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=== Parish Registers  ===
=== Parish Registers  ===


{{RecordSearch|1473014|England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975}} includes 2,054,974 Gloucestershire baptisms. {{RecordSearch|1473015|England Marriages, 1538-1973}} includes 1,108,519 Gloucestershire entries. {{RecordSearch|1473016|England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991}} includes 523,006 Gloucestershire burials. ''Formerly known as the International Genealogical Index.'' These databases are free on FamilySearch. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle Coverage].  
The following websites provide data rich entries for baptisms, marriages and burials from early to the 1900's:
 
1. {{RecordSearch|1473014|England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975}} includes 2,054,974 Gloucestershire baptisms. {{RecordSearch|1473015|England Marriages, 1538-1973}} includes 1,108,519 Gloucestershire entries. {{RecordSearch|1473016|England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991}} includes 523,006 Gloucestershire burials. ''Formerly known as the International Genealogical Index.'' These databases are free on FamilySearch. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle Coverage].
 
2. Ancestry.co.uk has recently published approximately 1.4 million name database for the county of Gloucestershire.
 
3. Findmypast.co.uk published about the same time, a Bristol City database index to baptisms, marriages and burials as well.


'''Baptisms'''  
'''Baptisms'''  
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'''Marriages'''  
'''Marriages'''  


Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837 is available online at [http://www.fhs-online.co.uk/ Family History Societies Online] (£).<br>
Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837 is available online at [http://www.fhs-online.co.uk/ Family History Societies Online] (£).<br>  


222 Gloucestershire parishes are indexed in [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records Boyd's Marriage Index] (£). [http://web.archive.org/web/20101214100133/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-GLS.aspx Coverage]. [[Bristol, Gloucestershire|Bristol]] was a popular place to marry.<ref name="bmi">[http://web.archive.org/web/20101214100133/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-GLS.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''British Origins,'' (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.</ref>  
222 Gloucestershire parishes are indexed in [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records Boyd's Marriage Index] (£). [http://web.archive.org/web/20101214100133/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-GLS.aspx Coverage]. [[Bristol, Gloucestershire|Bristol]] was a popular place to marry.<ref name="bmi">[http://web.archive.org/web/20101214100133/http://www.origins.net/help/aboutbo-bmi-parish-GLS.aspx 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,'] ''British Origins,'' (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013.</ref>  


147 Gloucestershire parishes are indexed in [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£). [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Gloucestershire/ Coverage].<ref>[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index'], ''The Joiner Marriage Index,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  
There are 147 Gloucestershire parishes which are indexed in [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/ Joiner's Marriage Index] (£). [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Gloucestershire/ Coverage].<ref>[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index'], ''The Joiner Marriage Index,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
 
There are 93,780 Gloucestershire entries included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  


93,780 Gloucestershire entries are included in [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 England &amp; Wales Marriages, 1538-1940] at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as ''British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed.'' [http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ Coverage].<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,'] ''Genoot,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
FamilySearch and Ancestry have all published extensive online data for marriages for Gloucestershire as of February, 2015.
 
Findmypast has published online data for the City of Bristol from 1538 to 1939.


'''Burials'''  
'''Burials'''  


Burials from 310 Gloucestershire places (167,500 entries) are included in the [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index] (£). [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=GLS Coverage].<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>
Burials from 310 Gloucestershire places (167,500 entries) are included in the [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index] (£). [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action?countyCode=GLS Coverage].<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 1 September 2013.</ref>  
 
See Findmypast, Ancestry and Familysearch which have published data for burials for this county as well.


=== Marriage Licences  ===
=== Marriage Licences  ===
15,813

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