The following news release was received from GenesReunited staff on October 14, 2011:
UK family history site Genes Reunited have added Parish records to their growing record collection.
Today sees the launch of over 35 million baptism, marriage and burial records for England and Wales dating back to 1538.
Parish records are an important source for family historians allowing them to trace their ancestors back further than 1837. The Parish records added to www.genesreunited.co.uk include Boyd’s Marriage Index 1538 – 1840 and Boyd’s 1st Miscellaneous Series 1538 – 1775 supplied by the Society of Genealogists.
Genes Reunited have worked in partnership with the Federation of Family History Societies and local family history experts who have supplied many of the records. In total there are over 12 million baptism records, over 15 million marriage records and just over 8 million burial records.
The newly added parish records are available online at www.genesreunited.co.uk and can be viewed on a pay per view basis or Platinum members can choose to add on one or more of the record sets to their package at a low cost.
Rhoda Breakell, Head of Genes Reunited comments: “Now that the Parish records are available online they are easily accessible to everyone. Even if you do not know where your ancestors were before 1837, you can now search for them in over 35 million records online at Genes Reunited.”
