Society of Genealogists - England: Gloucestershire Resources

Gloucestershire

Shelf Mark: GL

For an explanation of this information, please consult the Introduction and the list of Abbreviations. Recent additions to the Society's Library are listed in the Genealogists' Magazine. The staff of the Society are able to make limited searches in these County Sources for a standard fee. Shelf marks used in the library are given in square brackets at the very end of each title.

County-wide sources:

General Registers

County wide sources for Christenings, Marriages and Burials include:

County sources at the Society of Genealogists: Gloucestershire [&] Warwickshire parish registers, nonconformist registers, marriage licences. London: SoG, 2000 [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

National index of parish registers, vol. 5: South Midlands & Welsh border comprising the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire. 3rd corrected edn. [TB/PR]

Diocese of Gloucester: list of Bishop's transcripts, 1569-1812 in Gloucester City libraries: Gloucester City Libraries local history pamphlet, no. 5 [Gloucestershire tracts box]

Gloucestershire Record Office handlist of genealogical records: Church of England & nonconformist registers, monumental inscriptions, census returns, transcripts & indexes [Typescript.] [GL/G 29]

Guide to the parish records of the City of Bristol & the County of Gloucester: Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society records section, vol. 5 [GL/PER]

Parish register copies: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office information leaflet no. 7 [WA/G 30]

Publications of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Records Section, vol. 1 onwards (1952-date) [GL/PER]

Boyd’s marriage index 1538-c.1837 [Typescript]. [UK/REG] Most of this marriage index is also available on the Origins Network.

International Genealogical Index & addendum [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff] & available on-line at FamilySearch.org

British Vital Records Index [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]

National Burial Index. 2nd edn. [CD-ROM] [Apply to staff]

RG 7 Fleet marriage register indexes [parishes, brides & grooms] [SP/REG]

BRISTOL: B(I) 1813-37: Gloucestershire registers vol. 4 [GL/R 120]

BRISTOL (Lord Bishop of Bristol registry): CMB(I) (BTs) 1661-1812: Gloucestershire registers vol. 4 [Typescript.] [GL/R 120]

Dr. Williams' Library: Z(I) 1791-1837 (Gloucestershire only extracted from the PRO) [Photocopy.] [GL/R 16]

Gloucestershire burial index: B(I) c1813-51 [CD-ROM] [Apply to library staff]

Gloucestershire FHS strays index [Microfiche.] [Apply to library staff]

Gloucestershire marriage index, 1800-37, grooms Abel - Yower [Typescript.] [GL/R 94-95]

An index of surnames of grooms & brides contained in Bishop's transcripts in the Diocese of Gloucester, vol. 1, 2 & 3 [Typescript.] [GL/R 4]

Index to Bishop's transcripts in the Diocese of Gloucester, vol. 5: M 1813-37 [Typescript.] [GL/R 9]

Index to the Avon marriage registers, vol. 8: Bristol Diocese parishes 1813-37 [CD-ROM] [Apply to library staff]

Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Bristol & Somerset Quarterly Meeting: Z 1644-1837 & 1648-1784, M 1657-1837 & 1658-1816, B 1651-1837 & 1656-1832 (includes Gloucestershire in the immediate vicinity of Bristol) [Microfilm.] [Mf 3388]

Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Quarterly Meeting : Z 1642-1837 & 1647-1750, M 1656-1836 & 1658-1704, B 1655-1837 & 1658-1756 [Microfilm.] [Mf 3392]

Marriage Licences

Marriage licences: abstracts & indexes in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. London: SoG, 1991. 4th edn. [ML enquiry counter] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Faculty Office marriage licences index 1701-1850 [Typescript.] [ML/FO] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at the Origins Network

Vicar-General marriage licences surname index 1694-1850 [Typescript.] [ML/VG] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at the Origins Network

Bristol marriage bonds & allegations 1637-42, 1660-86, issued as a supplement to Gloucestershire notes & queries [GL/R 109]

Bristol marriage bonds & allegations 1637-42, 1660-93, reprinted from Gloucestershire notes & queries [GL/R 108]

Gloucestershire marriage allegations, 1637-1700, with surrogate allegations to 1694: Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society records section, vols. 2 & 9 [GL/PER]

Marriage allegations & grants of marriage licences at Diocesan Registry at Gloucester, 1637, 1638, 1660-1753 [Manuscript.] [GL/R 107]

Marriage bonds for the Diocese of Bristol excluding the Archdeaconry of Dorset, 1637-1700: Publications of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Records Section, vol. 1 [GL/PER]

Monumental Inscriptions

County wide sources for tombstone inscriptions (MIs) include:

Hallowed ground: churchyards of Gloucestershire & the Cotswolds [GL/M 7]

Monumental inscriptions: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office information leaflet no. 11 [WA/G 30]

Anglo-Indian monumental inscriptions - Bath, being a series of 1575 monumental inscriptions in & near Bath commemorating for the most part persons directly connected with India: Anglo-Indian collections, vol. 2 [Typescript.] [IND/R 9]

Avon monumental inscriptions finding aid in 6 parts [Microfiche.] [Shelf 9]

Avon monumental inscriptions finding index, parts 1-6 [Typescript.] [GL/M 41]

Catalogue of memorial & burial sites for Gloucestershire 2002 [Floppy disk (3½").] [Store A]

CHELTENHAM (Jewish Synagogue): MIs: Gloucestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 16 [Typescript.] [GL/M 44]

General index of memorial inscriptions for Gloucestershire 2005 [CD-ROM] [Apply to library staff]

General index of memorial inscriptions for Gloucestershire 2001 [GL/M 49]

Gloucestershire FHS strays index [Microfiche.] [Apply to library staff]

The monumental brasses of Gloucestershire. London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1899 [GL/M 1]

The monumental brasses of Gloucestershire: Monumental Brass Society county series, vol. 13 [GL/M 42]

Monumental inscriptions in England relating to West Indians: Caribbeana, being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, & antiquities of the British West Indies, vol. 1-5 [Apply to library staff]

Ralph Bigland's historical, monumental & genealogical collections relative to the county of Gloucester, parts 1-4: Gloucestershire record series, vol. 2, 3, 5 & 8 [GL/PER]

West of England monumental inscriptions: parish & surname index, vols. 1-22 [Manuscript.] [GL/M 2]

Censuses

In addition to free access from within the library to census returns and indexes on various subscription web sites, the Society holds many locally produced indexes. The latter are essential where an Internet index has mis-transcribed a name which you are looking for and for surviving pre-1841 censuses and census substitutes.

Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE - CENSUSES

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term for the required census.

Directories & Poll Books

The Society’s collection is of national importance and includes county and local directories of residents and businesses and poll books and other lists of voters in parliamentary and local elections. Details, correct as of 1995, are published in:

Directories & poll books, including almanacs & electoral rolls, in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. SoG, 1995. 6th edn. [ML enquiry counters] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Or search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE - DIRECTORIES

or GLOUCESTERSHIRE - POLL BOOKS

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.

Periodicals

The Society holds the journals of most English-speaking family history societies world-wide, the publications of county record societies and many national and local history societies past and present.

Search the on-line catalogue for the Title required

Wills

The Library contains film copies of indexes to wills proved 1858-1930 and indexes, calendars and many abstracts of wills proved by individual church courts before 1858. Details, correct as of 1996, are published in:

Will indexes & other probate material in the library of the Society of Genealogists. London: SoG, 1996 [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

Other major sources include:

An index to the wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1750-1800 [WILLS/PCC] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at the Origins Network. An index to all PCC wills 1384-1858 is available on-line at the National Archives.

Estate Duty will indexes 1796-1857 (IR 27/1-323) [Microfilm] [Wills film cabinets] The Death Duty registers 1796-1903 are also on-line at findmypast.com

An index to the Bank of England will extracts 1807-45 [WILLS/GEN] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop or search it on-line at the Origins Network.

For the most up-to-date list of will material in the library, do a Subject search on the on-line catalogue for the name of the church court eg. Biggleswade Peculiar Court

Or if you do not know the name of the church court:

Search the on-line catalogue for the following Subject phrase:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE - GENERAL:WILLS

Click on the green Go button and then on the subject term required.

Parishes

A-B

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

The Society has material on the following and other places in the county of Gloucestershire. For details please click on the link to the on-line catalogue and do a Subject search for the place name.

C-F

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

G-N

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

O-S

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

T-Z

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

link to GenUKI pages for Gloucestershire

Visit theGENUKI pages for Gloucestershire