Somerset Church Records

England Somerset  Church Records

Online
The subscription site Ancestry now 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)

Guide to Somerset parish register transcripts online.


 * wsom-opc.org.uk/ -- The main website for the Somerset Online Parish Clerk project


 * freereg.rootsweb.com/ -- A free service offering transcripts of parish registers in Somerset

At findmypast (£)--


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

15,956 Somerset entries are included in England &amp; 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 * Somersetshire Parishes: A Handbook of Historical Reference to All Places in the County by Arthur L. Humphreys provides an overview of what records survive for each parish.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 Record Office. 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,. For a listing of the parishes and the dates of coverage for this index click here.

Marriage Licences

 * 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 (£).