Wiltshire Church Records

Wiltshire Wiki Topics

Beginning Research

Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder

Record Types

Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Crime & Punishment Directories Education Emigration & Immigration Heraldry Land & Property Medical Records Newspapers Occupations Online Genealogy Records Parishes Poor Law Poor Law Unions Probate Records Social Organizations Voting Records

Wiltshire Background

Gazetteers History Maps Periodicals

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Centre

England Wiltshire Church Records

Salisbury Cathedral Parish Registers Wiltshire Nimrod Index - gigantic index to Wiltshire baptisms, marriages, burials, wills, and varied documents. Searchable for a small fee. Parish Register Transcriptions and Other Society Publications (2012) by Wiltshire Family History Society For more specific information about the parishes see Wiltshire Online Parish Clerks. Baptisms 526,143 Wiltshire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage. 314,702 Wiltshire entries (103 parishes) are included in Wiltshire Baptisms (£). Coverage. Marriages Popular places to marry included Salisbury Cathedral, as well as the parish churches of St Edmund, St Martin, and St Thomas in that town. Other popular places included Mere and Marlborough's two ancient parish churches St Mary and Sts Peter and Paul. 88 Wiltshire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage (65,780 entries) . 122,800 Wiltshire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage. Burials Burials from 125 Wiltshire places (234,934 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage. Wiltshire Online Parish Clerks The county of Wiltshire is divided into many parishes with some containing more than one church. The term parish is used to describe both a Civil Parish and an Ecclesiastical parish, however these don't necesarily have the same boundaries. Our aim is to eventually have an OPC for each Parish. Some OPCs take on a few parishes as their own ancestry is spread across them. Most of the records have been transcribed by only one person and there may be transcription errors.  Use these records as a starting point and always check with an original source for confirmation. Web sites: Wiltshire Online Parish Clerks (OPCs) Marriage Licences 1609-1837 - Bishop of Salisbury, Dean of Salisbury, and several peculiars, marriage licence bonds and allegations (1609-1837) have been indexed at findmypast. There is also a CD version: FHL CD-ROM no. 2461. Marriage licences dating from 1615-1622, 1626/7-1646, and 1660-1682 were published in The Genealogist as follows: Volumes 24-38. Nonconformists Wiltshire county-wide indexes of most nonconformist marriages from 1837-1933 have been compiled by the Wiltshire Family History Society, and these are available for sale on CD-ROM, with over 20,000 marriages from nonconformist chapels and registrar offices throughout the county. References