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The Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index is a genealogical finding aid comprising a surname index which lists over 356,000 people who were issued with marriage licences by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1850. There are 52,800 different surnames occuring in the index and part of this web site is devoted to listing them and showing their frequency.The original records which underlie this index are stored at Lambeth Palace beside the River Thames in London. They are actually in Morton's Tower - the ancient tudor gateway featured at the top of this page. The LDS church have filmed the original records.
The index has been published both in microfiche and book format by the Society of Genealogists in London, England. The hard work of compiling the index was done by a dedicated team of volunteers working over a period of four years from 1994 to 1998. Many of these volunteers have subsequently carried on to index the Faculty Office Marriage Licence records. This Faculty Office index is being published in microfiche format and should be available in 2001.
However the most exciting development to take place in 2000 was the decision by the SoG to publish both indexes on the internet in conjunction with Origins.net. The Origins site which has these indexes is known as British Origins and is now available for consultation. When visiting English Origins please spend time reading the instructions carefully before paying for any service in order to avoid misunderstanding or disappointment.
Updated by David Squire 14 January 2001
Please notify me of any errors or broken links.