearch) - free

FS BTs = England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 (FamilySearch) - free

FS = FamilySearch - free

FMP Diocese PRs = Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Parish Registers (FindMyPast) - ($)

FMP Diocese BTs = Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Bishop's Transcripts (FindMyPast) - ($)

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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Shotwick Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes/images	Indexes only	Indexes/images	Indexes only	Indexes/images	Indexes only
FS PRs	1538-2000		1538-2000		1538-2000
FS BTs	1598-1900		1598-1900		1598-1900
FS	1538-1975		1538-1973		1538-1991
FMP Diocese PRs	1681-1909		1698-1910		1690-1910
FMP Diocese BTs	1681-1909		1698-1910		1690-1910
BOYD			1538-1850
IGI
FS Catalog PRs
FS Catalog BTs

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 Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

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Scotwick St Michael and All Angels parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

BIVRI = British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)

FS PR's =FamilySearch Parish Registers

FS BT's = FamilySearch Bishops Transcripts

Shotwick St Michael and All Angels Parish (1591) Online Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
BIVRI	1600-1723, 1878-1896
FS PR's	1681-1909	NONE	1698-1933	NONE	1690-1982	NONE
FS BT'S	1599-1896	NONE	1599-1888	NONE	1599-1896	NONE

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, 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.

Shotwick, St. Michael and All Angels (C of E). An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Capenhurst, Great Saughall, Little Saughall, Shotwick and Woodbank. Registers of Baptisms 1681–1991, Marriages 1681–1992 and Burials 1681–1992 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office, where Bishop's Transcripts survive from 1591.

The Parish registers Parish registers for Shotwick, 1681-1992 Microfilm of original records in the Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England. Cheshire Record Office call no.: P49/1/1-3, 2, P49/4832/1-3, P49/3/1-3, P49/5/1-2 

Parish registers Content	FHL Film
Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1681, 1690-1940. Marriages, 1941-1971. Burials, 1941-1992. Interments in Shotwick Church new burial ground, 1873-1904.	BRITISH 1999729 Items 1 - 12

The Bishop's Transcripts are on Microfilm as follows:

Bishop's Transcripts Content	FHL Library
Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1591, 1599-1600, 1605, 1607-1611, 1614, 1616-1618, 1622-1624, 1626-1627, 1630-1632, 1634, 1636-1639, 1641-1642, 1658-1661, 1669-1672, 1672, 1675-1676, 1679-1683, 1690-1691, 1694-1741, 1745-1805, 1807-1812.	BRITISH 1751621 Item 2
Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1813-1829, 1832-1850, 1852-1863, 1867, 1866, 1865, 1864, 1868-1874, 1888. Baptisms, burials, 1830-1831, 1851, 1875-1887, 1889-1896. Burials, 1812, 1828.	BRITISH 1751622
Burials, 1878-1896. Baptisms, 1879-1896. Marriages, 1888.	BRITISH 1751716 Item 1

The Cheshire, Church of England christening and marriage records are available online at FamilySearch Historic Records