Society of Genealogists - England: Hertfordshire Resources

Hertfordshire

Shelf Mark: HR

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: Buckinghamshire [&] Hertfordshire 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. 9, part 6: Hertfordshire. London: SoG, 1999. [TB/PR] Buy this book from the SoG on-line bookshop.

The genealogist's consolidated guide to parish register copies & indexes in the Outer London area 1538-1837. 3rd edn. [London/Middlesex tracts box]

Guide to Parish Registers deposited in the Greater London Record Office. 2nd rev edn. [Middle Library enquiry counter]

Hertfordshire record office: genealogical sources. Rev. edn. [Hertfordshire tracts box]

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]

Allen's Hertfordshire marriages index [HT/R 67]

Bishop Richard Challoner's memorandum book: C 1730-60, Easter communicants, catechisms, confirmations, converts, deaths & one or two marriages 1730-80 for London, the home counties & beyond [Photocopy of Ms.] [RC/REG]

Hertfordshire 1731-1800 as recorded in The Gentleman's Magazine [including Z 1740-1800, MD 1731-1800] [HT/G 44]

Hertfordshire burial index 1800-51 [CD-ROM.] Version 3. [SOGNET]

Hertfordshire strays, vols. 1-5: out of area entries & late baptisms & vol. 6: out of area marriages [HT/R 54]

Index to Lyson's environs of London, part 1 A-K, part 2 L-Z [Manuscript.] [MX/M 57]

The Royston Crow: ZMD (I) 1876-99 [HT/R 74]

Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Quarterly Meeting: Z 1645-1838 & 1665-1731, M 1658-1836 & 1667-1713, B 1656-1838 & 1656-1796 [Microfilm.] [Mf 3370]

Society of Friends marriages in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, London & Middlesex [1660-1836]: Hertfordshire marriages, vol. 6 [Typescript.] [HT/R 66]

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

Archdeaconry of St. Albans marriage licences 1584-1601: Hertfordshire Parish Registers, vol. 4 [Manuscript.] [HT/R 4]

Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills 1479-1652 [also marriage licences 1517 & 1610-14]: British Record Society Index Library, vol. 42 [BRS]

Hertfordshire marriage licences: Hitchin Division of Huntingdon Archdeaconry 1682-85, 1757-1837; St. Albans Archdeaconry 1715-1830 [Typescript.] [HT/R 6]

Index of marriage licence entries taken from an act book of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, Hitchin Division July 1633 - March 1633/4: Hertfordshire Parish Registers [Typescript.] [HT/R 52]

Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of St. Albans 1583/4-1639 & bonds 1611-1715: Hertfordshire genealogist & antiquary, vols. 1-3 [HT/PER]

Marriage licences at the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, Hitchin Registry, 1610-49: Hertfordshire genealogist & antiquary, vol. 2 [HT/PER]

Marriage licences at the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, Hitchin Registry, 1610-49, 1676-78, 1714 [Manuscript.] [HT/R 73]

Monumental Inscriptions

County wide sources for tombstone inscriptions (MIs) include:

Hertfordshire: a list of MIs: Register of English monumental inscriptions, vol. 2, part 3 [MI/GEN]

The History & antiquities of the County of Hertford, compiled from the best printed authorities & original records preserved in public repositories & private collections, embellished with views of the most curious monuments of antiquity & illustrated with a map of the county, vols. 1-3, by Clutterbuck, Robert [Store A folio shelves]

History of Hertfordshire containing an account of the various manors; pedigrees of families connected with the county; antiquities, local customs, etc., vol. 1, parts 1 & 2: Hundred of Braughing, vol. 1, parts 3 & 4: Hundred of Edwinstree, vol. 1, parts 5 & 6: Hundred of Odsey, vol. 2, parts 7 & 8: Half Hundred of Hitchin, vol. 2, parts 9 & 10: Hundred of Hertford, vol. 2, part 11 & 12: Hundred of Broadwater, vol. 3, parts 13 & 14: Hundred of Dacorum, vol. 3, parts 15 & 16: Hundred of Cashio, by Cussans, John Edwin [Store A folio shelves]

Index to Lyson's environs of London [Manuscript.] [MX/M 57]

Memorial brasses in Hertfordshire churches [HT/M 7]

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]

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:

HERTFORDSHIRE - 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:

HERTFORDSHIRE - DIRECTORIES

or HERTFORDSHIRE - 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 www.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 e.g. 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:

e.g. HERTFORDSHIRE - GENERAL:WILLS

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

Parishes

A-E

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

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

F-O

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

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

P-Z

SOGCAT On-line Catalogue

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

Visit the GENUKI pages for Hertfordshire