Windrush, Gloucestershire, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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Guide to Windrush, Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Windrush
Type	Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County	Gloucestershire
Hundred	Slaughter
Poor Law Union	Northleach
Registration District	Northleach
Records Begin
Parish registers	1586
Bishop's Transcripts	1605
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Northleach
Diocese	Pre 1836 - Gloucester; Post 1835 - Gloucester and Bristol
Province	Canterbury
Probate Court	Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
Archive
Gloucestershire Record Office

Parish History

WINDRUSH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Northleach, Lower division of the hundred of Slaughter, E. division of the county of Gloucester,5¼ miles (E.) from Northleach.^[1]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

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

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Church Records

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

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

Windrush Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Gloucestershire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
FamilySearch Parish Registers – Gloucestershire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Gloucestershire ($)	-	1700s	-	1700s	-	1700s
Findmypast (Bristol)-Gloucestershire ($)	-	1600s-1900s	-	1600s-1900s	-	1600s-1900s
Ancestry-Gloucestershire ($)	1800s-1900s	-	1700s-1900s	-	1800s-1900s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1700s-1800s

Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

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

Nonconformist Records

"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.

1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
1642-1996 England, Gloucestershire Non-conformist Records, 1642-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Gloucestershire 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

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

Websites

References

↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 592-613. Date accessed: 18 March 2013.

[1] Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 592-613. Date accessed: 18 March 2013.

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 === Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-Use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
-::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
+{{Block indent|*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''|2}}
-::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
+{{Block indent|*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map|2}}
-::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
+{{Block indent|*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box|2}}
-::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>
+{{Block indent|*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>|2}}
 === Civil Registration ===
-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].
+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>
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 *[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
-==== Non-Conformists (All other Religions) ====
+====Nonconformist Records====
-*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast ($), index and images (''coverage may vary'')
+"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
+*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
 *'''1642-1996''' {{RecordSearch|3648679|England, Gloucestershire Non-conformist Records, 1642-1996}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index (''dates may vary by parish'')
+*[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 ===
-{{British Census|288777}}
+Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
 === Probate Records  ===
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 Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
-*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
-*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
+*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 == Websites  ==