Parish Register Birsay Birsay Orkney information

**Details about the register**
Field	Value
Register Type :	Parish Register
Quality :
Source :
Copyright :
Special acknowledgement to :
Status of the transcriptions :
Latest date a transcription changed:	13 Aug 2012
Number of entries	5759
First actual year of entries	1654
Last actual year of entries	1855
First year in register :
Last year in register:
Register notes :

**Number of records by decade**
Period Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records.	Baptisms	Marriages	Total
Transcribed by	Mavis Foskett,Barmpot,Richard Palmer,Stephen Biggs,Jackie Dinsdale,Jenny Paterson,Les Woods	Stephen Biggs,Kate Barratt,Les Woods	Mavis Foskett,Barmpot,Richard Palmer,Stephen Biggs,Jackie Dinsdale,Kate Barratt,Jenny Paterson,Les Woods
1530–1649
1650–1659		38	38
1660–1669		62	62
1670–1679	20	28	48
1680–1689	148	82	230
1690–1699	95	55	150
1700–1709	85	63	148
1710–1719	85	103	188
1720–1729	148	112	260
1730–1739	203	130	333
1740–1749		129	129
1750–1759	51	88	139
1760–1769	176	56	232
1770–1779	295	89	384
1780–1789	469	63	532
1790–1799	427		427
1800–1809	346	54	400
1810–1819	356	87	443
1820–1829	358	95	453
1830–1839	358	85	443
1840–1849	390	78	468
1850–1859	192	43	235
1860–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

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