The Church prescribes that in her parochial registers all persons be designated not only by name, but likewise by parentage and parish; that the office, e.g.
All entries in parochial registers are to be made in Latin and by the pastor, even though he may not have officiated.
Such proof would naturally be sought in the parish; parochial registers consequently should record baptisms, marriages, etc. of parishioners, though the event chronicled take place elsewhere.
The Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 passed by the General Synod of the Church of England was a step taken to ensure the long term care and preservation of and access to parish records.
It was a response to the awareness of the interest and use of parish records in historical research, recognition that church employees did not necessarily have the skills or appropriate storage conditions to care for parish records, and the development of archival services in the country.
However, with the network of records offices that subsequently were established throughout the country and the Local Government (Records) Act 1962 which allowed local authority record offices to acquire and care for records of local significance it was an aim of the 1978 measure to draw upon these resources.
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