Farncombe, Surrey Genealogy
Guide to Farncombe, Surrey ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Farncombe, Surrey | |
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Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Godalming |
County | Surrey, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Guildford |
Registration District | Guildford |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1849 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: None | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Stoke |
Diocese | Winchester |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Surrey |
Location of Archive | |
Surrey History Centre | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
FARNCOMB, a tything and a chapelry in Godalming parish, Surrey. The tything lies on the Guildford and New Portsmouth railway, 1 mile NNE of Godalming; and has a post office under Godalming. There is a Wesleyan chapel.[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]
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Indexes | 1850-1865 | findmypast[2] |
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Surrey will abstracts (1470-1858) are available online at British Origins (£).[3]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Surrey Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Taxation[edit | edit source]
- 1664 Hearth Tax at Hearth Tax Online - free.
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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Adapted. Date accessed: 26 February 2014.
- ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage,' Find My Past, accessed 11 April 2012.
- ↑ 'About Surrey and South London Will Abstracts 1470-1858,' Origins.net, accessed 27 June 2012.