LOCAL PARISH REGISTERS
The Society only provides transcripts of the original parish registers and due to wear and tear over time registers may be difficult to read as writing may have faded or the people transcribing may have interpreted a name differently to someone else. It is therefore, always recommended when doing genealogy research to check your findings in the transcripts against the original parish registers. These can often be found online at sites such as Ancestry UK, Find My Past or Family Search. Please note Ancestry UK and Find My Past are subscription sites, Family Search is free to register with and use.
BARNOLDSWICK
Barnoldswick St Mary-le-Ghyll
The registers contain entries dating from 1587-1799.
Bridge Baptist Chapel
EARBY
All Saints Parish Church
These indexes to Banns, Baptisms and Marriages at All Saints Church have been transcribed by Society member Stephanie Carter. They cover the period from 1923 to date and will download to computer in the form of a searchable Excel spreadsheet. Addresses are included in the registers, but are not on the spreadsheets. If you require more information please contact church warden Vera Cocker at: mail@vera45.plus.com.
Earby Baptist Chapel
Contains entries from 1795 to 1905 (main body of the register 1814-1870)
The register is of Births (not baptisms) and a few burials and is not in chronological order, some entries appear on pages which have apparently been sewn into the register. This could be due to entries being copied from an earlier register or births being entered in retrospect as new members joined the congregation.
The main part of the register covers approximately 1814 to 1870 with only odd ones outside this range.
In the back of the register are a few burial entries. Where the deceased was interred 'in the Baptist Chapel Burial Ground' it has been assumed that this refers to the Earby Chapel formerly off Red Lion Street. In some instances other burial grounds are specified.
The Society is indebted to the Reverend Tony Taylor for the loan of the register for transcription.
The register was loaned to Earby & District Local History Society and has been transcribed by Bob Abel and Helen Homer in 2000.
Bob Abel
7 March 2000
THORNTON-IN-CRAVEN
Thornton-in-Craven, St Mary's Church (St Oswalds)
Thornton-in-Craven St Mary's Church registers were transcribed by members of the Earby & District Local History Society and the Pendle and Burnley Branch of the Lancashire Family History and heraldry Society.
The transcription covers the following periods:
Baptisms 1566 to 1913.
The early registers contain a number of illegible entries and there are particular gaps covering 1651* to 1683 and 1894 to 1906.
Marriages 1566 to 1942.
The early registers again contain a number of illegible entries and there are particular gaps covering 1651* to 1683.
Burials 1566 to 1903.
The early registers again contain a number of illegible entries and there are particular gaps covering 1651* to 1683 and 1758 to 1786.**
* English Civil War period.
** Missing register
Baptism Registers A-B | C-D | E-G | H-K | L-R | S-T | U-Z
Marriage Registers A-F | G-R | S-Z
Marriages 1919-1942 A-Z
SALTERFORTH
Inghamite Chapel
From a transcription by Rolls-Royce Family History Society.