Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire Genealogy

Guide to Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
GADDESDEN, GREAT (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Hemel-Hempstead, hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, 2½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Hemel-Hempstead.

Civil Registration
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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

1524/5 Subsidy

 * 1524/5 Lay Subsidy (E179/120/122 roll 4 dorse) has been microfilmed:.

1626 Subsidy

 * 1626 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/329 membrane 2 dorse) has been microfilmed:.

1628 Subsidies

 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/331 roll 2) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/333 roll 2) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/336 roll 2) has been microfilmed:.

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hertfordshire 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Great Gaddesden on GENUKI