Underused Resource: The CCEd
The CCEd or the Clergy of the Church of England Database was launched in 1999, but it's a resource I have hardly ever seen being used by other genealogists; so I thought I would write about it this week to spread the word!
This website has helped me knock down my 'what happened to Richard Shire brick wall' - story for another day, and I have referred people to it when wanting to know information about their clergyman ancestors and relatives. The link for the website is here and I have added it to the 'Links' page on this website. It contains information of clergyman from 1540 to 1835. However, this site will only show clergymen from the Church of England denomination.
To search click 'database' at the top of the page. Shown in the picture below
This website has helped me knock down my 'what happened to Richard Shire brick wall' - story for another day, and I have referred people to it when wanting to know information about their clergyman ancestors and relatives. The link for the website is here and I have added it to the 'Links' page on this website. It contains information of clergyman from 1540 to 1835. However, this site will only show clergymen from the Church of England denomination.
To search click 'database' at the top of the page. Shown in the picture below
This will take you to the database. You can use the search box to find if you know your relative was a clergyman or you can 'browse' for them by clicking the 'browse persons' on the side. Then you can search for you relative by clicking the letter in which your relatives' surname started with and then scroll down the list of names to find them. Once you find a person you are looking for click their name (this may take trial and improvement for popular names). Then if you click 'Show all records (just below their name) it comes up with information about your person. The information you will find varies depending on when your ancestor lived and how high up in the church they were.
On some people you may notice it says 'Death' this does not necessarily mean when the individual died but usually when they recorded that the individual stopped being a clergyman. An example of this is my 8x Great Grandfather, John Shire, who is listed with 'Death' 22 January 1773; he was buried on the 22 November 1772, but this presumably when Walton-in-Gordano Church (where he was vicar - he didn't live there) or when the diocese of Bath & Wells were notified of his death. So don't take the death date as gospel - however if you don't have a date of death/burial this may help you track down one!
To source a record: copy the URL found below and add the individual's 'CCEd person ID' found blow their name to the end.
http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=
Copying and pasting the URL at the top of the page will just take you to the search box when you use it.
Published: 11 February 2016
On some people you may notice it says 'Death' this does not necessarily mean when the individual died but usually when they recorded that the individual stopped being a clergyman. An example of this is my 8x Great Grandfather, John Shire, who is listed with 'Death' 22 January 1773; he was buried on the 22 November 1772, but this presumably when Walton-in-Gordano Church (where he was vicar - he didn't live there) or when the diocese of Bath & Wells were notified of his death. So don't take the death date as gospel - however if you don't have a date of death/burial this may help you track down one!
To source a record: copy the URL found below and add the individual's 'CCEd person ID' found blow their name to the end.
http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=
Copying and pasting the URL at the top of the page will just take you to the search box when you use it.
Published: 11 February 2016
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