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Boyd's Marriage Index is an index to English marriages taken from copies of parish marriage registers, Bishop's Transcripts and marriage licences, for the period 1538 to 1840 (when statutory registration began). It was principally the work of Percival Boyd, MA, FSA, FSG (1866-1955) and his staff. It was made at his expense between 1925 and 1955, and has since been expanded.
All English counties are covered, none completely (some, eg. Cambridge, are almost complete), and the periods indexed vary according to the copies of records which were readily available. Registers from over 4,300 parishes have been indexed, a total of over 7 million names.
The index is particularly important to anyone researching East Anglian ancestry for not only is the coverage almost complete (over 95% of all the ancient parishes are included), but little of this data is available anywhere else (for example, the International Genealogical Index has very limited coverage of this area).
The Index Series
The Index is divided into the following three series:
(1) Main Series - contains records for the following counties:
Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Middlesex (includes Cities of London and Westminster), Norfolk, Northumberland, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Yorkshire. The County of London was not formed until 1888. London parishes formerly in Surrey and Kent, south of the River Thames, are included in the two Miscellaneous Series.
(2) First Miscellaneous Series - 1538-1775
Boyd's First Miscellaneous Series has now been added to British Origins. This data includes over 1.4 million names that are not included in any of the separate county lists. The records in the First Series include the following counties: Bedforshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire.
(3) Second Miscellaneous Series - 1538-1837
This Series was typed by the Genealogical Society of Utah from miscellaneous slips prepared and bequeathed to them by Boyd. It contains marriages from all the English counties, including gaps left by the First Miscellaneous Series.
Source of records
While most records have been captured from the Parish Registers, many have been captured from Bishops' Transcripts (BTs), and both sources have been used for some.
Bishops' Transcripts From 1598, English parishes had to send their bishop an annual list of baptisms, marriages and burials. Surviving Bishops' Transcripts are usually held at the relevant County Record Office. Where the seat of the bishop is in a different county to the parish, the transcripts could be in either county.
Marriage Licences For Suffolk there are also 12,000 marriage licence entries (24,000 people) for the Archdeaconries of Suffolk (9,758) and Sudbury (2,243). There are also a few records of Banns.
Copies of the typescript index
Copies of the original typescript index are with the Society of Genealogists, the College of Arms, the Genealogical Society of Utah and some county records offices and libraries have copies of segments of the Index. At present the Society of Genealogists' copy of the Index consists of 534 volumes containing about 6 to 7 million names. This is thought to cover 12-15% of marriages in England between 1538 and 1840.
The index recordsAll index entries contain:
- First and Last name of groom
- First and Last name of bride
- Year of marriage
- County and Parish of marriage
- Record source - BT (Bishops' Transcript), ML (marriage licence), BANNS (banns)
For example:
1607; COOK; MARY; PARMBY; NIC; CAMBRIDGE ST ANDREW GREAT; CAMBRIDGESHIRE
There are some idiosyncrasies in the way last names are spelled and first names abbreviated.
Boyd's Marriage Index for England [1538 - 1840] contains 151 entries under the surname RAMSDALE and its close variants:
|
Year |
Last Name 1 |
First Name 1 |
Last Name 2 |
First Name 2 |
Place |
County |
|
1584 |
Ramsdaile |
My |
Wilson |
Thos |
Darrington |
Yorkshire |
|
1616 |
Ramsdaile |
Agn |
Mawson |
Chris |
Leeds (St Peter) |
Yorkshire |
|
1637 |
Ramsdaile |
Ric |
Laborne |
Eliz |
Hamsterley |
Durham |
|
1638 |
Ramsdaile |
Mary |
Dickinson |
Jn |
Durham (St Nicholas) |
Durham |
|
1624 |
Ramsdaile |
Ric |
Bouckle |
An |
Auckland (St Andrew) |
Durham |
|
1618 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Planard |
Urs |
York Archdiocese |
Yorkshire |
|
1772 |
Ramsdale |
Pet |
Hartington |
An |
Marylebone (St Mary Le Bone) |
Middlesex |
|
1741 |
Ramsdale |
Alce |
Bland |
Ric |
Nottingham Archdeaconry |
Nottinghamshire |
|
1708 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Marshall |
Jas |
Nottingham Archdeaconry |
Nottinghamshire |
|
1758 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Weat |
Jn |
Darlton |
Nottinghamshire |
|
1641 |
Ramsdale |
Alce |
Shindler |
Jn |
Canterbury Diocese |
Kent |
|
1640 |
Ramsdale |
Eln |
Frend |
Tho |
Lincoln Diocese |
Lincolnshire |
|
1687 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Lomax |
Jane |
Chester Archdeaconry |
Cheshire |
|
1745 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Longston |
Wm |
Peak Forest |
Derbyshire |
|
1736 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Allen |
Math |
Spalding |
Lincolnshire |
|
1743 |
Ramsdale |
Elz |
Brown |
Cha |
Moulton |
Lincolnshire |
|
1787 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Steward |
Barb |
Walsham, North |
Norfolk |
|
1779 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Plaiford |
Mary |
Ridlington |
Norfolk |
|
1779 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Plaiford |
Mary |
Ridlington |
Norfolk |
|
1604 |
Ramsdale |
Hy |
Stable |
An |
Leeds |
Yorkshire |
|
1608 |
Ramsdale |
Alex |
Holme |
Dy |
Skipton |
Yorkshire |
|
1617 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Headley |
Eliz |
Seamer |
Yorkshire |
|
1572 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Jeffries |
Alce |
Yarmouth, Great |
Norfolk |
|
1733 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Roiall |
Mary |
Catfield |
Norfolk |
|
1599 |
Ramsdale |
Marian |
Weslake |
Rog |
Exeter (St Paul) |
Devon |
|
1832 |
Ramsdale |
Marth |
Southworth |
Ric |
Leyland |
Lancashire |
|
1836 |
Ramsdale |
Elz |
Atherton |
Wm |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1836 |
Ramsdale |
Han |
Howarth |
Emanuel |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1829 |
Ramsdale |
Elz |
Longworth |
Jn |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1830 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Harison |
Jn |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1830 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Stephenson |
Jn |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1826 |
Ramsdale |
Alce |
Eltoft |
Hen E |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1805 |
Ramsdale |
Eln |
Crawford |
Geo |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1804 |
Ramsdale |
Betty |
Hardman |
Tho |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1802 |
Ramsdale |
Esther |
Flitcroft |
Wm |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1801 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Wilcock |
Jas |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1803 |
Ramsdale |
Mgt |
Pickering |
Tho |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1813 |
Ramsdale |
Elz |
Roper |
Ric |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1817 |
Ramsdale |
Mgt |
Marsh |
Rob |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1820 |
Ramsdale |
Sara |
Oromton |
Jas |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1822 |
Ramsdale |
Esther |
Davis |
Jn |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1779 |
Ramsdale |
Betty |
Keirsly |
Rog |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1784 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Hamblet |
... |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1787 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Longworth |
Rob |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1782 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Holme |
Jas |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1779 |
Ramsdale |
Alce |
Keirsly |
Wm |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1823 |
Ramsdale |
Sam |
Boardman |
Sara |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1816 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Fagan |
Mgt |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1814 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Haies |
An |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1835 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Golding |
Han |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1803 |
Ramsdale |
Abr |
Brown |
Elz |
Manchester |
Lancashire |
|
1828 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Gaskel |
Jane |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1784 |
Ramsdale |
Edm |
Laithwait |
Alce |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1808 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Chadwick |
Mary |
Hindley |
Lancashire |
|
1814 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Hodgson |
Esther |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1826 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Hoighton |
Eln |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1793 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Makin |
Jane |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1821 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Hough |
Jane |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1803 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Hughes |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1818 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Gregory |
Sara |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1777 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Meadow |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1821 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Bolton |
An |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1826 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Coop |
Mgt |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1797 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Bushal |
Alce |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1746 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Smethurst |
Elz |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1730 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Wittle |
Anna |
Deane |
Lancashire |
|
1782 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
France |
Est |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1789 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Barlow |
Betty |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1775 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Kay |
Est |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1773 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Marsh |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1828 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Richardson |
Sara |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1830 |
Ramsdale |
Moses |
Winnard |
Marth |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1827 |
Ramsdale |
Sam |
Smith |
Alce |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1825 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Lee |
Eln |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1819 |
Ramsdale |
Nath |
Nelson |
Elz |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1819 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Short |
Elz |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1821 |
Ramsdale |
Moses |
Ray |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1815 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Shuffleton |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1814 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Mather |
Han |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1813 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Small |
Mary |
Wigan |
Lancashire |
|
1803 |
Ramsdale |
Jas |
Orret |
Mgt |
Manchester |
Lancashire |
|
1748 |
Ramsdale |
Eliz |
Curdas |
Rob |
Coniscliffe |
Durham |
|
1757 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Greathead |
Eliz |
Sockburn |
Durham |
|
1751 |
Ramsdale |
Thos |
Newton |
Mary |
Coniscliffe |
Durham |
|
1760 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Litster |
Rob |
Gainford |
Durham |
|
1761 |
Ramsdale |
Ste |
Hurworth |
An |
Denton |
Durham |
|
1719 |
Ramsdale |
Ralph |
Sissons |
Mary |
Coniscliffe |
Durham |
|
1775 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Wethereld |
Jane |
Sockburn |
Durham |
|
1728 |
Ramsdale |
Flint |
Filmouth |
An |
Suffolk Archdeaconry |
Suffolk |
|
1714 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Wilson |
Ric |
Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
|
1717 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Ward |
Elz |
Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
|
1736 |
Ramsdale |
Fran |
Wilson |
Jn |
Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
|
1736 |
Ramsdale |
Fran |
Wilson |
Jn |
Suffolk Archdeaconry |
Suffolk |
|
1728 |
Ramsdale |
Flint |
Tilmouth |
An |
Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
|
1765 |
Ramsdale |
Tho |
Wilkins |
Mary |
Westminster (St George Hanover Square) |
Middlesex |
|
1790 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Wing |
Aaron |
Marylebone (St Mary Le Bone) |
Middlesex |
|
1772 |
Ramsdale |
Pet |
Hartington |
An |
Marylebone (St Mary Le Bone) |
Middlesex |
|
1812 |
Ramsdale |
Mary |
Grogott |
Jos |
Westminster (St George Hanover Square) |
Middlesex |
|
1818 |
Ramsdale |
Math |
Goodland |
An |
Westminster (St George Hanover Square) |
Middlesex |
|
1735 |
Ramsdale |
Mgt |
Bunce |
Jn |
London (St Michael Bassishaw) |
London |
|
1805 |
Ramsdale |
Ann |
Haslam |
Hen |
Derby (St Peter) |
Derbyshire |
|
1717 |
Ramsdale |
John |
Thomas |
Barb |
Howden |
Yorkshire |
|
1803 |
Ramsdale |
Betty |
Lee |
Geo |
Hatfield |
Yorkshire |
|
1786 |
Ramsdale |
Jn |
Gland |
My |
Blacktoft |
Yorkshire |
|
1585 |
Ramsdale |
Alice |
... |
Lawr |
Snaith |
Yorkshire |
|
1834 |
Ramsdale |
Ana |
Fauston |
Wm |
Linton On Ouse |
Yorkshire |
|
1790 |
Ramsdale |
Th |
Carper |
El |
Doncaster |
Yorkshire |
|
1645 |
Ramsdale |
An |
Valiance |
Jno |
Carlton By Snaith |
Yorkshire |
|
1791 |
Ramsdale |
Rob |
Stephenson |
Har |
Bubwith |
Yorkshire |
|
1798 |
Ramsdale |
Jos |
Skipsey |
Jen |
Ayton, Great |
Yorkshire |
|
1819 |
Ramsdale |
My |
Rose |
Jn |
Rotherham |
Yorkshire |
|
1767 |
Ramsdale |
Wm |
Kinsley |
An |
Hatfield |
Yorkshire |
|
1633 |
Ramsdale |
Fces |
Hinderwell |
Thos |
Seamer Near Northallerton |
Yorkshire |
|
1762 |
Ramsdale |
Thos |
Goldthorp |
Mart |
Doncaster |
Yorkshire |
|
1623 |
Ramsdale |
Mgt |
Moor |
Simson |
White Roding |
Essex |
|
1675 |
Ramsdale |
Edw |
Francis |
Ann |
Broseley |
Shropshire |
|
1672 |
Ramsdale |
Mgt |
Rawlings |
Edm |
Ludlow |
Shropshire |
|
1636 |
Ramsdall |
Dy |
Leatham |
... |
Campsall |
Yorkshire |
|
1814 |
Ramsdall |
Fran |
Bow |
Elz |
Doncaster |
Yorkshire |
|
1566 |
Ramsdall |
Jane |
Townend |
Thos |
Normanton |
Yorkshire |
|
1780 |
Ramsdall |
Elz |
Steel |
Wm |
Rotherham |
Yorkshire |
|
1731 |
Ramsdall |
Isb |
Gowthwatte |
Rob |
York (St Martin Coney Street) |
Yorkshire |
|
1634 |
Ramsdall |
Mary |
Wilson |
Tho |
Leyton |
Essex |
|
1579 |
Ramsdall |
Wm |
Jepson |
An |
Doncaster |
Yorkshire |
|
1577 |
Ramsday |
Gilb |
Nowels |
Elz |
London (St Mary Magdalene Milk St) |
London |
|
1658 |
Ramsdel |
An |
Jackson |
Sam |
Croxton Kerrial |
Leicestershire |
|
1780 |
Ramsdel |
Chr |
Coverdale |
My |
Ayton, Great |
Yorkshire |
|
1629 |
Ramsdel |
Edw |
Clink |
Tomsin |
Stepney (St Dunstan) |
Middlesex |
|
1684 |
Ramsdel |
Hester |
Hobs |
Wm |
Marylebone (St Mary Le Bone) |
Middlesex |
|
1678 |
Ramsdel |
Jn |
Read |
Elz |
Beccles |
Suffolk |
|
1686 |
Ramsdel |
Esther |
Haddingham |
Jacob |
Beccles |
Suffolk |
|
1832 |
Ramsdel |
Sam |
Robinson |
Agn |
Chorley (St Lawrence) |
Lancashire |
|
1794 |
Ramsdel |
Ralph |
Watson |
Eliz |
Durham (St Margaret) |
Durham |
|
1801 |
Ramsdel |
Mich |
Fox |
Ann |
Gresham |
Norfolk |
|
1802 |
Ramsdel |
Sarah Maria |
Palmer |
Wm |
Ditchingham |
Norfolk |
|
1770 |
Ramsdel |
Thos |
Johnson |
Sarah |
Ditchingham |
Norfolk |
|
1670 |
Ramsdell |
Ric |
Pepper |
Mary |
Pinchbeck |
Lincolnshire |
|
1773 |
Ramsdell |
Wm |
Huntington |
Ann |
Middleton St George |
Durham |
|
1665 |
Ramsdell |
Jos |
Muntser |
Jane |
Heighington |
Durham |
|
1631 |
Ramsdell |
Jas |
Thirston |
Dy |
Docking |
Norfolk |
|
1729 |
Ramsdell |
Tho |
Shadfast |
An |
Bradfield |
Norfolk |
|
1697 |
Ramsdell |
Lettice |
Pepper |
Edm |
Bawsey |
Norfolk |
|
1652 |
Ramsdell |
Grace |
Ingram |
Fcis |
Whitkirk |
Yorkshire |
|
1755 |
Ramsdell |
Flint |
Williams |
Jane |
Lowestoft |
Suffolk |
|
1637 |
Ramsdell |
Jn |
Berry |
Jane |
York (St Mary Bishophill Junior) |
Yorkshire |
|
1642 |
Ramsdell |
Isab |
Roberts |
Thos |
Fewston |
Yorkshire |
|
1632 |
Ramsdell |
Jn |
Morley |
Jane |
York (Holy Trinity Goodramgate) |
Yorkshire |
|
1621 |
Ramsdell |
Tho |
Briarly |
Mary |
Leyton |
Essex |
|
1707 |
Ramsdill |
Wm |
Cartt |
Eliz |
York (Holy Trinity Goodramgate) |
Yorkshire |
|
1804 |
Ramsdill |
Elz |
Richmond |
Dav |
Ouseburn, Great |
Yorkshire |
|
1761 |
Ramsdle |
Ste |
Hoarwood |
An |
Coniscliffe |
Durham |