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England Southampton

Guide to Southampton history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

RELIGION
Parallel to its civic importance, the Diocese of Bristol was founded in 1542,together with the former Abbey of St. Augustine, founded by Robert Fitzharding in 1140. becoming Bristol Cathedral. Traditionally this was equivalent to the town being granted city status, which was granted to Bristol in that year.

CEMETERIES
The following links provide information on the major cemeteries in Bristol:

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Canford Cemetery and Crematorium and Greenbank Cemetery

GENEALOGY RECORDS
Genuki England

Bristol and Bath Genealogy Society

Family Search Bristol Parish Registers

Bristol Community Genealogy

NEWSPAPERS
The Bristol Post This web site includes a huge historical archive, including obituaries.

/7662034.stm Local Bristol Newspapers