Dunster, Somerset Genealogy
Guide to Dunster, Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Dunster, Somerset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Carhampton |
| County | Somerset |
| Poor Law Union | Williton |
| Registration District | Williton |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1594 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dunster |
| Diocese | Bath and Wells |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton |
| Location of Archive | |
| Somerset Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History
DUNSTER (St. George), a market-town and parish, in the union of Williton, hundred of Carhampton, W. division of Somerset, 38 miles (W. N. W.) from Somerton, and 158 (W. by S.) from London; containing 1078 inhabitants, and comprising the hamlets of Alcombe, Aville, Bondington, Frackford, Kitswall with Cuffs, and Staunton. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. [1]
Resources
Civil Registration
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
Dunster, Somerset Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FREG = FreeREG - free[2] | |||||
| JOIN = The Joiner Marriage Index - (£)[3] | |||||
| MARR = Somerset Marriages (findmypast) - (£)[4] | |||||
| NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)[5] |
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| FREG | 1559-1912 | |
1559-1901 | |
1559-1864 | |
| JOIN | |
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Census records
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 Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records
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.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Dunster/index.html
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 105-110. Adapted. Date accessed November 21, 2013.
- ↑ 'Somerset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 18 February 2014.
- ↑ 'Somerset Coverage,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 18 October 2013.
- ↑ 'Somerset Marriages', findmypast (WayBack Machine), accessed 30 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 17 October 2013.
