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| + | |Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. | ||
| − | + | In the east the new towns of Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City and Watford are highly industrialised whilst in the west of the county, there are many smaller towns and villages which are agricultural in their nature. | |
| − | + | Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'. | |
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| + | | Being close to London, the county has some of the finest examples of traditional English country homes within its borders. | ||
| − | + | Hatfield House, Knebworth House and Brocket Hall all date back centuries whilst in the market town of Berkhamsted a Norman castle still stands. | |
| − | + | Graeme Green was both born and educated in Berkhamsted. | |
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| + | '''County town:''' Hertford | ||
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| + | '''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans | ||
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| + | '''[[Places_of_Worship: Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]''' | ||
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| + | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/regional-projects/ Regional Projects Forum]''' | ||
| + | | [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
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| + | '''Primary Reference''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' - Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ GENUKI: Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ Hertfordshire Genuki] | ||
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| + | '''Countywide Interest''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm Genealogy In Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Genealogy In Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council ] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm Hertfordshire Workhouses] | ||
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| + | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/bovingdon.htm Bovingdon] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordtown.fsnet.co.uk/ Hertford War Memorial] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/ Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture] | ||
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| + | *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer] | ||
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| + | *[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/History-Articles Puckeridge Village History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston Museum] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk/history/burial/list.php Stotfold Burials] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead] | ||
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| + | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Chuches] | ||
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| + | *[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet] | ||
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| + | '''Books of local interest''' | ||
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| − | + | ==Register Office== | |
| − | + | There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire. | |
| − | ==Register | ||
| + | Online applications can be made to any office via the following link: | ||
| − | + | [http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct] | |
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| − | Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices | + | Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices: |
'''Bishop Stortford Registration District''' | '''Bishop Stortford Registration District''' | ||
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Bishops Stortford<br> | Bishops Stortford<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | CM23 2DL | + | CM23 2DL<br> |
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| + | Tel 01279 652273 <br> | ||
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'''Broxbourne Registration District''' | '''Broxbourne Registration District''' | ||
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Cheshunt<br> | Cheshunt<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | EN8 9XH | + | EN8 9XH<br> |
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| + | Tel 01992 623107 <br> | ||
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'''Dacorum Registration District''' | '''Dacorum Registration District''' | ||
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Hemel Hempstead<br> | Hemel Hempstead<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | HP1 1HR | + | HP1 1HR<br> |
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| + | Tel 01442 228600<br> | ||
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'''Hatfield Registration District''' | '''Hatfield Registration District''' | ||
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Hatfield<br> | Hatfield<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | AL10 0NG | + | AL10 0NG<br> |
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| + | Tel 01707 283921<br> | ||
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'''Hertford and Ware Registration District''' | '''Hertford and Ware Registration District''' | ||
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Hertford<br> | Hertford<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | SG13 8DE | + | SG13 8DE<br> |
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| + | Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br> | ||
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'''St Albans Registration District''' | '''St Albans Registration District''' | ||
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St Albans<br> | St Albans<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | AL1 3TF | + | AL1 3TF<br> |
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| + | Tel: 01727 774030<br> | ||
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'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District''' | '''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District''' | ||
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Stevenage<br> | Stevenage<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | SG1 1WW | + | SG1 1WW<br> |
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| + | Tel 01438 316579<br> | ||
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'''Watford Registration District''' | '''Watford Registration District''' | ||
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Watford<br> | Watford<br> | ||
Hertfordshire<br> | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| − | WD17 1JQ | + | WD17 1JQ<br> |
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| + | Tel 01923 231302<br> | ||
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==Record Office Lookup Requests== | ==Record Office Lookup Requests== | ||
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | ||
| − | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as | + | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above. |
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts''' | '''Record Office Lookup Contacts''' | ||
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | ||
| − | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as | + | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above. |
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==Photo Offers== | ==Photo Offers== | ||
| − | Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries. | + | Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries. |
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*Hertfordshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line] | *Hertfordshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line] | ||
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Revision as of 12:35, 30 April 2008
| Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
In the east the new towns of Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City and Watford are highly industrialised whilst in the west of the county, there are many smaller towns and villages which are agricultural in their nature. Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'. |
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| Being close to London, the county has some of the finest examples of traditional English country homes within its borders.
Hatfield House, Knebworth House and Brocket Hall all date back centuries whilst in the market town of Berkhamsted a Norman castle still stands. Graeme Green was both born and educated in Berkhamsted.
|
Resources
Primary Reference
Countywide Interest
Specific Town and Village Interest
Maps and Photographs
Books of local interest
Register Office
There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
Bishop Stortford Registration District
Bishops Stortford Register Office
Riverside House
2 Hockerill Street
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 2DL
Tel 01279 652273
Broxbourne Registration District
Broxbourne Register Office
Bishops College
Churchgate
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9XH
Tel 01992 623107
Dacorum Registration District
Dacorum Register Office
The Bury
Queensway
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 1HR
Tel 01442 228600
Hatfield Registration District
19b St Albans Road East
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 0NG
Tel 01707 283921
Hertford and Ware Registration District
Hertford Register Office
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
St Albans Registration District
St Albans Register Office
The Gatehouse
1 Victoria Square
Victoria Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3TF
Tel: 01727 774030
Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District
Stevenage Register Office
Danesgate
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 1WW
Tel 01438 316579
Watford Registration District
Watford Register Office
36 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1JQ
Tel 01923 231302
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Berkhamsted Jessbowbag
- Baldock Lindy Tumblethump
- Bushey Parish Church Christine in Herts
- Hitchin and surrounding villages Lindy Tumblethump
- Northchurch Jessbowbag
- North Hertfordshire Letchworth Lindy Tumblethump
- Watford Rumpole
- Hertford cemeteries for anyone searching - it would help if it is known whether it is a church or the town cemetery Christine (the studier!)
Photo Offers
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
- Hertfordshire Meridian Line
Back to England
