Parish Register Analysis

Parish Register Analysis is a historical demography method that involves the systematic examination of ecclesiastical records documenting baptisms, marriages, and burials to reconstruct and analyze past population structures, dynamics, and demographic behaviors.

Publications

900

Citations

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Historical Demography

Children

Age Heaping DetectionBaptism Records AnalysisBurial Records AnalysisCause Of Death RecordingDemographic Event ReconstructionHistorical Population DynamicsHousehold Structure ReconstructionIllegitimacy RatesKinship Network ReconstructionMarriage Records Analysis

Publications

St. Denis: A French-Canadian Parish

Louis-André Vigneras, Horace Miner · The New England Quarterly · 1939 · 76 citations

Humanities, French, History +7

Parish Registers and Urban Structure : The example of late-eighteenth century Liverpool

John Langton, Paul Laxton · Urban History · 1978 · 53 citations

Social Sciences, Urban Studies, Historical Geography +7

The Parish Chest: A Study of the Records of Parochial Administration in England

Hilda M. Hulme, W. E. Tate · The Modern Language Review · 1947 · 51 citations

Humanities, History, Public Administration +17

Secular trends in genetic structure: an isonymic analysis of Northumberland parish records

D. F. Roberts, C. P. Rawling · Annals of Human Biology · 1974 · 47 citations

Life Sciences, Demography, Genetics +10

Age at baptism in pre-industrial England

Bénédicte Berry, Roger Schofield · Population Studies · 1971 · 39 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, History +13

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Authors

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E. A. Wrigley
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3 publications · 51 citations
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D. E. C. Eversley
Centre for Policy Studies, India
2 publications · 43 citations
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Roger Schofield
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2 publications · 52 citations
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P. L. Workman
National Institutes of Health, United States
2 publications · 57 citations
2
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Michael Drake
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
2 publications · 39 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Population Studies
9 publications · 162 citations
9
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The Economic History Review
3 publications · 50 citations
3
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
2 publications · 26 citations
2
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Annales de Démographie Historique
2 publications · 32 citations
2
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PubMed
Repository · 2 publications · 43 citations
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