St John baptisms temporary index for records from 1813 to 1915

Unlike the other 11 parishes, the indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials in St John from 1594 to 1915 are far from complete. The original transcriptions produced by the Channel Island Family History Society in the 1990s went missing and were never replaced. Researchers have had to rely on a partial index of transcriptions produced, not from the original registers, but from a late 19th century copy.

Thousands of baptism records are not included in these transcriptions. We are now working through official copies of the original St John registers, made in 1883 on the instructions of the Rector, Adolphus Balleine, who certified their accuracy, identifying those records which are missing, and transcribing them. In due course they will be added to our database and the St John indexes will be updated.

As these records are transcribed, we are adding temporary indexes. This page contains an index of baptisms from 1813 to 1915. It duplicates some of the records already in our database and the St John indexes in Jerripedia, and eventually the duplicates will be identified and removed.

If researchers find any discrepancy between two records apparently of the same baptism, the one in this list is likely to be the more accurate, particularly as far as dates are concerned, but this index does not yet include mothers' maiden names