South Mimms, Middlesex Genealogy

England   Middlesex   Middlesex Parishes   South Mimms

Parish History
'Mimms (South), a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Barnet district, Middlesex, the county border with Hertfordshire, and 3½ miles north and west of Barnet--each of which also have chapels and churches. See also the churches at (parish of) Barnet and the village of Potters-Bar (a district chapel). There was a Roman Catholic chapel built here.'

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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

1667 Hearth Tax

 * Marcham, Frank. Monuments and Other Records of Finchley. Newspaper articles..

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Middlesex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

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

Web sites

 * Sketch of South Mimms Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor