Difference between revisions of "Somerset"

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Land of the Summer People, the scenery is outstanding, from the rolling hills of The Mendips, The Quantocks, The Blackdowns and The Brendans to the plains of Exmoor and the Somerset Levels.

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Exmoor is in the county of Somerset, not Devon!

Tourist attractions include the Caves at Cheddar & Wookey Hole, the beautiful Cathedral City of Wells, the smallest city in the UK, and the spiritual town of Glastonbury with its world famous Tor. Somerset is the home of The true English carnival, a spectacle for 400 years.

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+|Land of the Summer People, the scenery is outstanding, from the rolling hills of The Mendips, The Quantocks, The Blackdowns and The Brendans to the plains of Exmoor and the Somerset Levels.
+Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Exmoor is in the county of Somerset, not Devon!
-==Register Office Contact Details==
+Tourist attractions include the Caves at Cheddar & Wookey Hole, the beautiful Cathedral City of Wells, the smallest city in the UK, and the spiritual town of Glastonbury with its world famous Tor. Somerset is the home of The true English carnival, a spectacle for 400 years.
-Somerset Registration Service Website and online certificate applications: [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/resources/registrationservice/  Registration Service]
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+|Somerset gave the world Cheddar cheese & cider, The Worzels & Acker Bilk. King Alfred burned the cakes here & arguably King Arthur lived here.
-Bath BMD has birth marriages and deaths from 1837 and the old Avon area of Somerset. <br>
-Births include mother's maiden name and certificates can be ordered directly from them. <br>
+'''County town:''' Taunton
-*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath Births Marriages & Deaths]
-=====Bridgewater=====
+'''Other major towns:''' Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater
-Morgan House <br>
-Mount Street <br>
-Bridgwater <br>
-TA6 3ER <br>
-Tel 01278 422527 <br>
-E-mail bridgwaterro@somerset.gov.uk
-=====Shepton Mallett=====
-B, Commercial Road <br>
-Shepton Mallet <br>
-BA4 5BU <br>
-Tel 01749 343928 <br>
-E-mail sheptonro@somerset.gov.uk
-=====Taunton=====
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Somerset| Somerset Places of Worship]]'''
-Flook House <br>
-Belvedere Road<br>
-Taunton <br>
-TA1 1BT <br>
-Tel 01823 282251 <br>
-E-mail tauntonro@somerset.gov.uk
-=====Williton=====
-Long Street <br>
-Williton <br>
-TA4 4QN <br>
-Tel 01984 633116 <br>
-E-mail willitonro@somerset.gov.uk
-=====Yeovil=====
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-Maltravers House <br>
+| [[Image: EnglandSomerset.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-Petters Way <br>
+|}
-Yeovil <br>
+==Resources==
-BA20 1SP <br>
-Tel 01935 411230 <br>
-E-mail yeovilro@somerset.gov.uk
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ '''County Record Office''']
+*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/culturalservice/libraries/information/somersetstudies/ Somerset Studies Library]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ Somerset OPCs]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ East Somerset OPC]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath and North East Somerset BMD]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nmfa/Directories/pigot_directory_of_somerset_c1844/pdosc1844index.html Pigot's Directory of Somerset c1844, Index]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://freereg.rootsweb.com/parishes/som/frontpage.shtml FreeREG - Somerset & Bristol]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/index.htm Somerset, England - Parish Register Transcriptions]
-*Within cycling distance (20 miles) of '''Bruton''':[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=366 Nessmcd]
+*[http://www.durtnall.org.uk/Somerset%20Pages.htm  Mike Durtnall's Somerset Parish Register Transcripts]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.parishregisters.co.uk/somerset/somerset.htm Parish Transcriptions - Somerset]
-=====General=====
+*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ian.sage/PR/pr_index.html Parish Registers - a directory]
-*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/culturalservice/libraries/information/somersetstudies/ Somerset Studies Library]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/PR_Index.html#top  Rootsweb Parish Transcriptions]
-*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ County Record Office]
+*[http://genealogy.colinrayner.org.uk/ Colin's Genealogy Pages, Transcribed Parish Registers]
-*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/somerset.html Library Link]
+*[http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/index.htm Roy Parkhouse's Genealogy Homepage]
-*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
+*[http://www.bakery.co.uk/sandd/ Somerset & Dorset Surnames and Queries Index]
 *[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,33.0.html  Rootschat Somerset Board]
-*[http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/index.htm Roy Parkhouse's Genealogy Homepage]
+*[http://www.somersetgateway.com/index.htm Somerset County]
+*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/somersetfamilyhistory/ Yahoo Group Somerset Family History - includes Parish Register Transcriptions]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsom/ Somerset Genweb]
+*[http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ Southwest England Genealogical Indices]
+*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder Family of Somerset]
+*[http://www.ukgenealogyarchives.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageserve.cgi?actiontotake=View&ID=3&Book_Title=The%20Visitation%20of%20Somerset%201623 Visitation of Somerset 1623]
+*[http://uk.geocities.com/williamfdungey/mems/memindex.html War Memorial Site Transcriptions for the Avon Area]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Aller.htm Aller 1841 and 1891 Censuses and 1840 Tithe Assessment]
+*[http://www.batharchives.co.uk/ Bath Archives]
+*[http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/leisureandculture/recordsarchives/georgian/default.htm The Bath Chronicle Newspaper Project]
+*[http://www.buildinghistory.org/bath/index.shtml Bath Past]
+*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/pod.html downloadable pdfs of Bath PO Directories - on Bath BMD]
+*[http://www.beckington.org.uk/index.htm Beckington Village]
+*[http://www.bridgwateruk.com/genealogy.htm Bridgwater Genealogy]
+*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon FHS]
+*[http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/ Bristol - Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy]
+*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.eu/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs & Publicans]
+*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/H_m_w/Brompton_Regis/Index.html#top Brompton Regis "The Blessed Virgin Mary" Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/H_m_w/Chipstable/Index.html#top Chipstable "All Saints" Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.clevedon-civic-society.org.uk/records.htm Clevedon Baptisms Marriages, Deaths & Census]
+*[http://www.buzz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/clevedon/clevhist.htm The History of Clevedon]
+*[http://www.clutton.org.uk/index.html?/genealogy.html Clutton Village]
+*[http://www.comptonbishopfamilies.co.uk/homepage.html Compton Bishop and Cross]
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/or/evercreech/ Evercreech Village]
+*[http://www.fromeresearch.org.uk/ Frome Family & Local History ]
+*[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/religion/htmars44.htm Frome Holy Trinity Marriages Nov 1884-1868]
+*[http://www.oldhambridge.co.uk/ 19th Century Hambridge]
+*[http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ High Littleton and Hallatrow History & Parish Records]
+*[http://www.loxtonsomerset.org.uk/records.html Loxton Village Website]
+*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/ GENUKI: Somerset Genealogy]
+*[http://www.minehead-online.co.uk/index.htm Minehead On-Line-includes Porlock and other nearby villages]
+*[http://www.auaw15.dsl.pipex.com/ North Curry]
+*[http://www.hue.org/Othery/ Parish Records of Othery]
+*[http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/ The Portbury Hundred]
+*[http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/ Radstock and Kilmersden Parish Records incorporating Babington and Writhlington]
+*[http://www.rooksbridge.org.uk/people%20archive.htm Rooksbridge and East Brent]
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/Somerset81.html Ships in port at Highbridge,Portishead & Bridgwater 1881]
+*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ses/horsington/ Horsington Genealogy]
+*[http://www.loxtonsomerset.org.uk/records.html Loxton Parish Records & School Admissions Registers]
+*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ian.sage/ Nailsea - Sage Family History]
+*[http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset Coalfield and Midsummer Norton area]
+*[http://www.genogold.com/html/martock.html A Martock Scrapbook]
+*[http://dbown100.tripod.com/FAMILYHISTORY.htm#MiddlezoyOthery Middlezoy and Othery]
+*[http://www.saltford.org/main.php Saltford Village]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[http://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/ South Petherton]
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/stoke_St_Gregory.html Stoke St Gregory]
-*[http://www.sdfhs.org/ Somerset and Dorset Family History Society]
+*[http://www.tutton.org/index.html Wedmore Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/somerset.html Local History Societies]
+*[http://www.wcandpr.org.uk/ West Clevedon and Portishead Railway]
 *[http://www.wsmfhs.org.uk/ Weston-Super-Mare FHS]
-*[http://www.bafhs.org.uk/ Bristol and Avon FHS]
+*[http://www.wzlet.org/ Westonzoyland Pumping Station - Museum of Steam Power and Land Drainage on the Somerset Levels]
+*[http://www.winshamwebmuseum.co.uk/ Winsham Web Museum]
-'''OPC'''
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~louisestclairrose/somerset/yeoj/yeojgroomc2.html St John the Baptist Church, Yeovil]
-*[http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ Online Parish Clerks]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-'''Archives'''
+*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/DocsView.htm Old Maps, Postcards & Pictures of Somerset]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySomerset.htm#PageTitle IGI Somerset]
-*[http://wsomparreg.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ West Somerset Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/photo/azlist2.htm A Directory of Bristol Photographers 1852-1972]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nmfa/Directories/pigot_directory_of_somerset_c1844/pdosc1844index.html PIGOT'S DIRECTORY of SOMERSET c1844, Index]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.batharchives.co.uk/ Bath record office]extracts from Bath Georgian newspapers 1780-1800.
+Somerset Registration Service Website and online certificate applications:
-*[http://genealogy.colinrayner.org.uk/ Colins Genealogy Pages] transcribed Parish Registers:
+*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/resources/registrationservice/  Registration Service]
-*[http://freereg.rootsweb.com/parishes/index.htm Counties and places included in the FreeREG Project]
+Bath BMD has birth marriages and deaths from 1837 and the old Avon area of Somerset.
+Births include mother's maiden name and certificates can be ordered directly from them:
-*[http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/index.htm Parish Register Transcriptions] Online Marriage Registers for some of Somerset:
+*[http://www.bathbmd.org.uk/ Bath Births Marriages & Deaths]
-*[http://www.durtnall.org.uk/Somerset%20Pages.htm Somerset Pages] Some more Parish Register Transcripts for parts of Somerset.
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy] BMDs for Minehead in particular from late 1700's through to 1901.
+'''Wellington Union Workhouse'''
-*[http://www.hue.org/Othery/ Othery Parish Registers - Transcribed by Amy L. Lunde]Some transcriptions for Othery.
+Contact Somerset Archive & Records Office for Births & Deaths in Workhouse.
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/PR_Index.html#top  Rootsweb ]Here are some more excellent parish transcriptions:
+They do not have Admission or Discharge Registers for Wellington Union.
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul003.html Parish Registers for Taunton,Enmore or Bicknoller]
-*[http://uk.geocities.com/williamfdungey/mems/memindex.html War Memorial Site]war memorial transcriptions for the old Avon area.
+'''Bridgwater'''
+Morgan House <br>
+Mount Street <br>
+Bridgwater <br>
+TA6 3ER <br>
+Tel 01278 422527 <br>
+E-mail bridgwaterro@somerset.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://wsomparreg.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ WEST SOMERSET PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTIONS]
+'''Shepton Mallett'''
-'''Family and social history'''
+B, Commercial Road <br>
+Shepton Mallet <br>
+BA4 5BU <br>
+Tel 01749 343928 <br>
+E-mail sheptonro@somerset.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://www.bristolslostpubs.com/ Bristol’s Lost Pubs]
+'''Taunton'''
+Flook House <br>
+Belvedere Road<br>
+Taunton <br>
+TA1 1BT <br>
+Tel 01823 282251 <br>
+E-mail tauntonro@somerset.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://www.bakery.co.uk/sandd/ Somerset & Dorset Surnames and Queries Index]
-*[http://weldgen.tripod.com/id41.html Bristol Companies, history and information]
+'''Williton'''
-*[http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/content.php The Larder family of Somerset]
+Long Street <br>
+Williton <br>
+TA4 4QN <br>
+Tel 01984 633116 <br>
+E-mail willitonro@somerset.gov.uk <br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/som/Somerset.htm Somerset Workhouses ]
+'''Yeovil'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Maltravers House <br>
+Petters Way <br>
+Yeovil <br>
+BA20 1SP <br>
+Tel 01935 411230 <br>
+E-mail yeovilro@somerset.gov.uk<br>
-'''Countywide interest'''
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.somersetgateway.com/index.htm Somerset County]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.digifutures.org/schools/index.htm Bridgwater Grammar Schools]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.bridgwateruk.com/genealogy.htm Bridgwater Genealogy]
-*[http://www.loxtonsomerset.org.uk/records.html Loxton Village Website]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/index.html High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records]
-*[http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/ The Portbury Hundred]
+*Within cycling distance (20 miles) of '''Bruton''' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=366 Nessmcd]
-*[http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/Somerset81.html SHIPS IN PORT AT HIGHBRIDGE, PORTISHEAD & BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET 1881.]
-*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ian.sage/index.htm Sage Family History - Nailsea]
-*[http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset Coalfield]Somerset coalfield and Midsummer Norton area.
+==Photo Offers==
-=====Wellington Union Workhouse =====
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
-*Contact Somerset Archive & Records Office
-*for Births & Deaths in Workhouse.
-*Indoor Relief up to 1870.
-*They do not have Admission or
-*Discharge Registers for Wellington Union.
-=====For Somerset Newspaper enquiries=====
-Tel: 01823 340301 <br>
-E-Mail: somstud@somerset.gov.uk
-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+Back to [[England]]

Difference between revisions of "Somerset"

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Contents

Resources

Register Office

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Photo Offers