Sources

Some of the records that can be researched are:

  • General Register Office Indexes for birth, marriage and death certificates (B,M,D)
  • Parish Registers for christenings, marriages and burials (C,M,B)
  • International Genealogical Index
  • Bishops’ Transcripts
  • Phillimore’s and Roe’s Marriage Indexes
  • Census Records for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
  • Wills and Administrations (County wills, PCC wills, National Probate Calendars)
  • Education Records (School, College, University, Legal, Medical, Clerical professions)
  • Military Records (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Merchant Services, Militia)
  • Medical Records, Hospitals and Asylums
  • Apprenticeship Records, Guild records, Lists of Freemen
  • Poor Law Records (Examinations, Settlements, Certificates)
  • Newspapers (B, M, D notices, obituaries, news items, etc.)
  • Marriage Licences, Bonds and Settlements
  • Quarter Sessions, Assize Records and Gaol records
  • Coroners’ Records
  • Street and Trade Directories
  • Electoral Rolls
  • Emigration Records
  • Land, Hearth and Window Tax documents
  • 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
  • Military Survey of Gloucestershire for 1552
  • Gloucestershire Muster Roll of 1539
  • 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 (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Jewish, Society of Friends, Roman Catholic, etc.)
  • Gloucestershire Register Offices
  • The Laws of Dean Forest
  • Freeminers’ Registrations and Applications for Gales