Somerset

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.

Somerset gave the world Cheddar cheese & cider, The Worzels & Acker Bilk. King Alfred burned the cakes here & arguably King Arthur lived here. County town: Taunton Other major towns: Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater Somerset Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• County Record Office

• Somerset Studies Library

• Somerset and Dorset Family History Society

• Somerset OPCs

• East Somerset OPC

Countywide Interest

• Bath and North East Somerset BMD

• Pigot's Directory of Somerset c1844, Index

• FreeREG - Somerset & Bristol

• Somerset, England - Parish Register Transcriptions

• Mike Durtnall's Somerset Parish Register Transcripts

• Parish Transcriptions - Somerset

• Parish Registers - a directory

• Rootsweb Parish Transcriptions

• Colin's Genealogy Pages, Transcribed Parish Registers

• Roy Parkhouse's Genealogy Homepage

• Somerset & Dorset Surnames and Queries Index

• Rootschat Somerset Board

• Somerset County

• Yahoo Group Somerset Family History - includes Parish Register Transcriptions

• Somerset Genweb

• Southwest England Genealogical Indices

• The Larder Family of Somerset

• Visitation of Somerset 1623

• War Memorial Site Transcriptions for the Avon Area

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Aller 1841 and 1891 Censuses and 1840 Tithe Assessment

• Bath Archives

• The Bath Chronicle Newspaper Project

• Bath Past

• downloadable pdfs of Bath PO Directories - on Bath BMD

• Beckington Village

• Bridgwater Genealogy

• Bristol and Avon FHS

• Bristol - Aspects of Bristol History and Genealogy

• Bristol’s Lost Pubs & Publicans

• Brompton Regis "The Blessed Virgin Mary" Parish Registers

• Chipstable "All Saints" Parish Registers

• Clevedon Baptisms Marriages, Deaths & Census

• The History of Clevedon

• Clutton Village

• Compton Bishop and Cross

• Evercreech Village

• Frome Family & Local History

• Frome Holy Trinity Marriages Nov 1884-1868

• 19th Century Hambridge

• High Littleton and Hallatrow History & Parish Records

• Loxton Village Website

• GENUKI: Somerset Genealogy

• Minehead On-Line-includes Porlock and other nearby villages

• North Curry

• Parish Records of Othery

• The Portbury Hundred

• Radstock and Kilmersden Parish Records incorporating Babington and Writhlington

• Rooksbridge and East Brent

• Ships in port at Highbridge,Portishead & Bridgwater 1881

• Horsington Genealogy

• Loxton Parish Records & School Admissions Registers

• Nailsea - Sage Family History

• Somerset Coalfield and Midsummer Norton area

• A Martock Scrapbook

• Middlezoy and Othery

• Saltford Village

• South Petherton

• Stoke St Gregory

• Wedmore Genealogy Pages

• West Clevedon and Portishead Railway

• Weston-Super-Mare FHS

• Westonzoyland Pumping Station - Museum of Steam Power and Land Drainage on the Somerset Levels

• Winsham Web Museum

• St John the Baptist Church, Yeovil

Maps and Photographs

• Old Maps, Postcards & Pictures of Somerset

• A Directory of Bristol Photographers 1852-1972

Register Office

Somerset Registration Service Website and online certificate applications:

• Registration Service

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:

• Bath Births Marriages & Deaths

Wellington Union Workhouse

Contact Somerset Archive & Records Office for Births & Deaths in Workhouse.

They do not have Admission or Discharge Registers for Wellington Union.

Bridgwater

Morgan House
Mount Street
Bridgwater
TA6 3ER
Tel 01278 422527
E-mail bridgwaterro@somerset.gov.uk

Shepton Mallett

19B, Commercial Road
Shepton Mallet
BA4 5BU
Tel 01749 343928
E-mail sheptonro@somerset.gov.uk

Taunton

Flook House
Belvedere Road
Taunton
TA1 1BT
Tel 01823 282251
E-mail tauntonro@somerset.gov.uk

Williton

2 Long Street
Williton
TA4 4QN
Tel 01984 633116
E-mail willitonro@somerset.gov.uk

Yeovil

Maltravers House
Petters Way
Yeovil
BA20 1SP
Tel 01935 411230
E-mail yeovilro@somerset.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

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