Great Amwell, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
Great Amwell or Amwell, Great (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Ware, hundred of Ward, the hundred and county of Hertford, 1 1/4 mile (S.E. by S.) from Ware.

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:

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

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 Amwell on GENUKI