The majority of the records in this Catholic Family History Society database relate to nuns who professed later than 1795 and thus usefully complements, rather than duplicates, the detailed study of the families of nuns of the English convents in exile 1600-1800, by Dr.Caroline Bowden et alia
This CD provides records of approximately 14,000 nuns. For each nun in the index the following facts may be available:
The amount of information given varies and it is rare to find that all of these details are available for an individual
The data has been compiled over many years by members of the Catholic Family History Society and we are very grateful for their hard work and dedication to this project. A number of different sources have been used and these are:-
It should be noted, however, that some orders did not contribute data
In preparing this index, the Society has included those nuns whose records indicate their having died and if not, show their having:-
Two documents are provided. The first gives a list of nuns sorted into alphabetical order of surname and has indices to family names, places, and religious names. The second document provides a list of nuns grouped by Religious order or Community
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