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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.
-==Register Offices==
+'''County town:''' Hertford
-*There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire,
-* online applications can be made to any office via the following links
-'''Births'''
+'''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/birthcert_orderform.cfm BIRTHS]
-'''Marriages'''
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/marriagecert_orderform.cfm MARRIAGES]
-'''Deaths'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/deathcert_orderform.cfm DEATHS]
+'''Primary Reference'''
-Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' (HALS)]
-'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
-Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
-Riverside House<br>
-Hockerill Street<br>
-Bishops Stortford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-CM23 2DL
-Tel 01279 652273
+*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
-'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-Bishops College<br>
-Churchgate<br>
-Cheshunt<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-EN8 9XH
-Tel 01992 623107
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council]
-'''Dacorum Registration District'''
+*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust]
-Dacorum Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-The Bury<br>
-Queensway<br>
-Hemel Hempstead<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-HP1 1HR
-Tel 01442 228600
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-'''Hatfield Registration District'''
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
-b St Albans Road East<br>
-Hatfield<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL10 0NG
-Tel 01707 283921
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
+*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
-Hertford Register Office<br>
+*'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]'''
-County Hall<br>
-Pegs Lane<br>
-Hertford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG13 8DE
-Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
+*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
+*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-'''St Albans Registration District'''
+*[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871]
-St Albans Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon]
-The Gatehouse<br>
-Victoria Square<br>
-Victoria Street<br>
-St Albans<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL1 3TF
-Tel: 01727 774030
+*[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section]
-'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
+*[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group]
-Stevenage Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-Danesgate<br>
-Stevenage<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG1 1WW
-Tel 01438 316579
+*[http://www.hertford.net/index.asp Discover Hertford]
-'''Watford Registration District'''
+*[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records]
-Watford Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-Clarendon Road<br>
-Watford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-WD17 1JQ
-Tel 01923 231302
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
+*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
+*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]'''
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
+*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ]
-*Berkhamsted [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
+*[http://www.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage]
-*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!)]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~friends.stjames/Archives.htm The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://gerald-massey.org.uk/tring/index.htm This is Tring]
+*[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard]
-*Hertfordshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
-==Links==
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' - Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)]
+*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ GENUKI: Hertfordshire]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
+There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Hertfordshire Genealogy]
+[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct]
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
-'''Local History Society'''
+'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
+Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+Riverside House<br>
+Hockerill Street<br>
+Bishops Stortford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+CM23 2DL<br>
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway]
+Tel 01279 652273 <br>
-*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/LDFHG/index.html Letchworth & District FHS]
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Local Family History Site]
+'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
+Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+Bishops College<br>
+Churchgate<br>
+Cheshunt<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+EN8 9XH<br>
-*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html  GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+Tel 01992 623107 <br>
-*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
+'''Dacorum Registration District'''
-'''OPC'''
+Dacorum Register Office<br>
+The Bury<br>
+Queensway<br>
+Hemel Hempstead<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+HP1 1HR<br>
+Tel 01442 228600<br>
-*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
+'''Hatfield Registration District'''
+b St Albans Road East<br>
+Hatfield<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL10 0NG<br>
+Tel 01707 283921<br>
-'''Archives'''
+'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle IGI Hertfordshire]
+Hertford Register Office<br>
+County Hall<br>
+Pegs Lane<br>
+Hertford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG13 8DE<br>
-*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/  The Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br>
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/  Hertfordshire Genuki]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#W  IGI Batch Numbers for Hertfordshire]
+'''St Albans Registration District'''
+St Albans Register Office<br>
+The Gatehouse<br>
+Victoria Square<br>
+Victoria Street<br>
+St Albans<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL1 3TF<br>
-'''Family and Social History'''
+Tel: 01727 774030<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm  Hertfordshire Workhouses]
+'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
+Stevenage Register Office<br>
+Danesgate<br>
+Stevenage<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG1 1WW<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Tel 01438 316579<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Chuches]
+'''Watford Registration District'''
+Watford Register Office<br>
+Clarendon Road<br>
+Watford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+WD17 1JQ<br>
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+Tel 01923 231302<br>
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/  Hertfordshire Council ]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy In Hertfordshire]
+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.
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.hertfordtown.fsnet.co.uk/ Hertford War Memorial]
-*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
+*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
-*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
-*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston Museum]
-*[http://www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk/history/burial/list.php Stotfold Burials]
+==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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