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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Somerset]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Somerset Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Somerset]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Somerset Parishes]] | ||
Guide to '''Abbas Combe,Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Abbas Combe,Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | {{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | ||
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ '''1560-1812'''] | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ '''1560-1812'''] | ||
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== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place. | Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place. | ||
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | ||
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== Web sites == | == Web sites == | ||
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/AbbasCombe/index.html | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/AbbasCombe/index.html | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 10 December 2014
England 
Somerset Somerset Parishes
Guide to Abbas Combe,Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Abbas Combe, Somerset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Horethorne |
| County | Somerset |
| Poor Law Union | Wincanton |
| Registration District | Wincanton |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1563 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1597 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Merston |
| Diocese | Bath and Wells |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells |
| Location of Archive | |
| Somerset Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
ABBAS-COMBE, or Temple-Combe (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Horethorne, E. division of Somerset, 4½ miles (S. by W.) from Wincanton. There is a place of worship for Independents.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
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]
Abbas Combe, Somerset Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| ABBAS COMBE PARISH Online Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FREG | 1563-1871 | 1564-1913 | 1563-1902 | |||
| IGI | 1597-1812 (gaps) | |||||
| MARR | 1564-1836 | |||||
| NBI | 1597-1847 | |||||
| PALL | 1800-1812 | |||||
| SOPC | 1563-1812 | 1564-1932 | 1560-1812 | |||
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.
Poor Law Union[edit | edit source]
The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 placed the responsibility for the care of the poor in England and Wales, from 1834 onward, on Poor Law Unions[8]. The Poor Law Unions and their workhouses took over this responsibility from the Church of England parishes. Prior to 1834 a few parishes or collections of parishes had established a few workhouses to help relieve the poor and provide indoor relief in the form of food, clothes and shelter.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Somerset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
- 1524 - Abbas Combe Lay Subsidy, E 179/169/146.[9] Copy: FHL British Film 2228722.
In 1692 the British government instituted another innovative scheme to increase revenue which came to be known as the land tax[10] .
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites[edit | edit source]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/AbbasCombe/index.html
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed: 11 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Somerset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 3 February 2014.
- ↑ 'IGI Batch Numbers for Somerset, England', IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America, accessed 21 October 2013.
- ↑ 'Somerset Marriages', findmypast (WayBack Machine), accessed 29 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 17 October 2013.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ Somerset Online Parish Clerks Genealogy, accessed 22 October 2013. Described as Templecombe.
- ↑ England and Wales Poor Law
- ↑ E 179 Database, The National Archives, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/, accessed 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Land Tax Assessment Records