Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire Genealogy
Guide to Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Burnham |
| County | Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Eton |
| Registration District | Amersham; Eton |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1635 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1600 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Burnham |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Lincoln; Post-1844 - Oxford |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham |
| Location of Archive | |
| Buckinghamshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
FARNHAM-ROYAL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Eton, hundred of Burnham, county of Buckingham, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Colnbrook. There are places of worship for Independents.[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]
Farnham Royal parish registers of christenings, marriages, and burials are available online for the following years:
| Farnham Royal Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FMP | 1600-1912 | 1600-1912 | 1600-1936 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| ANC | 1538-1975 | 1538–1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| IGI | 1635-1786, 1787-1829, 1829-1870, 1870-1881 | 1653-1754 | ||||
| FS Catalog PRs | 1653-1935 | 1653-1935 | 1653-1935 | |||
| FS Catalog BTs | 1600-1841 | 1600-1841 | 1600-1841 | |||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
- Independent/Congregational
- Particular Baptist
- Primitive Methodist
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]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Buckinghamshire 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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
http://www.farnhamroyalchurches.org.uk/
Farnham Royal on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 216-220. Accessed and adapted 6 June 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
