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Old Weston

Guide to Old Weston, Huntingdonshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Old Weston or Weston (Old) is a parish with a scattered village, in the district of Thrapston, Huntingdonshire, 8 miles N of Kimbolton railway station. There is a Wesleyan chapel.^[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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

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]

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England[edit | edit source]

Due to the increasing access of online records:

Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified

Dates in the following table are approximate

Hover over the collection's title for more information

Old Weston Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Huntingdonshire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
FamilySearch Parish Registers-Huntingdonshire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Find May Past-Huntingdonshire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry Extracted Church of England Parish Records-Huntingdonshire ($)	1500s-1800s	-	1500s-1800s	-	1500s-1800s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1800s-1900s	-	1800s-1900s	-	1800s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1500s-1800s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

Joiner Marriage Index - Huntingdonshire ($)
The Genealogist Parish Registers - Huntingdonshire ($)
UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]

1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

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 Huntingdonshire 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.

Websites[edit | edit source]

Old Weston on GENUKI

References[edit | edit source]

↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.

[1] John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.

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 == Parish History  ==
-Old Weston or Weston (Old) is a '''parish''' with a scattered village, in the district of Thrapston, Huntingdonshire, 8 miles N of Kimbolton railway station. There is a '''Wesleyan''' chapel.<ref>John Marius Wilson,   [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7451  ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''] 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.</ref>
+Old Weston or Weston (Old) is a '''parish''' with a scattered village, in the district of Thrapston, Huntingdonshire, 8 miles N of Kimbolton railway station. There is a '''Wesleyan''' chapel.<ref>John Marius Wilson,   [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7451  ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''] 1870-2. Date accessed: 20 August 2013.</ref>
 == Resources  ==
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 === Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+Use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
 ::*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 ===
-*'''1706-1992''' {{FSC|687179|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions for the Church & Churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Swithin, Old Weston, Hunts}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 === Civil Registration  ===
-Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
+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].
-*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>
 === Church Records ===
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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%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Huntingdonshire&recordType=0 1500s-1900s]</center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Huntingdonshire&recordType=1 1500s-1900s]</center>
 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CHuntingdonshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/united-kingdom-and-ireland/england?region=England,Huntingdonshire&recordType=2 1500s-1900s]</center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
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 | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FSC Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
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 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Huntingdonshire ($)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Find May Past-Huntingdonshire ($)
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-births-and-baptisms-1538-1975 1500s-1900s] </center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
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 | bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8912  1800s-1900s] </center>
 | bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8913 1800s-1900s] </center>
 | bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8914 1800s-1900s]</center>
 |-
 | bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
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 *[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
-====Nonconformist Records====
+==== Non-Conformists (All other Religions) ====
-"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
+*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at FindMyPast ($), index and images (''coverage may vary'')
-*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
 === Census Records ===
-Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
+{{British Census|288837}}
 === Probate Records  ===
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 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  ==