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Offline pincard

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Parish records
« on: Saturday 19 February 05 21:43 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone tell me the best place to go to find parish records for London please area Mile End Bethnal green St Georges East. Is there a sight I could visit or will I have to go to London and if so where. Thank you pincard :-X

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Re: Parish records
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 February 05 21:49 GMT (UK) »
The originals are at the London Metropolitan Archives mostly:

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/JAS/lma/lma.htm

There is some coverage for St George in the East on the following pay per view site:

http://www.parishregister.com/

There are some indexed on the IGI at:

http://www.familysearch.org

The following shows some of the parishes that are covered by the IGI:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle

Good luck

Casalguidi
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Re: Parish records
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 February 05 21:54 GMT (UK) »

Thank you so much I can start my searching now.