Questions tagged [anglican-church]
The Anglican Church is the State-endorsed church in England and Wales.
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What are Marriage Banns and how can I use them in my research?
There are three dates listed on my third great grandfather's 1825 Church of England Parish Register of marriages:
Oct 23, Oct 30, and Nov 6
All Saints, Tower Hamlets, London, England
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Is the term "baptism" or "christening" more accurate in old parish registers?
Looking at Church of England parish registers from the 17th-18th centuries, some pages are titled "baptisms" while others "christenings". Now we use the terms more or less interchangeably, but would ...
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Why would these 3 be buried westward facing?
3 related family members were buried (Church of England, deaths from 1913-1926) at Bell, Queensland cemetery facing westward. They are the only 3 doing so. What may have been the reason/cause for this ...
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Day of publication of Church of England marriage banns in 1909
The banns for the marriage of Albert Herbert William Proctor and Julia Ann Coulson were read on the 6th, 13th and 20th October 1908, which were 3 consecutive Tuesdays. According to Lord Hardwick's ...
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Why was Flossie baptised twice (1898,1903) at Stalbridge, Dorset, England?
On 6 September 1903, Flossy Maud Mary Ann Mogg was baptised in Stalbridge Parish Church, Dorset England. Her birth date was given as 10 December 1897, and her parents as Walter Mogg (Farmer) and his ...
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Average time between birth and baptism in the Church of England?
Because it is relatively uncommon to find sources of birth dates before the start of civil registration in England in 1837, it is a widespread (and I think not unreasonable) convention for ...
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England - how to know if an original record set from an archive is complete?
I have been doing some family research and my research may suggest that some of my ancestors were from a small village called Thorganby in Yorkshire, England.
I have read the history of the village ...
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What does the Anglican church terminology in this document mean?
There are terms in this document (Parish/Parish Church, Banns/Licence, Established Church, Rect.[or]) that aren't familiar to everyone in a genealogical context (even in the English speaking world)
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