Stepney Parish: Register and Vestry Proceedings, 1703–1890

Compiled by Annie Walker Burns and published in 1940, this two-volume work brings together surviving Stepney Parish registers and vestry records from 1703 through 1890. The records are especially valuable for births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials, church membership, confirmations, vestry business and other evidence of families in old Somerset and later Wicomico County.

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For genealogy research, this is usually the easiest way to use the collection. The register and vestry records are divided into manageable PDF sections with descriptions and page ranges.

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The complete two-volume publication can also be read below using the Internet Archive book readers. Volume 1 contains the register and vestry proceedings; Volume 2 is the compiled index.

Volume 1: Register and Vestry Proceedings

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Volume 2: Index

Volume 2 is the index compiled for the Stepney Parish registers. Read it below, or open Volume 2 directly at Internet Archive.

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