25 July 2014

Wiltshire baptismal records

Over half a million baptism record transcriptions for the English county of Wiltshire dating back to 1530 are now available on findmypast. There are about 200 parishes in the collection with 17 indicated as NEW, Bishopstrow, Britford, Calstone Wellington, Cherhill, Codford St Mary, Codford St Peter, Compton Bassett, Enford, Great Bedwyn, Hilmarton, Huish, Lydiard Tregoze, Lyneham, Pewsey, Potterne, Sevenhampton, and Sopworth.
The period of record is typically from around 1600 to 1837 and the start of civil registration. These are transcriptions from the Wiltshire Family History Society; no images of originals are available.

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