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Roman Catholic Records

31 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records, General Information, History, Notes and Queries

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Logo TransparentThis blog post is a response by Jim Lancaster to someone who was enquiring about the availability of Catholic record online. It contains a lot of useful information and I have reproduced it verbatim.

The period between the reign of Elizabeth and about 1791 is often referred to as the Penal Times and it was a period when it was dangerous to be a Catholic priest in England and therefore dangerous to keep records.Any Catholic records generated could have been used against individual Catholics, or the Catholic community.  The main records of Catholics in this period are ‘hostile’ records, records made by the state or its agents the Anglican clergy.  It is only from about 1791 that Catholic clergy felt sufficiently confident about civil legislation that mission registers could be maintained.  If you are seeking information from these registers, the best place to start is a set of books by Michael Gandy published originally in 1993  that list all the known surviving registers for Catholic missions in the UK for the period 1700 to 1880.  Some of these volumes have been revised as old registers have surfaced and more parish registers have been deposited in places of safety..

In the late Victorian time, there were groups in most counties who were transcribing Anglican parish registers, one example being the Lancashire Parish Register Society that is still operating today.  There was a move among Catholics to do the same for Catholic registers and this resulted in the formation of the Catholic Record Society.  This initially was concerned with the preservation and transcription of Catholic records and among its early volumes are Catholic registers from across England and Wales.  Many of these are now out of copyright, particularly outside the UK, and have been made available on the internet.

There is a guide to Catholic Records on a site “GenGuide” ( http://www.genguide.co.uk/source/roman-catholic-registers-and-records/30/ ) and this has lists of books, CDs, internet sites. and on-line databases. Some may lead to pay-to-view sites.  This site is as good a collection of basic information as I have been able to find

This site is comprehensive but not complete, and you will find that different parts of the country have different densities of Catholics and hence more or less interest in the Catholic community.  Different counties may have different facilities. Lancashire is particularly well served.  I have mentioned the Lancashire Parish Register Society that has transcribed most of the early Anglican registers.  This are the major records of Catholic marriages between 1756 and 1837, though Catholic marriages may not be clearly identified.   There is the Lancashire On-Line Parish Clerk Project (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ ) which is transcribing parish registers and making them available on the internet.  Again it is mainly Anglican church registers that have been transcribed but there are increasing numbers of non-Anglican registers including Catholic ones.  For post-1837 births marriages and deaths there is the LancashireBMD site (http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ ).  This site is transcribing the Local Registrar’s Indexes and where possible upgrading them.  Again it is useful for marriages, though non-Anglican marriages appear as Registrar marriages until an Authorised Person was appointed by the church to act for the Registrar.  This became possible in 1898 but was not taken up by many Catholic parishes until 1960+.

The Manchester & Lancashire FHS has developed an index of Manchester Catholics from material that it had produced and from transcripts made available to it (www.mlfhs.org.uk/data/catholic_search.php ).  There is a similar site for Liverpool – Liverpool History Projects (http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk/ ) but for some items there may be a charge.  For the more northern parts of Lancashire, around Preston, Blackburn and Burnley, the Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society have published a large number of fiche of Catholic registers.  In recent years, the Catholic Family history Society has published a number of CDs and details are to be found at http://www.genfair.co.uk/supplier.php?sid=227

Catholic Records from The Online Parish Clerks

08 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records, General Information

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forlrose03 The Online Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, free of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire. There are a number of Roman Catholic registers that have been transcribed and are available.

There’s a previous post on this here, Jim has now provided me with an updated list and you can download it as a PDF document: RC Church registers in LancsOPC 20131101

MLFHS Catholic Register Index

08 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records, Churches

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The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society maintain The Catholic Register Index (CRI) which contains data derived from the registers of a number of Roman Catholic churches in Manchester. The source of this information is the original registers for these churches which have been transcribed by members of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society and of the North West Branch of the Catholic Family History Society.

You can view the index here and can search it via this link. At the time of writing this post the index was last updated on 1 November 2013.

World War One and the Catholic Community

15 Sunday Dec 2013

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Conference, Events, Meetings

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A one day conference will be held at Salford Diocese Archives, St Augustine’s, Grosvenor Square, All Saints, Manchester, M15 6BW on Saturday 1 March 2014 to mark the approaching centenary of the outbreak of WW1.

The conference will start with registration and coffee at 10.00 a.m. and conclude at 5.00 p.m.

The topics covered will include: The Lancashire Edwardian Catholic Community on the eve of WW1, sources in the diocesan archives of Salford and Liverpool, Bishop Casartelli and WW1, Stonyhurst and WW1, the Gallipoli Experience, ‘The bravest Little Street in England’, War Memorials: Oldham, the Salford Diocese, and Liverpool.

Conference fee – £10, payable on the day. This includes the cost of lunch and tea and coffee.

Parking and travel information available on request.

If you wish to attend please use the contact form below.

Sad News from the North West

08 Sunday Dec 2013

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Archives, Libraries

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The Bishop of Lancaster has decided that the Talbot Library in Preston, which has been a much-prized repository of Roman Catholic Literature and artefacts for more than 20 years, is to close on December 31st. The loss will be greatly felt by many people researching Catholic history and students fro the nearby University of Central Lancashire. The NW Group of the Catholic Family History Society has held many happy and fruitful meetings there. Because the annual Christmas closure had already been scheduled, the Library will be effectively closed from FRIDAY DECEMBER 13th.

My Faith is My Crime

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Events, Meetings

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My Faith is My Crime – Lives & Times of the English Martyrs

image295This event is being held at Lancaster Cathedral from 19 July – 7 August 2013, open daily 9:30am – 6:00pm. Entrance to the exhibition and all events is free of charge.

On Wednesday 7 August (Feast of the Lancaster Martyrs), at 2:00pm in St Walburge’s Chapel there is a 45 minute talk:

Lancashire Catholic Survival: From Religious Conservatism to Catholic Recusancy

This is given by JA Hilton, KSG, CLJ, BA, MPhil, DipHS, FRHistS, Editor of North West Catholic History.

Films (lasting between 30 minutes and one hour)  will be screened in St Walburge’s Chapel at 2pm on the dates below

  • Wednesday 31 July: Saint Thomas More;
  • Thursday 1 August: Saint John Fisher;
  • Friday 2 August: Saint Edmund Arrowsmith;
  • Saturday 3 August: Saint Anne Line;
  • Sunday 4 August: Saint Philip of Arundel;
  • Monday 5 August: God’s Champion: Saint Edmund Campion;
  • Tuesday 6 August: The Shining Pearl of York –Saint Margaret Clitherow

Further details are available here.

Manchester Catholic Register Index

18 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records

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There is a great index and search tool from the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society here, very useful if you are looking for Roman Catholic ancestors in Manchester. The Catholic Register Index (CRI) contains data derived from the registers of a number of Roman Catholic churches in Manchester. The source of this information is the original registers for these churches which have been transcribed by members of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society and of the North West Branch of the Catholic Family History Society. Specific information about each source is available here.

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks

13 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records

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The Online Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire aims to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, free of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians conducting research in the County of Lancashire. There are a number of Roman Catholic registers that have been transcribed and are available. The list below was accurate as of February 2013.  Visit the site here.

Thanks to Jim Lancaster for pointing out this useful resource and producing the list of parishes and registers.

DIOCESE of SALFORD

St Ann, 64-66 Burlington St, Ashton under Lyne

  • Baptisms 1933 – 1935 with Surname Index (106 records)

Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Haigh Road, Aspull

  • Baptisms 1855 – 1874 with Surname Index (769 records)
  • Marriages 1861 – 1891 with Surname Index (208 records)
  • Burials 1880 – 1898 with Surname Index (293 records)

St Alban, Whalley New Rd, Lark Hill

  • Baptisms 1783 – 1840 with Surname Index (3522 records)
  • Burials 1827 – 1837 with Surname Index (2196 records)

SS Peter and Paul, Pilkington Street, Great Bolton

  • Baptisms 1794 – 1809 with Surname Index (441 records)

St Mary of the Assumption, Yorkshire Street, Burnley

  • Baptisms 1820 – 1854 with Surname Index (1699 records)
  • Marriages 1825 – 1856 with Surname Index (291 records)

St Mary, Devonshire Drive, Clayton le Moors

  • Baptisms 1815 – 1873 with Surname Index (1458 records)
  • Confirmations 1819 – 1871 with Surname Index (940 records)
  • Marriages 1831 – 1854 with Surname Index (156 records)

St Francis of Assisi, Textile St, Gorton

  • Burials 1862 – 1873 with Surname Index (157 records)

St Joseph, Goulden Street, Ancoats

  • Baptisms 1856 – 1903 with Surname Index (8482 records)
  • Confirmations 1864, 1871, 1882, 1887 with Surname Index (1311 records)
  • Marriages 1856 – 1904 with Surname Index (921 records)

St Peter, Greengate  Salford

  • Confirmations 1874 – 1972 with Surname Index (3629 records)

Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, 250 Chapel Street, Salford Central

  • Confirmations 1856 – 1874 with Surname Index (6696 records)

All Souls and St John Vianney, 622 Liverpool Street, Weaste

  • Burials 1893 – 1896 with Surname Index (1986 records)

ARCHDIOCESE of LIVERPOOL

Hindsford Sacred Heart (RC), Tyldesley Rd, Hindsford

  • Baptisms 1865 – 1900 with Surname Index (2712 records)

St Mary, Euxton

Parish Register Transcripts are listed in LancsOPC but are held on the parish web-site http://www.stmarys-euxton.com/parish_registers.htm

  • Baptisms 1740 – 1907
  • Marriages 1849 – 1937
  • Burials 1865 – 1937

St Swithin, Parkstile Lane, Gilmoss

  • Baptisms 1757 – 1877 with Surname Index (2305 records)
  • Marriages 1764 – 1860 with Surname Index (148 records)
  • Burials 1831 – 1855 with Surname Index (210 records)
  • Confirmations in 1769 with Surname Index (10 records)

Bedford RC Chapel, Leigh (later St Joseph RC Church, Mather Lane)

  • Baptisms 1778 – 1843, 1821 – 1843 with Surname Index (1937 records)
  • Confirmations 1813 – 1825 with Surname Index (224 records)
  • Marriages 1808 – 1828, 1837 – 1841 with Surname Index (95 records)
  • Deaths and Burials 1808 – 1831 with Surname Index
  • Burials 1837 – 1843 with Surname Index (421 records)

St Patrick, 22 Park Place, Toxteth

  • Baptisms 1827 – 1830, 1836 – 1840, 1853 – 1855 with Surname Index (4157 records)
  • Marriages 1827 – 1864 with Surname Index (2620 records)
  • Burials 1827 – 1841 with Surname Index (7466 records)

St Anthony, Scotland Rd., Vauxhall

  • Burials 1859 – 1894 with Surname Index (1483 records)

St John, Wigan

  • Baptisms 1805 – 1822 with Surname Index (2505 records)
  • Marriages 1806 – 1837 with Surname Index
  • Marriages 1850 – 1860 with Surname Index (1141 records)
  • Burials 1848 – 1887 with Surname Index (1570 records)

St Wilfrid with St Mary, Preston

13 Saturday Oct 2012

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Church Records, Missions, Publications

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Our society’s latest disk has been published and is available to buy from GENfair. It contains the following registers of St Wilfrid with St Mary from Preston in Lancashire:

  • Baptisms: 1768 – 1803 and 1813 – 1899
  • Marriages: 1769 – 1803, 1813 – 1829, and 1836 – 1899
  • Death/Burials: 1768 – 1803, 1817 – 1854, and 1891 – 1915

The Jesuits served the Preston Mission from at least 1701 and possibly earlier from 1685, first in an older chapel, then in a newly built St Mary’s, on Friargate, from 1761. Preston Catholics used this chapel for over thirty years. By the late 1780s, St Mary’s had become too small for the congregation and was closed and used as a warehouse when St Wilfrid’s Church was constructed off Fishergate, opening in 1793. Later in the nineteenth century St Wilfrid’s was extended and substantially renovated both inside and out.

You can buy this disk from  GENfair using your credit card and we can ship to anywhere in the world. All our other publications are also available this way.

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