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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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-[[Image:hertfordshire.jpg|250px|thumb|Bluebells in Ashridge Forest submitted by Horatia Nelson]]
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-'''Hertfordshire'''
+[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
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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.
-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.
+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]
-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.
+'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council]
+*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
+*'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]'''
+*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
+*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-==Register Offices==
+*[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871]
+*[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon]
-*There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire,
+*[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section]
-* online applications can be made to any office via the following links
-=====Births=====
+*[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/r..._orderform.cfm BIRTHS]
-=====Marriages=====
+*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/r..._orderform.cfm MARRIAGES]
-=====Deaths=====
+*[http://www.hertford.net/index.asp Discover Hertford]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/r..._orderform.cfm DEATHS]
-Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices
+*[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records]
-=====Bishop Stortford Registration District=====
+*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
-Riverside House<br>
-Hockerill Street<br>
-Bishops Stortford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-CM23 2DL
-Tel 01279 652273
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
-=====Broxbourne Registration District=====
+*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-Broxbourne Register Office<br>
-Bishops College<br>
-Churchgate<br>
-Cheshunt<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-EN8 9XH
-Tel 01992 623107
+*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
-=====Dacorum Registration District=====
+*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
-Dacorum Register Office<br>
-The Bury<br>
+*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-Queensway<br>
-Hemel Hempstead<br>
-Herts<br>
-HP1 1HR
-Tel 01442 228600
+*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-=====Hatfield Registration District=====
+*'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]'''
-b St Albans Road East<br>
-Hatfield<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL10 0NG
-Tel 01707 283921
+*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
-=====Hertford and Ware Registration District=====
+*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-Hertford Register Office<br>
-County Hall<br>
-Pegs Lane<br>
-Hertford<br>
-Herts<br>
-SG13 8DE
-Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
+*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History]
-=====St Albans Registration District=====
+*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-St Albans Register Office<br>
-The Gatehouse<br>
-Victoria Square<br>
-Victoria Street<br>
-St Albans<br>
-Herts<br>
-AL1 3TF
-Tel: 01727 774030
+*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-=====Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District=====
+*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ]
-Stevenage Register Office<br>
-Danesgate<br>
-Stevenage<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG1 1WW
-Tel 01438 316579
+*[http://www.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage]
-=====Watford Registration District=====
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield]
-Watford Register Office<br>
-Clarendon Road<br>
-Watford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-WD17 1JQ
-Tel 01923 231302
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~friends.stjames/Archives.htm The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://gerald-massey.org.uk/tring/index.htm This is Tring]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+==Register Office==
+There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
-*Berkhamsted:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
+[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct]
-*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]
+Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
+'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
-==Links==
+Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+Riverside House<br>
+Hockerill Street<br>
+Bishops Stortford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+CM23 2DL<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Hertfordshire Genealogy]
+Tel 01279 652273 <br>
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ COUNTY RECORD OFFICE -HALS]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/famhist/famhist LIBRARY LINK]
+'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ HERTFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
+Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+Bishops College<br>
+Churchgate<br>
+Cheshunt<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+EN8 9XH<br>
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway]
+Tel 01992 623107 <br>
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+'''Dacorum Registration District'''
-'''Local History Society'''
+Dacorum Register Office<br>
+The Bury<br>
+Queensway<br>
+Hemel Hempstead<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+HP1 1HR<br>
+Tel 01442 228600<br>
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ HERTFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
-*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/LDFHG/index.html Letchworth & District FHS]
+'''Hatfield Registration District'''
-*[http://www.roystonfhs.org/ Royston & District FHS]
+b St Albans Road East<br>
+Hatfield<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL10 0NG<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Local family History Site]
+Tel 01707 283921<br>
-*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html  GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
-*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
+Hertford Register Office<br>
+County Hall<br>
+Pegs Lane<br>
+Hertford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG13 8DE<br>
+Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br>
-'''OPC'''
+'''St Albans Registration District'''
-'''Archives'''
+St Albans Register Office<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle IGI Hertfordshire]
+The Gatehouse<br>
+Victoria Square<br>
+Victoria Street<br>
+St Albans<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL1 3TF<br>
-*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/  The Dacorum Heritage Trust Home Page]
+Tel: 01727 774030<br>
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/  Hertfordshire Genuki]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#W  IGI batch numbers for Herts]
+'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
+Stevenage Register Office<br>
+Danesgate<br>
+Stevenage<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG1 1WW<br>
-'''Family and social history'''
+Tel 01438 316579<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm  Hertfordshire Workhouses]
+'''Watford Registration District'''
+Watford Register Office<br>
+Clarendon Road<br>
+Watford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+WD17 1JQ<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Tel 01923 231302<br>
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/i.rose/hertfordshirechurches.htm Hertfordshire Church Photographs] -Link not currently working
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-'''Countywide interest'''
+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 above.
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/  Herts Council ]
-*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy In Herts]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+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 above.
-*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
+*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
-*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, its history and local architecture]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Some Monumental Inscriptions from Knebworth and Stevenage]
+<br><br>
-*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]