There are 11 surviving Parish Registers for St Laud's Church (apart from those currently in use). They cover the period from 1698 onwards. They are held at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury.

Volume	Contents	Dates	Pages	Photos	Transcriptions
1	Baptisms Burials Marriages	1698-1718 1698-1718 1698-1718	16	Photos	Transcription   Transcription   Transcription
2	Baptisms Burials Marriages	1718-1797 1718-1797 1718-1753	102	Photos	Transcription   Transcription   Transcription
3	Marriages	1754-1812	83	Photos	Transcription
4	Baptisms	1813-1844	100	Photos	Transcription
5	Marriages	1813-1837	62	Photos	Transcription
6	Burials	1813-1852	100	Photos	Transcription
7	Baptisms	1845-1888	100	Photos	Transcription
8	Baptisms	1888-1912 1913-1961	26 84	Photos -	Transcription   -
9	Marriages	1837-1912 1912-1958	185 65	Photos -	Transcription   -
10	Burials	1853-1912 1912-1922	89 11	Photos -	Transcription   -
11	Banns	1823-1899	100	Photos	Transcription

There is a gap in the Baptisms and Burials registers between 1798 and 1812. The registers before 1698 have not survived.

Bishop's Transcripts

Every Parish was required to make a copy of the Parish Registers each year and send it to the Bishop. These copies are known as the 'Bishop's Transcripts', although in the case of Buckinghamshire they were actually sent to the Archdeacon. The Bishop's Transcripts for St Laud's are available for the period from 1576 to 1839, although many years are missing. They do, however, fill the gap in the Burials and Baptisms from 1798 to 1812, as well as 40 of the years from 1576 to 1697. Click here to view.

Transcriptions (1576-1697):   Baptisms       Burials       Marriages  

Transcriptions (1798-1812):   Baptisms       Burials  

Photos

The St Laud's Parochial Church Council has given Sherington Historical Society permission to take digital photographs of each page in all the Parish Registers, for use in family history research. However, entries less than 100 years old (i.e. after 1912) have not been copied.

The original photos held by the Society are 2048x1536 pixels. The copies available on this web site are lower resolution to fit computer screens and facilitate download, so may lack some detail. They have been processed digitally to correct for fade and the contrast/brightness has been adjusted in order to improve clarity. The digital photos are generally much clearer than copies previously made by the older microfilm technology.

Photos have also been made of the Bishop's Transcripts.

Transcriptions

Transcriptions for all the Registers are now available online, see list above.

In 1907, W P W Philimore & Co published a transcription of the Marriages in Volumes 1, 2 and 3, covering 1698 to 1812. This historic transcription is available here. It is recommended, however, that you now use the Society's own transcriptions in the table above, as they contain more information

The Buckingamshire Family History Society has compiled transcriptions of the Registers (and Bishop's Transcripts) up to 1901. A CD containing their database is available for purchase from the BFHS website for £10. Their data is accessed via a proprietary software application. If using Windows 7 or later, it is recommended that you check compatibility with BFHS. Note also that they have extended the modern year numbering convention retrospectively to dates between 1 January and 25 March for the pre-1752 period (when the Gregorian Calendar was introduced), which is rather confusing when cross-referencing their information with the original registers, as the year no longer matches.

Microfilm

Copies of the Parish Registers are also available on microfilm in the Milton Keynes Central Library and at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies in Aylesbury.

 

If you spot a mistake in any of the transcriptions, please tell us, so we can correct it.

 

All the information on the St Laud's Parish Registers, the transcriptions, and photos are copyright and are made available for the purposes of private family history research only. They may not be republished in any form elsewhere without obtaining prior permission. Any use for commercial purposes is prohibited.

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