Malvern Family History Society

With the support of the Worcestershire Records Office we are currently transcribing the baptism records for the whole of Worcestershire. This is being split into 3 phases.

Phase 1 covers entries from 1813 – 1839.
Phase 2 will cover entries from 1754 - 1812.
Phase 3 will cover all entries prior to 1754.

We have now completed Phase 1 of the baptism project with the 196 parishes available to the public on the S&N Genealogy Supplies web site www.fhs-online.co.uk
We are now adding Birmingham parishes which at the time were part of Worcestershire.
Phase 1, Halesowen is now complete and is on the web site. The Phase 1 portion of the parish of Dudley (a very large parish) is now more than half complete and online. We hope to complete this parish by September.

This is a subscription site and after registration you can currently search the baptisms for a charge of £14.95. These records are available to our members free using a voucher system and are also available on line free to researchers visiting the Worcestershire Library and Family History Centre in Worcester. As and when the phase 2 and phase 3 parishes are completed they will be added to the database.

Phase 2 (1754-1812) started in September 2009. We currently have 32 volunteers working on the project, but would like more. If you feel that you can help please contact Tony Luffman.
To e-mail Tony please click here

The work comprises :
1. Photographing/ photocopying the register pages.
2. Transcribing register entries into a formatted spreadsheet.
3. Auditing the transcriptions.
4. Uploading the transcriptions to the website

37 Phase 2 parishes are now completed, and are on the web site.
In addition to our baptism transcriptions S&N are now transcribing the marriage and burial records from our register photographs. These records sit alongside the baptism records of a parish on the website.

S&N also have another subscription web site containing these records and many others.
To visit this very interesting site click www.thegenealogist.co.uk