Gloucestershire Church Records
England 
Gloucestershire Church Records
Parish Registers
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 includes 2,054,974 Gloucestershire baptisms. England Marriages, 1538-1973 includes 1,108,519 Gloucestershire entries. England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 includes 523,006 Gloucestershire burials. Formerly known as the International Genealogical Index. These databases are free on FamilySearch. Coverage.
Baptisms
189,039 Gloucestershire entries are included in England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[1]
Marriages
Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837 is available online at Family History Societies Online (£).
222 Gloucestershire parishes are indexed in Boyd's Marriage Index (£). Coverage. Bristol was a popular place to marry.[2]
147 Gloucestershire parishes are indexed in Joiner's Marriage Index (£). Coverage.[3]
93,780 Gloucestershire entries are included in England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 at Ancestry (£). Formerly known as British Isles Vital Records Index - 2nd Ed. Coverage.[4]
Burials
Burials from 310 Gloucestershire places (167,500 entries) are included in the National Burial Index (£). Coverage.[5]
Marriage Licences
- 1637-1837 - Gloucestershire Marriage Licence Allegations 1637-1837 at Forest of Dean Family History Trust website - free. 44,000+ entries.
- 1637-1680 - Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1637-1680. Digitised by FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
- 1636-1777 - Boyd's Marriage Index (£) includes 30,312 entries from Bristol Diocese marriage licences (1637-1777). There are also 2756 entries from Gloucester Diocese marriage licences (1636-1742).[2]
Forest of Dean
A very helpful resource for parishes in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire is an online database of indexed parish registers found at www.forest-of-dean.net. It includes index baptism, marriage, and burial records from the following parishes.
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References
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' British Origins, (Wayback Machine) accessed 31 August 2013. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bmi" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 'Coverage of the Joiner Marriage Index', The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Genoot Library - British Isles Vital Record Index Breakdown,' Genoot, accessed 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 1 September 2013.