Until the time of Henry VIII and the Reformation, virtually everyone in England and Wales was Catholic. After then everyone was supposed to be Anglican but in reality there were always people who didn’t conform to the established church, either openly or in secret. Each group left
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Following the last article, you will hopefully have identified baptisms, marriages and burials of some of your ancestors in the online indexes. The next step is to check the original records from which those indexes were created. If you have an online image of the record, then
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In order to trace your family tree beyond the 19th Century you will need to use the baptism, marriage and burial registers of the Church of England. even if your ancestors were Roman Catholic or Protestant Non-Conformists. There is no single online source for these records and
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