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== Bedfordshire  ==
== Bedfordshire  ==


''Wiki'' - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Bedfordshire&searchbutton=Search https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Bedfordshire&searchbutton=Search]  
Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Bedfordshire&searchbutton=Search https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Special:Search?fulltext=true&search=Bedfordshire&searchbutton=Search]  


''Parishes ''- [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Parishes_In_Bedfordshire https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Parishes_In_Bedfordshire]  
Parishes- [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Parishes_In_Bedfordshire https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Parishes_In_Bedfordshire]  


''Poor Law Unions'' - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Bedfordshire_Poor_Law_Unions https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Bedfordshire_Poor_Law_Unions]  
Poor Law Unions - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Bedfordshire_Poor_Law_Unions https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Bedfordshire_Poor_Law_Unions]  


''Websites:''  
''Websites:''  
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Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Probate_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


'''England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609]
'''England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583609]  


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_School_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


'''England, Cheshire Workhouse Records, 1848-1967''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487]
'''England, Cheshire Workhouse Records, 1848-1967''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1646487]  


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Workhouse_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


'''England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900 '''- [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410775]  
'''England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900 '''- [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1410775]  
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Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Register_of_Electors_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


'''England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935]
'''England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1469935]  


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki -  [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki -  [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  


'''England, Cheshire Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000]
'''England, Cheshire Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000 https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1595000]  


Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
Learn More at FamilySearch Wiki [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/England_Cheshire_Land_Tax_Assessments_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)]  
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Note: The county was abolished in 1996 with its boroughs becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority authorities] and the Tees re-established as the border between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] and County Durham for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial purposes] only. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside]  
Note: The county was abolished in 1996 with its boroughs becoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority unitary ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_authority authorities] and the Tees re-established as the border between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] and County Durham for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England ceremonial purposes] only. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside http://wikitravel.org/en/Teesside]  


''''''Note''': it does not appear as a county in Wiki…yet.''  
'''''Note''': it does not appear as a county in Wiki…yet.''  


== Cornwall  ==
== Cornwall  ==
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Typically unitary authorities cover [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town towns] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City cities] which are large enough to function independently of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County county] or other regional administration. Sometimes they consist of national sub-divisions which are distinguished from others in the same country by having no lower level of administration.  
Typically unitary authorities cover [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town towns] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City cities] which are large enough to function independently of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County county] or other regional administration. Sometimes they consist of national sub-divisions which are distinguished from others in the same country by having no lower level of administration.  


Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall]
Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Isles_of_Scilly,_Cornwall]  


Online Parish Clerk - [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php]  
Online Parish Clerk - [http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/h_k/isles_of_scilly.php]  
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== Shropshire  ==
== Shropshire  ==


'''Wiki - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire]'''  
Wiki'''- [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire]'''  


Parishes - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire_Parishes https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire_Parishes]  
Parishes - [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire_Parishes https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Shropshire_Parishes]  
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GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/]  


''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions]
''Websites'' - [http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/county/shropshire/institutions]  


== Somerset  ==
== Somerset  ==
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- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm]  
- [http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/sts.htm]  


- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm]
- [http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/staffordshire.htm]  


- [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  
- [http://www.bmsgh.org/ http://www.bmsgh.org/]  
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GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/]  
GENUKI - [http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/ http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/SSX/]  


''Websites'''':''  
''Websites'''':'''''


The Weald - [http://www.theweald.org/ http://www.theweald.org/]  
The Weald - [http://www.theweald.org/ http://www.theweald.org/]  
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GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/]  
GENUKI - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/]  


- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm#PoorHouses]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/index.htm#PoorHouses]  


''Websites ''- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/]  
''Websites ''- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwes/]  
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! scope="row" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire South Yorkshire]  
! scope="row" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire South Yorkshire]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham]  
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham]  
It consists of four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_borough metropolitan boroughs]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield]. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972 Local Government Act 1972].
It consists of four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_borough metropolitan boroughs]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley Barnsley], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Doncaster Doncaster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham Rotherham], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield City of Sheffield]. South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972 Local Government Act 1972].  


Lying on the east side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines Pennines], South Yorkshire is landlocked, and borders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire Derbyshire] (to the south-west), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire West Yorkshire] (to the northwest), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] (to the north), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire] (to the northeast), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire Lincolnshire] (to the east) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire] (to the southeast). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Urban_Area Sheffield Urban Area] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conurbations_in_the_United_Kingdom ninth most populous conurbation in the UK], and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county's population living within it.  
Lying on the east side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennines Pennines], South Yorkshire is landlocked, and borders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire Derbyshire] (to the south-west), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire West Yorkshire] (to the northwest), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yorkshire North Yorkshire] (to the north), the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire] (to the northeast), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire Lincolnshire] (to the east) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire] (to the southeast). The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Urban_Area Sheffield Urban Area] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conurbations_in_the_United_Kingdom ninth most populous conurbation in the UK], and dominates the western half of South Yorkshire with over half of the county's population living within it.  
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