National Burial Index (Bristol & Avon FHS)
- Transcription and conventions used
- Coverage
- Checking
- Grouping
- Abbreviations and codes
- Contact details
- How to buy
- Copyright
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Transcription and conventions used
The transcription consists of 27,443 entries mainly from the period 1813 to 1837 extracted from the burial registers of the southern parishes of the County of Gloucestershire.
The index includes the following fields - there may be more information in the original record:-
- Forenames.
- Surname (in CAPITALS).
- Date (separate fields for day, month and year)
- Age at death (inf indicates an infant, generally under one year of age).
- Place - sometimes called the 'parish'.
- Description - usually the dedication of the church - but it may be the address of a non-conformist register or a cemetery.
- Denomination - the denomination when the records were registered - not always a valid assumption.
- County - Chapman code relating to place.
- Quality - a measure of reliability of the data. 100 indicates the data has been checked, and 80 shows that it has still to be checked.
Note: where there is parish such as 'Anytown St Martin' (where the St Martin appears to be part of the placename) we also enter the Description (dedication) as 'St Martin'.
Coverage
The following table shows the parishes recorded in the database and the number of burials and years covered for each parish:
| Place | No. of entries | Year range |
|---|---|---|
| ABSON | 734 | 1813-1866 |
| ALMONDSBURY | 1307 | 1813-1866 |
| ALVESTON | 762 | 1812-1866 |
| AUST | 198 | 1813-1866 |
| BITTON | 3220 | 1813-1849 |
| COALPIT HEATH | 428 | 1845-1866 |
| COMPTON GREENFIELD | 131 | 1816-1882 |
| DODINGTON | 90 | 1813-1866 |
| DOWNEND | 838 | 1832-1867 |
| DOYNTON | 438 | 1813-1866 |
| DYRHAM & HINTON | 522 | 1813-1869 |
| ELBERTON | 187 | 1813-1866 |
| FILTON | 238 | 1813-1867 |
| FRAMPTON COTTERELL | 1222 | 1813-1866 |
| FRENCHAY | 626 | 1834-1866 |
| HANHAM | 511 | 1844-1867 |
| IRON ACTON | 1121 | 1813-1866 |
| KINGSWOOD | 2425 | 1813-1869 |
| KINGSWOOOD | 954 | 1813-1866 |
| LITTLETON ON SEVERN | 159 | 1813-1866 |
| MANGOTSFIELD | 1595 | 1813-1849 |
| MARSHFIELD | 1470 | 1813-1866 |
| NORTHWICK ST THOMAS | 318 | 1813-1871 |
| OLDLAND | 188 | 1813-1866 |
| OLVESTON | 1335 | 1813-1866 |
| PILNING | 67 | 1856-1866 |
| PUCKLECHURCH | 801 | 1813-1866 |
| SISTON | 903 | 1813-1866 |
| STOKE GIFFORD | 448 | 1813-1866 |
| TORMARTON WITH WEST LITTLETON | 537 | 1813-1866 |
| WARMLEY | 295 | 1851-1866 |
| WESTERLEIGH | 1406 | 1813-1866 |
| WICKWAR | 10 | 1818-1832 |
| WINTERBOURNE | 1893 | 1813-1866 |
| WINTERBOURNE DOWN | 66 | 1861-1866 |
| Total (35) | 27443 | 1812-1882 |
Checking
The data has been completely checked.
Grouping
These records are not appropriate for grouping.
Abbreviations and Codes
Few abbreviations have been used.
Contact details
For more information about the Bristol and Avon Family History Society please see their web site www.bafhs.org.uk
How to buy
The second edition of the National Burial Index with 13.2 million burials and a flexible search program is available in a package of four CD-ROMS from many family history societies and GENfair, the online bookshop of the Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd.
Several Bristol and Avon parish records and census indexes are available from the Bristol and Avon Family History Society and are listed on their web site.
Copyright and disclaimer
© Trustees of the Bristol and Avon Family History Society. While every care has been taken in the preparation of the index users are advised to view the originals of the appropriate registers (or facsimiles thereof, e.g. microfilm) and to form their own interpretation. The Bristol and Avon Family History Society accepts no liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations of the registers.)
