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The subscription site Ancestry has the largest collection of Somerset parish registers available online. They have also digitized images of the original records.

At Ancestry (£)--

• Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 (3,342,867 entries)
• Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 (2,257,704 entries)
• Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 (1,206,406 entries)
• Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914 (445,809 entries)

Bristol County (comprising parts of Gloucester and Somerset)

Ancestry.com has a Bristol County collection of which encompasses Bristol, Gloucester and Somerset. Bristol County was not established until 1974.

• 1538-1813 Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
• 1813-1918 Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1918 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
• 1754-1935 Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)
• 1813-1994 Bristol, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1994 at Ancestry — index & images, ($)

Guide to Somerset parish register transcripts online.

• Somerset Online Parish Clerk project

• Somerset Records

At findmypast (£)--

• Somerset Marriages. 146,765 entries. Coverage.
• Somerset Marriages (post-1754). 184,710 entries. Coverage.

15,956 Somerset entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.

244 Somerset parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.

Burials from 506 Somerset places (755,063 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.

• Somersetshire Parishes: A Handbook of Historical Reference to All Places in the County by Arthur L. Humphreys provides an overview of what records survive for each parish.

Microfilm

There is a great index to many of the Church of England parishes in south and west Somerset called Dr. Campbell's Index. This index was created by Dr. Neville Campbell. It is available at the Somerset Archives and Local Studies. It has also been microfilmed and is available at the Family History Library or can be ordered at any Family History Center. For a list of the film numbers, click here. For a listing of the parishes and the dates of coverage for this index click here.

Marriage Licences

• 1115-1906 Britain, Marriage Licences at FindMyPast - index and images ($)
• 1581-1753 - Various Somerset Marriage Licenses online at Ancestry (£).

• 1754-1779, 1801-1899 - Somerset, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1754-1779, 1801-1899 online at Ancestry (£).

Non-Conformist Church Records

• 1777 - 1936 - England, Bristol, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1777-1936 at FamilySearch — index and images

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