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This page includes templates and examples of citations for sources frequently used for English genealogical research. This is not an official Wikitree page, I have simply added my personal source templates to this page in case they are of use to others.

They are based on the Evidence Explained citation style. They are far from perfect, but the aim is to clearly identify the source of the information by answering the key questions who, what, where, when and wherein.

For sources behind paywalls, the template aims to incorporate as much genealogically-relevant material as practicable.

Useful links:

Contents

Birth

Civil Registration Image

Template

Note: If certificate is not a certified copy (eg it is a photocopy for genealogical purposes), omit the words "certified copy" and the curved brackets in the template below.

England, birth registration (certified copy) for FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME, born BIRTH_DATE, at BIRTH_PLACE, SON/DAUGHTER of FATHER and MOTHER; digital image held by NAME; registered MONTH quarter YEAR, DISTRICT_NAME District VOL/PAGE, SUB_DISTRICT_NAME Sub-district, COUNTY; General Registry Office, Southport.

Example

England, birth registration (certified copy) for Christiana Wright, born 1 July 1859, at Greenwich, daughter of Sarah Ann Wright; digital image held by Nic Donnelly; registered September quarter 1859, Greenwich District 1d/574, Greenwich East Sub-district, Kent; General Registry Office, Southport.

Civil Registration Birth Index - GRO Online

Template

England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed ACCESS_DATE), database entry for SURNAME, FIRST NAMES (mother's maiden surname: SURNAME), registered YYYY Q Quarter in DISTRICT, Volume XXX Page XXX.

Example

England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 28 December 2019), database entry for COOPER, ELIZABETH (mother's maiden surname: FOX), registered 1840 M Quarter in LOUTH UNION Volume 14 Page 482.

Civil Registration Birth Index - FreeBMD

Note: It is generally better to use the GRO Online index for births, as the mother's maiden name is included from 1837. However, FreeBMD is useful where the relevant entry can't be found on GRO Online or the transcribed details are different between the two sites (which use independently created indexes).

Template

England & Wales General Register Office, St. Catherine's House Index - Birth, SURNAME, FIRST NAMES (mother's maiden surname: SURNAME), registered YYYY Q Quarter in DISTRICT, Volume XXX Page XXX; FreeUKGenealogy, "Search," database with images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk: accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_PAGE_WITH_IMAGE image].

Baptism

Parish Register - Ancestry

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Baptism Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, NAME (SON/DAUGHTER/CHILD of FATHER (a OCCUPATION) and MOTHER, of ABODE) baptised DATE at CHURCH NAME Church; "DATABASE NAME," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), Image NNN of NNN (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England – Lambeth Parish (Surrey, England), Baptism Register 1841-1851, p. 72, no. 576, William Stubbings (son of James (a toll collector) and Mary Ann, of 47 Chester Street) baptised 1 April 1849 at St Mary's Church; "London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 December 2019), Image 490 of 604 (subscription); citing P85/mry1/365, London Metropolitan Archives.

Parish Register - FamilySearch

Template

Copy the citation provided by FamilySearch and change the following:

  • Italicise "FamilySearch"
  • Add the access date
  • Add the parish of baptism (which is often missing)

Example

Note: Blue text indicates what has been added to the original citation from FamilySearch.

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGR3-3V3 : 11 February 2018, accessed 29 December 2019) Elias Stubbs, 21 Sep 1829); citing Tetney, Lincolnshire, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 508,059.

Parish Register - Findmypast

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Baptism Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, NAME (SON/DAUGHTER/CHILD of FATHER (a OCCUPATION) and MOTHER, of ABODE) baptised DATE at CHURCH NAME Church; "DATABASE NAME," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_IMAGE image NN of NN] (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England - Alvingham Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Baptism Register 1813-1916, p. 6, no. 48, Maria Fox (child of Robert (a labourer) and Ann, of Alvingham) baptised 11 October 1818 at St Adelwold's Church; "Lincolnshire Baptisms," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 28 December 2019), image 9 of 44 (subscription); Lincolnshire Archives.

Parish Register - FreeREG

Notes

  • Typically transcriptions include all information in the original entry, so this is often the best transcription source to use

Template

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed ACCESS_DATE), FIRST NAME SURNAME baptised DATE, PARISH, COUNTY, [LINK_TO_RECORD full record]; citing CHURCH Parish Register [TRANSCRIPT] (type and date range of register not described), no. NNN.

Example

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed 31 December 2019), James Stubbings baptised 9 May 1819, Boughton, Norfolk, full record; citing All Saints Parish Register Transcript (type and date range of register not described), no. 68.

Parish Register - Lincs to the Past

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Baptism Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN no. NN, NAME baptised DATE; images, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), PARISH PAR/1/N, [link_to_image image NN of NN].

Example

Church of England – Alvingham Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Baptism and Burial Register 1767-1812, p. 23, Charlotte Fox baptised 29 August 1802; images, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed 8 June 2019), ALVINGHAM PAR/1/4, image 14 of 18.

Books

Examples

Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, second edition - revised by Thomas Helsby (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), vol. 1 p. 456; Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 25 July 2020).

Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, second edition - revised by Thomas Helsby (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), vol. 2 p. 30; Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 25 July 2020).

Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819), vol. 3 p. 394; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 25 July 2020).

Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1864), Appendix No. 3 - Welsh Records: Index to Inquisitions &c. - Counties Chester and Flint, p. 32; HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org : accessed 25 July 2020), image 264 of 716.

James Usher, History of the Lawrence-Townley, and Chase-Townley Estate in England... (New York City: James Usher, 1883) pp. 77-78 Pedigree of the Townley Family.

Ormerod Cheshire

Source List Entry (bibliography)

Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. 3 volumes. Second ed. Revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. Ludgate Hill, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882.

First inline citation (reference note)

George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vols. 2nd ed., revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby (Ludgate Hill, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), [url_digital_copy vol. vv p. ppp].

Subsequent inline citation (reference note)

Ormerod, History of ... Chester, [url_digital_copy vol. vv p. ppp].

Burial and Cemetery

Find A Grave

Template

Use citation provided by Find A Grave, changing the following:

  • Italicise Find A Grave
  • Replace Memorial reference with Wikitree Find A Grave template
  • Check punctuation

Example

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 January 2020), memorial page for George Fox (1810–1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #184752666, citing Saint Adelwold, Alvingham, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by David Goltry (contributor 47177571).

Parish Register - Ancestry

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Burial Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, NAME (of ABODE, age AGE) buried DATE; "DATABASE_NAME," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), Image NNN of NNN (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England – Croydon Parish (Surrey, England), Burial Register 1813-1826, p. 177, no. 1415, William Glassborow (of Croydon, age 52) buried 13 July 1821; "Surrey, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1987," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 December 2019), Image 91 of 156 (subscription); citing 2888/1/53, Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey.

Parish Register - Findmypast

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Burial Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, NAME (of ABODE, age AGE) buried DATE; "DATABASE NAME," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_IMAGE image NN of NN] (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England - Ludborough Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Burial Register 1813-1917, p. 29, no. 227, Maria Cooper (of Ludborough, age 28) buried 5 February 1848; "Lincolnshire Burials," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 28 December 2019), image 18 of 40 (subscription); Lincolnshire Archives.

Parish Register - FreeREG

Notes

  • Typically transcriptions include all information in the original entry, so this is often the best transcription source to use

Template

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed ACCESS_DATE), FIRST NAME SURNAME buried DATE, PARISH, COUNTY, [LINK_TO_RECORD full record]; citing CHURCH Parish Register [TRANSCRIPT] (type and date range of register not described), no. NNN.

Example

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed 31 December 2019), Sarah Stubbing buried 18 February 1821, West Dereham, Norfolk, full record; citing St Andrew's Parish Register (type and date range of register not described), no. 94.

Parish Register - Lincs to the Past

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Burial Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN no. NN, NAME buried DATE; images, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), PARISH PAR/1/N, [link_to_image image NN of NN].

Example

Church of England – Alvingham Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Burial Register 1813-1965, p. 19 no. 148, Robert Fox buried 3 December 1839; images, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed 8 June 2019), ALVINGHAM PAR/1/8, image 13 of 47.

Census and Census Substitutes

1841 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

Template

Copy the citation provided by FamilySearch and change the following:

  • Italicise "FamilySearch"
  • Add access date for FamilySearch
  • Add age
  • Remove "England, United Kingdom" (unnecessarily adds to citation length)
  • Correct the name of the Findmypast database to "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
  • Change Findmypast description to "database with images"
  • Add access date for Findmypast
  • Add link to Findmypast census image
  • Add full TNA reference

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO HO 107, piece NN, book NN, folio N, page N, unnumbered line N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Example

Note: Blue text indicates what has been added to the original citation from FamilySearch and red text indicates what has been removed.

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ1P-BDX : 24 May 2019, accessed 23 November 2019), David Fox (age 30), Alvingham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Wales & Scotland CensusScotland and Wales census," database andwith images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.23 November 2019) image (subscription); citing PRO HO 107, piece 626, book 11, folio 5, page 6, unnumbered line 19; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ1P-BDX : 24 May 2019, accessed 23 November 2019), David Fox (age 30), Alvingham, Lincolnshire; from "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 23 November 2019) image (subscription); citing PRO HO 107, piece 626, book 11, folio 5, page 6, unnumbered line 19; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1851 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO HO 107, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1861 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 9, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1871 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1871," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 10, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1881 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 11, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1891 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 12, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1901 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 13, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1911 - FamilySearch/Findmypast

"England and Wales Census, 1911," database with images, FamilySearch (LINK : UPDATE_DATE, accessed ACCESS_DATE), NAME (age AGE), VILLAGE/TOWN, COUNTY; from "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census," database with images, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : ACCESS_DATE) [LINK_TO_FMP_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing PRO RG 14, piece NN, folio N, page N, schedule N; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

1939 Register - Findmypast

Template

"DATABASE NAME," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), schedule no. NN/N, NAME (born BIRTH_DATE), MARITAL_STATUS, OCCUPATION, [LINK_TO_IMAGE image] (subscription); citing TNA_REF, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Example

"1939 Register," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 3 January 2019), schedule no. 10/2, Susannah Rutland (born 9 September 1859), married, unpaid domestic duties, image (subscription); citing Ref: RG101/6470E/002/31 Letter Code: TNJT, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Death

Civil Registration Image

Template

England, death registration (certified copy) for FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME, died DEATH_DATE, at DEATH_PLACE, aged AGE; digital image held by NAME; registered MONTH quarter YEAR, DISTRICT_NAME District VOL/PAGE, SUB_DISTRICT_NAME Sub-district, COUNTY; General Registry Office, Southport.

Example

England, death registration (certified copy) for Henry Iredale, died 28 May 1932, at Leeds, aged 80 years; digital image held by Nic Donnelly; registered June quarter 1932, Leeds North District 9b/361, Leeds North Sub-district, Leeds; General Registry Office, Southport.

Civil Registration Death Index - FreeBMD

Template

England & Wales General Register Office, St. Catherine's House Index - Death, SURNAME, FIRST NAMES (age at death: NN), registered YYYY Q Quarter in DISTRICT, Volume XXX Page XXX; FreeUKGenealogy, database with images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk: accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_PAGE_WITH_IMAGE image].

Civil Registration Death Index - GRO Online

Template

England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed ACCESS_DATE), database entry for SURNAME, FIRST NAMES (age at death: NN), registered YYYY Q Quarter in DISTRICT, Volume XXX Page XXX.

Example

England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 28 December 2019), database entry for COOPER, MARIA (age at death: 29), registered 1848 M Quarter in LOUTH UNION Volume 14 Page 436.

Marriage

Civil Registration Image

Template

England, marriage registration (certified copy) for FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME and FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME, married MARRIAGE_DATE, at MARRIAGE_PLACE; digital image held by NAME; registered MONTH quarter YEAR, DISTRICT_NAME District VOL/PAGE, COUNTY; General Registry Office, Southport.

Example

England, marriage registration (certified copy) for Henry Iredale and Margaret Bell, married 8 January 1884, at Scarborough; digital image held by Nic Donnelly; registered March quarter 1884, Scarborough District 9d/547, Yorkshire; General Registry Office, Southport.

Canterbury Marriage Licenses

Notes

Template

AUTHOR/EDITOR, TITLE (PUBLICATION PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLICATION YEAR), p. PAGE, ENTRY_DETAILS; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK image].

Example

Cowper, Joseph Meadows (editor), Canterbury Marriage Licenses - First Series - 1568-1618 (Canterbury: Cross & Jackman, 1892), col. 424, Thomas Tuck and Joan Hales license granted 12 January 1610; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 7 March 2020), image.

Parish Register - Ancestry

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Marriage Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, GROOM (age AGE, CONDITION, OCCUPATION, of RESIDENCE, son of NAME – FATHER OCCUPATION) married BRIDE (age AGE, CONDITION, OCCUPATION, of RESIDENCE, daughter of NAME – FATHER OCCUPATION) DATE at CHURCH NAME Church (witnesses WITNESS_NAME and WITNESS_NAME); "DATABASE NAME," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), Image NNN of NNN (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England – South Hackney Parish (Middlesex, England), Marriage Register 1851-1854, p. 11, no. 22, William Gray (full age, widower, dyer, of Grove Street, son of John Gray – pencil maker) married Isabella Catharina Reiley (full age, spinster, dressmaker, of Grove Street, daughter of Matthew Frodsham Reiley – librarian) 18 May 1851 at St John of Jerusalem Church (witnesses John William Burrows and Hannah Stevins); "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 December 2019), Image 175 of 545 (subscription); citing p79/jnj/024, London Metropolitan Archives.

Parish Register - FamilySearch

Template

Copy the citation provided by FamilySearch and change the following:

  • Italicise "FamilySearch"
  • Add the access date
  • Add the parish of baptism (which is often missing)

Example

Note: Blue text indicates what has been added to the original citation from FamilySearch and red text indicates what has been removed.

"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV5B-FLQ : 10 February 2018, accessed 29 December 2019), Elias Stubbs and Ann Luty, 28 Jun 1827; citing North Somercotes, Lincolnshire,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 508,040.

Parish Register - Findmypast

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (COUNTY, England), Marriage Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN, no. NN, GROOM (age AGE, CONDITION, OCCUPATION, of RESIDENCE, son of NAME – FATHER OCCUPATION) married BRIDE (age AGE, CONDITION, OCCUPATION, of RESIDENCE, daughter of NAME – FATHER OCCUPATION) DATE at CHURCH NAME Church (witnesses WITNESS_NAME and WITNESS_NAME); "DATABASE NAME," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_IMAGE image NN of NN] (subscription); REPOSITORY.

Example

Church of England - Ludborough Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Marriage Register 1838-1912, p. 1, no. 1, John Cooper (age 25, bachelor, labourer, of Ludborough, son of John Cooper - labourer) married Maria Fox (age 20, spinster, maidservant, of Ludborough, daughter of Robert Fox - weaver) 17 May 1838 at St Mary's Church (witnesses William White and Charles Curles); "Lincolnshire Marriages," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 28 December 2019), image 3 of 78 (subscription); Lincolnshire Archives.

Parish Register - FreeREG

Notes

  • Typically transcriptions include all information in the original entry, so this is often the best transcription source to use

Template

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed ACCESS_DATE), marriage entry for FIRST NAME SURNAME and FIRST NAME SURNAME, DATE, PARISH, COUNTY, [LINK_TO_RECORD full record]; citing CHURCH Parish Register [TRANSCRIPT] (type and date range of register not described), no. NNN.

Example

FreeUKGenealogy, Parish Registers, database, FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk : accessed 31 December 2019), marriage entry for William Stubbens and Sarah Smith, 24 March 1809, West Dereham, Norfolk, full record; citing St Andrew's Parish Register (type and date range of register not described), no. 192.

Parish Register - Lincs to the Past

Template

Church of England – PARISH NAME Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Marriage Register YYYY-YYYY, p. NN no. NN, GROOM married BRIDE, DATE; images, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), PARISH PAR/1/N, [link_to_image image NN of NN].

Example

Church of England - Gayton le Marsh Parish (Lincolnshire, England), Marriage Register 1754-1812, p. 26 no. 97, Robert Fox married Ann Wilkinson 14 July 1801; images, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincs to the Past (https://www.lincstothepast.com : accessed 8 June 2019), GAYTON LE MARSH PAR/1/3, image 18 of 20.

Newspaper

British Newspapers - Findmypast

Template

"ARTICLE/SECTION_NAME," NEWSPAPER_NAME, Volume NN, Issue NN, DATE, p. N, col. N; "British Newspapers," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_ARTICLE image]; British Library.

Example

"Lincoln, Friday, Jan. 28.," The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury, 28 January 1870, p. 4, col. 7; "British Newspapers," database with images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 8 July 2019), image (subscription).

University

Cambridge

Notes

Template

AUTHOR/EDITOR, TITLE (PUBLICATION PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLICATION YEAR), p. PAGE, ENTRY_DETAILS; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK image].

Example

Venn, John (compiler) & Venn, J.A., Alumni Cantabrigienses - A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge from the Earliest Times to 1900 (London: Cambridge University Press, 1922), vol. 1, p. 214, Thomas Bridge matriculated 1617; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 7 March 2020), image.

Oxford

Notes

Template

AUTHOR/EDITOR, TITLE (PUBLICATION PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLICATION YEAR), p. PAGE, ENTRY_DETAILS; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK image].

Example

Foster, Joseph, Alumni Oxonienses - The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of their Degrees. Being the Matriculation Register of the University Alphabetically Arranged, Revised, and Annotated (Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1891), vol. 2 (later series), p. 498, Robert Frodsham matriculated 1724/5; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 7 March 2020), image.

Visitations

Template

AUTHOR/EDITOR, TITLE (PUBLICATION PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLICATION YEAR), p. PAGE, ENTRY_DETAILS; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK image].

Examples

Metcalfe, Walter C. (editor), The Visitations of Hertfordshire made by Robert Cooke, Esq., Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St George, Kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees from Harleian MSS. 6147 and 1546 (London: Harleian Society, 1886), vol. 22, p. 166, Tooke of Essendon, Wormley, and Stanstead; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 7 March 2020), image.

Harleian Society: Visitation Series, The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 made by Robert Glover..., The Publications of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882), vol. 18 p. 102; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 25 July 2020).

Harleian Society: Visitation Series, Pedigrees made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613, taken by Richard St. George..., The Publications of The Harleian Society (London: The Record Society, 1909), vol. 58 p. 102; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 25 July 2020).

Alternate Format

Glover, Robert. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 ... With Numerous Additions and Continuations Including ... The Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566 .... The Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series, vol. 18. Edited by John Paul Rylands. London: The Society, 1882.

Robert Glover, The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 ... With Numerous Additions and Continuations Including ... The Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566 ..., The Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series, vol. 18, edited by John Paul Rylands (London: The Society, 1882), [url_digital_copy p. ppp, ddddd].

Glover, Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, [url_digital_copy p. ppp].

William Dugdale, The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster Made in the Year 1664-5..., 3 parts, Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, vols 84 (part 1) 85(2) & 88(3), edited by F. R. Raines (The Society, 1872-3), 3:312 Townley of Royale.

Dugdale, Visitation of ... Lancaster ... 1664-5, [url_digital_copy part:ppp].

Henry St George, The Visitation of London begun in 1687, 2 parts, The Publications of the Harleian Society, New Series, vols 16 (part 1) & 17(2), edited by T. C. Wales and C. P. Hartley (London: The Harleian Society, 2004), 1:278 Townley.

St George, The Visitation of London begun in 1687, [url_digital_copy 1:279].

Wills and Probate

PCC - Ancestry

Notes

Template

Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will Register: REGISTER_NAME, folio NNN recto/verso, will of NAME, proved DATE; "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed ACCESS_DATE), Image NNN of NNN (subscription); citing class PROB 11, piece NN; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Example

Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will Register: More, quire 38, folio 276 recto, will of Henry Herdson, proved 10 January 1555/6; "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 October 2019), Image 555 of 623 (subscription); citing class PROB 11, piece 37; The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

PCC Calendar - Internet Archive

Template

AUTHOR/EDITOR, TITLE (PUBLICATION PLACE: PUBLISHER, PUBLICATION YEAR), p. PAGE, ENTRY_DETAILS; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK image].

Example

Smith, J. Challenor C. (compiler), Index of Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1383-1558 (1893; reprint Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1968), unlabelled vol. 1, p. 268, Henry Herdson (1555); Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 3 January 2020), image.

Find a will

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“Wills and Probate 1858-1996,” database with images, Find a will (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk : accessed ACCESS_DATE), [LINK_TO_IMAGE image], NAME died DATE at PLACE, will proved DATE; image source not cited on website, but is from Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (London : n.p., n.d.), volume number not cited, p. NN.

Example

“Wills and Probate 1858-1996,” database with images, Find a will (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk : accessed 30 December 2019), image, James Kettlewell died 29 March 1873 at North Somercotes, will proved 16 August 1873; image source not cited on website, but is from Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (London : n.p., n.d.), volume number not cited, p. 234.





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