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 196 parishes now 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.

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. 9 parishes have been completed and are on the web site. 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 spreadsheet.
3. Auditing the transcriptions.
4. Uploading them to the website

Five Phase 2 parishes are now completed, of which Doddenham, Knightwick, and Hanbury are on the web site. We would like to thank Andrew Harris for his donation of several parish transcriptions.

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