Here are just some of the records that we can research for you:
- General Register Office Indexes for births, marriages and deaths (BMD)
- Parish Registers for christenings, marriages and burials (CMB)
- International Genealogical Index
- Bishops’ Transcripts
- Phillimore’s Marriage Index
- Roe’s Marriage Index
- Census Records for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
- All Gloucestershire Family History Society Indexes
- Wills and Administrations (Gloucestershire wills, PCC wills, National Probate Calendars)
- Education Records (School and University Alumni)
- Professional Registers for such as the Legal, Medical and Clerical professions
- Military Records (Armed Forces, Merchant Services, Militia)
- Workhouse Records
- Hospital and Asylum Records
- Apprenticeship Records, Guild Records, Lists of Freemen and Burgesses
- Poor Law Records (Settlement Examinations, Removals, Bastardy Bonds)
- Newspapers (BMD notices, obituaries, funeral reports, news items, etc.)
- Marriage Licences, Bonds and Settlements
- Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions and Assize Records
- Gaol records
- Coroners’ Records
- Street and Trade Directories
- Electoral Rolls
- Emigration Records
- Land, Hearth and Window Tax documents
- Maps, Plans, house Sales and Title Deeds
- Manorial Records
- and many more
The following records relate specifically to Gloucestershire and Bristol and are important sources of information.
- Bigland’s Memorial Inscriptions
- Hockaday Papers
- Transportees from Gloucestershire to Australia 1783-1842
- Smith’s Men and Armour in Gloucestershire in 1608
- Gloucestershire Muster Roll of 1539
- Military Survey of Gloucestershire for 1522
- Medieval Taxpayers of Gloucestershire for 1327
- Gloucestershire Notes and Queries
- Fosbrook’s History of the City of Gloucester
- Victoria County History for Gloucestershire
- Registers of Freemen of Gloucester 1641 – 1838
- Cheltenham Settlement Examinations 1815 – 1826
- Cheltenham Probate Records 1660 – 1740
- Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1637 – 1700
- Phillimore’s and Roe’s Marriage Indexes
- Bristol Marriage Licence Bonds 1637 – 1700
- Gloucestershire Parish Registers
- Gloucestershire Nonconformist Records (e.g. Baptist, Methodist, Society of Friends, Roman Catholic, etc.)
- Gloucester Apprenticeship Registers 1595 to 1834
- Convictions at Petty Sessions 1781 to 1837
- Bristol & Gloucestershire Lay Subsidy of 1523 to 1527
- The Laws of Dean Forest
- Freeminers’ Registrations and Applications for Gales
- Cheltenham Manor Court Books, 1692 – 1803
- Cheltenham Settlement Examinations & Removal Orders, 1831 – 1852
- The Gloucester Terrier of Llanthony Priory, 1443
- The Gloucestershire Court of Sewers, 1583 – 1642