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Wiltshire Baptisms

• Transcription and conventions used
• Coverage
• Checking
• Grouping
• Abbreviations and codes
• Contact details
• How to buy
• Copyright

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Introduction

The database has been compiled from the Parish Registers and the Bishops Transcripts.

Where a baptism was recorded identically in the register and the transcript it appears only once in the index. Where there are differences then each version is in the index with a cross reference to the other (see disclaimer at end).

Although these are baptism registers about 8% of the entries also give birth dates and nearly 2% give ONLY the birth date.

Transcription and conventions used

The database includes the following fields:-

• Parish; described in accordance with The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish registers.
• Surname
• Forenames
• Father’s forenames and prefix; sometimes father’s surname for a base born child, prefixes include Mr and Dr.
• Mother’s forenames and prefix; prefixes include Mrs and wid.
• Relationship; d for daughter or s for son. Any other relationship given will be in notes.
• Date of baptism
• Date of birth
• Notes; including cross references where the register and transcript entries differ.
• Residence; the spelling appears as stated, NOT corrected or modernised except counties which are given Chapman codes.
• Occupation of father; occasionally of mother or of the person being baptised if adult.

Coverage

This collection currently contains over 260,000 records from the registers of 76 parishes. In all cases the period covered is from the commencement of the registers to September 1837 plus later baptisms where the birth was noted to be no later than 1837.

The records of further parishes are being prepared for inclusion and will be added as available. In all cases the full period from commencement of the registers to 1837 will be covered.

The following parishes are included at present:

Checking

This data has been checked against the original documents which are deposited in the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office.

Grouping

There is no grouping of records in this database.

Abbreviations and Codes

The Chapman County codes have been used. The code for Wiltshire is 'WIL' and that for Somerset is 'SOM'.

Contact details

If you suspect an entry has been mis-transcribed please report the problem to ppv@wiltshirefhs.co.uk, for all other purposes see under ‘How to buy’.

How to buy

Wiltshire Family History Society provide an enquiry service - their address is: 10 Castle Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1HJ, or email society@wiltshirefhs.co.uk  or via website www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk .

The Wiltshire FHS has produced many parish register indexes and other publications. These can also be purchased online via GENfair or by mail order from the Society.

Copyright and disclaimer

Copyright in the transcriptions is owned by the Trustees of the Wiltshire Family History Society.

Where it has been assumed that entries in the register and Bishop’s transcript are for the same person despite there being differences, it is the searcher’s responsibility to accept or reject this assumption.

While every care has been taken in the preparation of this database users are advised to view the original registers and Bishop’s transcripts (or facsimiles thereof e.g. microfiche) and form their own interpretation.

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