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[[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Gloucestershire Genealogy|Gloucestershire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Gloucestershire Parishes]] | [[England Genealogy|England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Gloucestershire Genealogy|Gloucestershire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Gloucestershire Parishes]] | ||
Guide to '''Acton Iron, Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Acton Iron, Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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==== Church records ==== | ==== Church records ==== | ||
===== Non-Comformist Churches<br> ===== | |||
*Independents | |||
*Wesleyans<br> | |||
==== Census records ==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
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== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
== References == | Acton Iron (see Iron Acton) on [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/IronActon/ GENUKI] | ||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}}<br> | {{Reflist}}<br> | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 6 April 2015
England 
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Parishes
Guide to Acton Iron, Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Acton Iron, Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Thornbury |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Poor Law Union | Chipping Sodbury |
| Registration District | Chipping Sodbury |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1570 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1602 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Hawkesbury |
| Diocese | Pre 1836 - Gloucester; Post 1835 - Gloucester and Bristol |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Gloucestershire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
IRON-ACTON (St. James), a parish, partly in the Lower division of the hundred of Grumbald's-Ash,but chiefly in the Lower division of that of Thornbury,union of Chipping-Sodbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 3½ miles (W. N. W.) from Chipping-Sodbury.There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans. [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]
Non-Comformist Churches
[edit | edit source]
- Independents
- Wesleyans
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 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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Acton Iron (see Iron Acton) on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 620-623. Date accessed: 08 April 2013.