Church records
How to access church records, religious records, and discover religious ancestors
How to find baptism records
Genealogist Paul Blake explains why English and Welsh baptism records are important in family history research, and where you can find them online
Parish chest records: What are they, and how can you use them in family history?
So-called because they were kept in chests in the parish, parish chest records include churchwardens' accounts, settlement orders, bastardy examinations and more
What is a marriage bond?
Discover how marriage licences were used as an alternative to marriage by banns in England and Wales, and how marriage bond and allegation records can be used in family history
Where to find death records
From death certificates to wills, there are many different family history resources you can use to find your ancestors' death records
Where to find marriage registers in the UK
Finding your ancestors' marriages is crucial to family history research. We explain when marriage registers were introduced, where you can find different types of marriage register and what they will tell you
FreeREG: What it is, and how to search it
Sandra Adams-West, FreeREG coordinator for Wales, explains how to use the website to search free parish records
Kirk session records: What are they and what can they tell family historians?
Chris Paton explains how you can use kirk session records to trace your Scottish ancestors
Ancestry adds over one million Hampshire baptism records
Ancestry has added a new collection of 1,583,654 records dating from 1813-1921
Records featured in Richard Osman's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? included in new collection of Sussex parish records
Over eleven million Sussex parish records have been added to Ancestry
How to find Irish Catholic records
If you have Irish Catholic family history, don't miss our guide to finding baptism, marriage and burial records online
Church of England launches churchyard digital mapping project
Records of the Church's 19,000 burial grounds will be available by 2028
"Eagerly anticipated" Scottish kirk sessions records added to ScotlandsPeople
Over one million church records of our Scottish ancestors' lives are now available to view online
The 15 best websites for finding clergy in your family tree
An Anglican or nonconformist clergyman in your family tree can be a treat for genealogists, says Jonathan Scott
Historic Irish birth, marriage and death records now free online
Detailed records of historic Irish births, marriages and deaths have appeared on the web more than 24 hours before their ‘official’ launch
Church of England announces plans to map all burial grounds
The Church of England will use laser-scanning to map burial grounds and make them free to search online