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Service register for the Church of the Holy Ghost, Genoa, Italy.

Records of Hamburg Anglican Chaplaincy, Germany, comprising: registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1815-1939 (Ms 25100-4); service registers, 1893-1922 (Ms 25105); book of subscriptions towards the building of the church, 1834-8 (Ms 25106); church record book, 1884-1914 (Ms 25107); and correspondence, papers and plans of the Committee, 1834-9 (Ms 25108). They were catalogued in 1992 by a member of Guildhall Library staff.

Records of the Royal Memorial Church of Saint George, Cannes, France, comprising memorandum and articles of association of the Duke of Albany Memorial Church Society, 1886 (Ms 23615); register of baptisms, 1887-1960 (Ms 23616); service registers, 1887-1964 (Ms 23617); and church inventory, 1907-31 (Ms 23618).

Records of Tamaris sur Mer Anglican Chaplaincy, comprising register of baptisms, 1928-70 (Ms 23623), and service register, 1925-30 (Ms 23624). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1988.

Records relating to the Liberal Jewish Synagogue and the Jewish Religious Union, consisting of the working papers and sermons of Israel Mattuck, Lily Montagu, Claude Montefiore and Leslie Edgar. The records do not deal exclusively with their roles within the Liberal Jewish movement, but cover a range of their activities. Some more personal correspondence also exists within the collection. There are also some papers of the Jewish Religious Union, including history and press cuttings.

Correspondence of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler, 1868-1901. A small number of records survive from around 1868 for the Chief Rabbinate of Nathan Adler and more from the late 1870s onwards - around the time Hermann Adler began to undertake many of his father's duties for him. The records consist of bundles of letters to the Chief Rabbi from communal organisations and individuals in Britain and overseas.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, Office of Chief Rabbi, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.

Records of Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 1988-1999, including correspondence and publications predating Sacks' election as Chief Rabbi; correspondence; administrative files; papers relating to the United Synagogue; papers relating to organisations including the Jewish Memorial Council, the Jewish National Fund, the Joint Israel Appeal, the Zionist Association, the Jewish Marriage Council, and provincial organisations; correspondence relating to the patronage of the Chief Rabbi; papers relating to education including papers of the Jewish Educational Development Trust, correspondence with various schools and universities including the Jews' Free School, Immanuel College, Jews College, Anglo-Jewish Youth, and the Union of Jewish Students; correspondence with welfare organisations including Jewish Care and the Central Council for Jewish Community Services.

Papers relating to political issues including community relations, medical ethics, shechita [slaughtering practices], kosher foods, kashrut [food laws], women in the community, Soviet Jewry, circumcision, Middle East peace talks, anti-Semitism and racism, the Shoah and the Holocaust, business ethics and inner cities; papers relating to overseas congregations including Israel, United States of America, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Europe and Russia; papers relating to the media including correspondence with journalists and broadcasters, copies of articles, interviews, press cuttings, addresses, speeches and lectures, broadcasts, and press statements; papers relating to interfaith organisations including the Council of Christians and Jews, and correspondence with Lambeth Palace, the Islamic community and the Vatican; papers relating to campaigns organised by the Chief Rabbi including the Community Walk for Charity, Jewish Continuity, the Initiative for Developing Education in Adults and the Chief Rabbinate Awards for Excellence; and newsletters from the office of the Chief Rabbi.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, Office of Chief Rabbi, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.

Records of the Federation of Synagogues, 1887 - 1988. The records include a comprehensive set of minutes of the Federation; a less comprehensive but nonetheless interesting collection of minute books from the individual congregations; and minutes of other institutions connected with the Federation. There are also financial accounts, reports, property files (including synagogue plans), notice books and correspondence files which give a fuller picture of life of the Federation; and records of the East London Mikvah Committee; Federation Burial Society and London Talmud Torah Council.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Church Street, Woolwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' accounts; registers of church services; financial records; papers of parish charities; Parochial Church Council minutes; parish magazines; and scrapbooks.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Beresford Square, Woolwich, registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; legal documents relating to parish property; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and financial accounts.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Battersea, including registers of baptisms, banns of marriages and marriages; registers of church services and preachers; parochial statistics; financial accounts; records of the Churchwardens; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of church societies; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; and legal documents regarding land owned by the parish.

Records of the parish of St Augustine, Bermondsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services. Also records of the work of the clergy; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; papers relating to the maintenance of Church buildings; Churchwardens' records; parish administration and finance files including Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of St Barnabas, Rotherhithe, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; lists of preachers; registers of church services; and papers relating to Rotherhithe Church Schools.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; church services registers; issues of the London Gazette containing orders in council relating to parish boundaries and endowments; records relating to the benefice; faculties and plans of the church; papers relating to mission halls and church halls; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the parish school; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Anthony, Nunhead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, confirmations and church services; Preachers' books; Parochial Church Council minutes; and financial accounts.

Covering dates for registers held: Christenings: 1865 - 2003; Marriages: 1878 - 2001.

Records of the parish of Camden Church, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of services and preachers; correspondence of the incumbents; minutes of Committee of Management; administrative files including correspondence; financial records; papers relating to church buildings including faculties and citations; papers relating to parish boundaries; parish magazines; newspaper cuttings and booklets.

Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; cash book; inventory; Parochial Church Council minutes and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, East Dulwich, including registers of baptisms and marriages; and registers of church services.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Harders Road, Peckham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; and pew rent book.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Park Walk, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers relating to Park Chapel, Chelsea including photographs; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial statements; correspondence and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Charterhouse, Islington, comprising register of baptisms, registers of marriages and banns of marriage; register of church services and minute book.

Records of the parish of Saint Philip, Clerkenwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of services; preachers' books; Vestry minutes and a scrapbook.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Walham Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; Vestry books; School Management Committee minutes and plans of the Vicarage.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, West Kensington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, burials, confirmations, and church services; clerical licences; papers relating to the benefice; correspondence; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew and Saint Michael, Greenwich, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; register of church services; and Church Building Committee minutes.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Clapton Park, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; and registers of church services, preachers, readers and collections.

Records of the parish of Saint John at Hackney (Saint John the Baptist church, Hackney) including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minutes; papers regarding the construction of the church; financial records; papers relating to parochial charities; records of the Churchwardens; correspondence of the Vestry; papers relating to the parish school; legal documents; plans of the churchyard; register of church services; registers of graves; and preachers' book.

Records relating to civil functions of the parish including settlement examinations; minutes of the Workhouse Management Committee; highways rate books and church rate books.

Records of the parish of Saint John of Jerusalem, Hackney, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; orders of service; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to staff; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building and the church hall; financial records; Vestry minutes; papers of parochial charities and parochial schools; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Great, Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; confirmation register; banns books; church service registers; staff records; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building and the church hall; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to parochial charities and schools; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Katherine, North Hammersmith, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; curate's licences; papers regarding the establishment of parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice and Queen Anne's Bounty; papers regarding the maintenance of the church and church hall; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts of the mission of Saint Michael and All Angels, Ducane Road; papers relating to the youth and community centre; parish magazines; and photographs.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, West Kensington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; a history of the parish; papers relating to the establishment of the parish; faculties relating to fixtures and fittings in the church; financial accounts; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; minutes of the Managers of Saint Matthew's School and deeds to the school premises.

Also some baptism registers for the Christ Church Chapel of Ease, Hammersmith.

Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Hammersmith, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriages, and church services; Vestry minute book; Parochial Church Council minute book; and inventory of church furnishings. Please note that when the parishes merged the marriage register was closed and baptisms and marriages in the united parishes were entered in these registers which were formerly Saint Stephen's.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; preachers' books; orders of service; parish administrative files; Parochial Church Council minutes; Ruri-Decanal Chapter and Conference minutes; papers relating to parish boundaries including maps; legal documents relating to ownership of parish lands; papers relating to the church building, parsonage and churchyard, including correspondence, petitions, drawings and plans, agreements, surveys and minutes; papers of the Churchwardens including financial accounts; fee books; pew rents; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to the parish schools including minutes, log books and plans; parish magazines and newspaper cuttings.

Also papers relating to the civil functions of the parish including papers of the Overseers of the Poor; settlement examinations; apprenticeship indentures; and papers of the Surveyors of the Highways.

Records of the parish of Saint George the Martyr, Queen Square, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, banns of marriages, and church services; papers regarding the creation of the parish; minutes of the Trustees and General Meetings of Proprietors of Pews; financial records including Churchwardens' accounts; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building; Vestry minutes; papers regarding parish charities, societies and the school; newspaper cuttings and photographs.

Records of the parish of All Saints, Caledonian Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and confirmations; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; financial records; papers relating to the church building and the church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the parish school; and parish magazine.

Records of the parish of St Andrew, Whitehall Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; maps and plans of the parish; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including photographs; correspondence; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books.

Records of the parish of St James, Holloway, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; preacher's book; Parochial Church Council minute books; and papers relating to church societies.

Records of the parish of St James the Apostle, Prebend Street, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marraiges and banns; church services registers; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; reports; and papers relating to the repair of church buildings.

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Essex Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of services; inventory of plate; Vestry minutes, correspondence and other administrative papers.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Dartmouth Park Hill, Islington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church service registers; papers of the Sunday school; Churchwardens' accounts; Church Building Committee minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; annual reports; parish magazines; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to parochial charities and the church school.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Hanley Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; financial accounts and Committee minute books.

Records of the parish of Saint Francis of Assisi, Kensington, including baptism registers, marriage registers, banns registers and church services registers.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Notting Hill, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations and banns.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Brompton, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans; papers relating to the maintenance of the church and churchyard, including faculties; financial records; papers relating to the parish school; printed items including pamphlets, scrapbooks, annual letters, annual reports, and parish magazines; photograph of church interior; Parochial Church Council minute books and other administrative papers.

Records of the parish of All Saints, West Dulwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; notices and orders of service; papers and maps relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to church income including the benefice, sequestration, and the Clergy Maintenance Fund; records of Dulwich College Chapel of Ease; financial records; papers relating to the church building and vicarage, including faculties, plans and correspondence; Churchwardens' records; and papers of parish charities.

Records of the parish of Saint Anne, South Lambeth, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; deed of settlement for South Lambeth Chapel; financial records; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings, including plans and faculties; papers relating to Eldon School; and maps of the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, South Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of the Joint Council of All Saints and Saint Barnabas; financial accounts; and registers of baptisms at Saint Silas Mission Church, Dawlish Street.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, North Brixton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of preachers; papers relating to the church building including faculties and photographs; financial accounts; administrative papers including minute books; papers relating to parish schools and church societies.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Apostle, Knatchbull Road, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; papers relating to parish income and parish boundaries; parish magazines; Vestry and Parochial Church Council meetings; financial records; papers relating to church buildings; records of parish charities; newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Lee, including registers of baptisms (1871-1940, 1946-1967), marriages (1871-1960), confirmations, banns, preachers, readers, collections and church services; financial records including Churchwardens' accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute books; minute books of the Entertainment Committee and the Social and Literary Club and parish magazines.