Family History Records for Hertfordshire
There is more than Birth, Marriage and Death records to research. In this section I will tell all the records that are possible for you to search, were to find them and how they can help you.
Birth, marriage and death
- Civil registration
- Parish Records
- Marriage licences and Banns
- Monumental inscriptions
- Cemeteries and crematoria
- Wills
- Adoption
Civil Registration
With the population of each parish rising to increasing levels it was thought that the current parish records ( Baptisms, marriage and burials) were not providing an accurate picture. on 1st July 1837 the Registration Act was passed this meant that all births, marriages and deaths were to be legally registered.
These are the cornerstones of your family research, these records will enable you to order certificates which will provide evidence to your research.
The records are broke into Districts, Subdistricts, Volumes and Pages. These records are held by the GRO (General Records Office)
What will they tell me?
Birth records will have the
- Childs name
- Mothers Maiden name (after Sept 1911)
- Quater
- District
- Volume
- Page
Marriage records will have the
- Spouse Name
- 2nd Spouse name (after Sept 1912)
- Quater
- District
- Volume
- Page
Death records will have the
- Name
- Age of death (after Sept 1866)
- Deceased Date of birth (After 1969)
- Quater
- District
- Volume
- Page
Parish Records
