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| | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Berkshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Berkshire Parishes]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Great Farringdon |
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| |Country=England
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| |Locality1=Berkshire
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| Guide to '''Great Faringdon, Berkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| | == Parish History == |
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| | Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
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| | County = Berkshire
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| | Hundred = Faringdon; Shrivenham
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| | Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Faringdon/ Faringdon]
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| | Registration District = Faringdon
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| | PRbegin = 1653
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| | BTbegin = 1589
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| | Province = Canterbury
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| | Diocese = Pre-1836 - Salisbury; Post-1835 - Oxford
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| | Rural Deanery = Abingdon
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| | Probate Court = Court of the Peculiar of Faringdon
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| | Archive = [[Berkshire Record Office]]
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| == Parish History == | | == Resources == |
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| FARINGDON, GREAT (All Saints), a '''market town '''and '''parish''', and the '''head of a union''', chiefly in the hundred of Faringdon, but partly in that of Shrivenham, county of Berks; comprising the chapelry of Little Coxwell, the tythings of Hospital and Wadley, and the hamlet of Littleworth. There is a place of worship for Baptists. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50958#s3 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 220-225. Date accessed: 27 March 2013.</ref>
| | ==== Civil Registration ==== |
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| == Resources ==
| | 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 [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. |
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| === Find Neighboring Parishes === | | ==== Church records ==== |
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| Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
| | Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts 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 |
| ::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
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| ::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
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| ::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
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| ::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
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| === Civil Registration === | | ==== Census records ==== |
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| Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
| | Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection. |
| *''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
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| === Church Records === | | ==== Probate records ==== |
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| ''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
| | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Berkshire Probate Records|Berkshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. |
| ''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
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| ==== Church of England ==== | | ==== Poor Law Unions ==== |
| <font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
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| *<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
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| *Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
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| '''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| | bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Great Faringdon Online Parish Records'''
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| | bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Berkshire
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CBerkshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CBerkshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CBerkshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers – Berkshire
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{RecordSearch|4380176|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|4380176|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|4380176|1500s-1900s}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Berkshire ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/berkshire-baptisms-index 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/berkshire-marriages-index 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/berkshire-burial-index 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Berkshire ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1351 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1352 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
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| | bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
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| | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
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| | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
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| '''''Other Websites'''''
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| These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
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| *[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Berkshire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Berkshire] ($)
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| *[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/berkshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Berkshire] ($)
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| *[http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society - Berkshire]
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| *[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
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| *[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] - Links to online genealogical records
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| ====Nonconformist Records====
| | Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area. |
| "Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
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| *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
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| === Census Records ===
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| === Probate Records ===
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| Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Berkshire Probate Records|Berkshire 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 and Gazetteers == | | == Maps and Gazetteers == |
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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> |
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| *[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
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| *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
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| == Websites ==
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| Faringdon in [http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/genuki/BRK/Faringdon/index.html GENUKI]
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| == References ==
| | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] |
| | *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] |
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