Gloucestershire Genealogical Resources

Image Right - Gloucestershire County Record Office and family history centre housed in a former school off Alvin Street.

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The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Gloucestershire, both geographical/physical and online.

See British and Irish Genealogical Reference Centre

Please add links to any resources you find in the appropriate sections below.

GENUKI Gloucestershire

Cyndi's List - Gloucestershire

Resource Centres - Repositories

• Gloucestershire Archives

Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW
E-mail:archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Telephone:44 (0) 1452 425295

• Bristol Record Office

'B' Bond Warehouse (via Create Centre), Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN
Telephone:44 (0) 117 922 4224

Local Family and Local History Societies

• Blockley Heritage Society
• Charlton Kings Local History Society
• Cheltenham Local History Society
• Chipping Campden History Society
• Forest of Dean Local History Society
• Gloucestershire Family History Society
• Gloucester Local History Society
• Stroud Local History Society
• Tewkesbury Historical Society

Online

Research Guides

• Forest of Dean Family History Trust invaluable resource for researching your Gloucestershire ancestors.
• Quick links to help you research your Gloucestershire family
• Gloucestershire Genealogy
• Genealogy Links Gloucestershire

Historical documents

• Gloucestershire BMD
• Gloucestershire Resources - £ - membership required
• Trade Directories of Gloucestershire
• Old Gloucestershire Maps

History of Gloucestershire Communities

Places

• The Village of Longhope includes a family history section complete with databases.
• Scribe's Alcove database of baptism, marriage and burial records extracted from six Gloucestershire parishes around Berkeley and Thornbury.

Historical Resources

...online publications

• The visitation of the county of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623
• The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1623
• The Domesday Book Online - Gloucestershire
• Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Directory 1870
• Gloucestershire Directory 1820

Military Resources

• Soldiers of Gloucestershire free searchable database of over 40,000 names of soldiers who fought in the 24 Battalions of the Regiment during the First World War. Also over 10,000 names in the 19th Century soliders database.
• Gloucestershire Roll of Honour

Forums

• Rootschat Gloucestershire
• Rootsweb Message Board - Gloucestershire

Professional Researchers

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