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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'.

Resources

Primary Reference

Hertfordshire Record Office (HALS)

Hertfordshire Libraries

Hertfordshire Family History Society

Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Hertfordshire Council

Dacorum Heritage Trust

Genealogy in Hertfordshire

Genealogy in Hertfordshire

Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634

Specific Town and Village Interest

Berkhamsted History

Wiki Page Berkhamsted

History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley

Borehamwood and Elstree Times

Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871

Bovingdon

Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section

Caddington Local History Group

Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History

Discover Hertford

Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records

Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture

Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions

Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer

Letchworth & District History Society

Leverstock Green History and Genealogy

Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages

Markyate Local History Society

Wiki Page Northchurch

Pirton Local History Group

Preston in the Nineteenth Century

Puckeridge Village History

Redbourn Genealogy Pages

Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy

Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery

History of Stevenage

Therfield

The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley

This is Tring

Burials in Welwyn Churchyard

Wheathampstead

Maps and Photographs

Hertfordshire Churches

Old Postcards of Barnet

Register Office

There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.

Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:

Hertsdirect Herts Direct

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 & Archive 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 & Archive 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

Watford Rumpole

Photo Offers

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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-<div align="right">[[Image:herts.jpg|250px|thumb|Ashridge Monument, erected in 1832 to the Duke of Bridgewater submitted by Jess]]</div>
+[[Category:Adopted Pages]]
-__TOC__
-'''Hertfordshire'''
+[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
+|-valign="top"
+|Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
-County town: Hertford
+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.
-Other major towns: Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans
+Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+| Being close to London, the county has some of the finest examples of traditional English country homes within its borders.
-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'.
+Hatfield House, Knebworth House and Brocket Hall all date back centuries whilst in the market town of Berkhamsted a Norman castle still stands.
-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.
+'''County town:''' Hertford
+'''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' (HALS)]
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
+*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Graeme Green was both born and educated in Berkhamsted.
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council]
-==Register Offices==
+*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-*There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire,
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-* online applications can be made to any office via the following links
-=====Births=====
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/birthcert_orderform.cfm BIRTHS]
-=====Marriages=====
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/marriagecert_orderform.cfm MARRIAGES]
-=====Deaths=====
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/deathcert_orderform.cfm DEATHS]
-Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices
+*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
-=====Bishop Stortford Registration District=====
+*'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]'''
-Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
-Riverside House<br>
+*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
-Hockerill Street<br>
-Bishops Stortford<br>
+*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-Hertfordshire<br>
-CM23 2DL
+*[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871]
+*[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon]
-Tel 01279 652273
+*[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section]
-=====Broxbourne Registration District=====
+*[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group]
-Broxbourne Register Office<br>
-Bishops College<br>
-Churchgate<br>
-Cheshunt<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-EN8 9XH
-Tel 01992 623107
+*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-=====Dacorum Registration District=====
+*[http://www.hertford.net/index.asp Discover Hertford]
-Dacorum Register Office<br>
-The Bury<br>
-Queensway<br>
-Hemel Hempstead<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-HP1 1HR
-Tel 01442 228600
+*[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records]
-=====Hatfield Registration District=====
+*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-b St Albans Road East<br>
-Hatfield<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL10 0NG
-Tel 01707 283921
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
-=====Hertford and Ware Registration District=====
+*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-Hertford Register Office<br>
-County Hall<br>
-Pegs Lane<br>
-Hertford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG13 8DE
-Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
+*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
-=====St Albans Registration District=====
+*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
-St Albans Register Office<br>
-The Gatehouse<br>
+*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-Victoria Square<br>
-Victoria Street<br>
-St Albans<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL1 3TF
-Tel: 01727 774030
+*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-=====Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District=====
+*'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]'''
-Stevenage Register Office<br>
-Danesgate<br>
-Stevenage<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG1 1WW
-Tel 01438 316579
+*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
-=====Watford Registration District=====
+*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-Watford Register Office<br>
-Clarendon Road<br>
-Watford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-WD17 1JQ
-Tel 01923 231302
+*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~friends.stjames/Archives.htm The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://gerald-massey.org.uk/tring/index.htm This is Tring]
+*[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
-*Berkhamsted:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
-*Baldock:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Bushey Parish Church:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=153 Christine in Herts]
-*Hitchin and surrounding villages:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Northchurch:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
-*North Hertfordshire Letchworth:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Watford:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
-*Hertford cemeteries for anyone searching - it would help if it is known whether it is a church or the town cemetery [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=443 Christine (the studier!)]
-==Links==
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''County Record Office''' -HALS]
+*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/famhist/famhist Library Link]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Hertfordshire Genealogy]
+Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct]
-'''Local History Society'''
+Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
+'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway]
+Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+Riverside House<br>
+Hockerill Street<br>
+Bishops Stortford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+CM23 2DL<br>
-*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/LDFHG/index.html Letchworth & District FHS]
+Tel 01279 652273 <br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Local Family History Site]
-*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
+'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html  GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+Bishops College<br>
+Churchgate<br>
+Cheshunt<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+EN8 9XH<br>
-*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
+Tel 01992 623107 <br>
-'''OPC'''
+'''Dacorum Registration District'''
+Dacorum Register Office<br>
+The Bury<br>
+Queensway<br>
+Hemel Hempstead<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+HP1 1HR<br>
-'''Archives'''
+Tel 01442 228600<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle IGI Hertfordshire]
+'''Hatfield Registration District'''
-*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/  The Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+b St Albans Road East<br>
+Hatfield<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL10 0NG<br>
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/  Hertfordshire Genuki]
+Tel 01707 283921<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#W  IGI Batch Numbers for Hertfordshire]
+'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
-'''Family and Social History'''
+Hertford Register Office<br>
+County Hall<br>
+Pegs Lane<br>
+Hertford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG13 8DE<br>
+Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm  Hertfordshire Workhouses]
+'''St Albans Registration District'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+St Albans Register Office<br>
+The Gatehouse<br>
+Victoria Square<br>
+Victoria Street<br>
+St Albans<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL1 3TF<br>
+Tel: 01727 774030<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Chuches]
+'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+Stevenage Register Office<br>
+Danesgate<br>
+Stevenage<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG1 1WW<br>
+Tel 01438 316579<br>
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/  Hertfordshire Council ]
-*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy In Hertfordshire]
+'''Watford Registration District'''
+Watford Register Office<br>
+Clarendon Road<br>
+Watford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+WD17 1JQ<br>
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+Tel 01923 231302<br>
-*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.hertfordtown.fsnet.co.uk/ Hertford War Memorial]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston Museum]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk/history/burial/list.php Stotfold Burials]
+*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
+<br><br>
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