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Guide to '''Trowbridge, Wiltshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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{{England Parish Infobox
== Parish History  ==
| Place =
| default =
| image =
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Wiltshire
| Hundred = Melksham
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Melksham/ Melksham]
| Registration District = Melksham
| PRbegin = 1539
| BTbegin = 1588
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Salisbury
| Archdeaconry =  
| Archdeaconries =  
| Rural Deanery = Potterne
| Parish =  
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop of Salisbury (Episcopal Consistory)
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Wiltshire Record Office]]
}}


== Parish History ==
&nbsp;TROWBRIDGE (St. James), a market-town and '''parish''' in the union and hundred of Melksham, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford subdivisions, of Wiltshire, with '''Holy Trinity''' district church. Thirty miles (N. W.) from Salisbury, and 99 (W. by S.) from London; and&nbsp;includes the '''chapelry''' of Staverton. In the town are places of worship for Particular '''Baptists, General Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Presbyterians''', and '''Irvingites.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51354#s18 Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 392-395.] Date accessed: 16 October 2013. </ref>'''


TROWBRIDGE (St. James), a market-town and '''parish''' in the union and hundred of Melksham, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford subdivisions, of Wiltshire, with '''Holy Trinity''' district church. Thirty miles (N. W.) from Salisbury, and 99 (W. by S.) from London; and includes the '''chapelry''' of Staverton. In the town are places of worship for Particular '''Baptists, General Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Presbyterians''', and '''Irvingites.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51354#s18 Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 392-395.] Date accessed: 16 October 2013. </ref>'''
== <br>Resources  ==


== Resources ==
==== Civil Registration  ====


=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
==== Church records  ====
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Cemeteries ===
'''Trowbridge St James''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:


*'''1856-1914''' {{FSC|541517|title-id|disp=Register of Burials in the Burial Ground of Trowbridge}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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=== Civil Registration ===
 
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 
=== Church Records ===
 
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
 
==== Church of England ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Trowbridge Online Parish Records'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BIVRI''' = [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)]<ref>[http://genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ 'British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Breakdown of Records'], ''Genoot,'' accessed 10 January 2014.</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''NIM''' = [http://www.nimrodresearch.co.uk/ Nimrod Research - (£)]. Results delivered by email.<ref>[http://www.nimrodresearch.co.uk/ 'Wiltshire Parish Explorer,'] ''Nimrod Research,'' accessed 8 January 2014.</ref>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
|}
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''Trowbridge St James Parish Online Records'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Wiltshire
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CWiltshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CWiltshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Wiltshire&recordType=2 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers – Wiltshire
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{RecordSearch|4380174|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|4380174|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|4380174|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''BIVRI'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 '''1538-1913''']
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''NIM'''  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.nimrodresearch.co.uk/ '''1538-1840''']  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.nimrodresearch.co.uk/ '''1539-1837''']  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
|}
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Wiltshire ($)
 
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/wiltshire-baptisms-index-1530-1917 1500s-1900s] </center>
'''Trowbridge St Thomas''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/wiltshire-baptisms-index-1530-1917 1500s-1900s] </center>
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/wiltshire-burials-index-1538-1990 1600s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Wiltshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/wiltshire-banns-index-1538-1933 1700s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England BMD-Wiltshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61187 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61187 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61187 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''Trowbridge St Thomas Parish Online Records'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''BIVRI'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 '''1870-1880''']
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" |
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|}
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''
<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Wiltshire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Wiltshire] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/wiltshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Wiltshire] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records


====Nonconformist Records====
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary


=== Census Records ===
==== Census records  ====


{{British Census|464200}}  
{{British Census|464200}}  


=== Probate Records ===
==== Probate records ====


Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Wiltshire Probate Records|Wiltshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Wiltshire Probate Records|Wiltshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.  
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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>  


*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites ==
== Web sites ==


== References  ==
== References  ==
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Parish History[edit | edit source]

 TROWBRIDGE (St. James), a market-town and parish in the union and hundred of Melksham, Westbury and N. divisions, and Trowbridge and Bradford subdivisions, of Wiltshire, with Holy Trinity district church. Thirty miles (N. W.) from Salisbury, and 99 (W. by S.) from London; and includes the chapelry of Staverton. In the town are places of worship for Particular Baptists, General Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, and Irvingites.[1]


Resources
[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Trowbridge St James parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BIVRI = British Isles Vital Records Index (Ancestry) - (£)[2]
NIM = Nimrod Research - (£). Results delivered by email.[3]
Trowbridge St James Parish Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
BIVRI 1538-1913


NIM 1538-1840
1539-1837

Trowbridge St Thomas parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Trowbridge St Thomas Parish Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
BIVRI 1870-1880


Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Probate records[edit | edit source]

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Wiltshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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