Hertfordshire, England Genealogy

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

County Information
Hertfordshire (abbreviated Herts ) is a county in south east England and is one of the "Home Counties" surrounding London along with Surrey, Essex, Kent, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. The county town is Hertford. The county takes its name from Hertford meaning a ford frequented by harts or stags.

The major towns are Hertford, St Albans (built on the site of a Roman settlement, Verulamium), Watford, Hatfield, and Letchworth (Britain's first Garden City).

Newspapers

 * at FamilySearch — index and images

Parishes
Use an interactive mapto find jurisdictions for each parish in Hertfordshire.

Civil Registration Districts
List of Hertfordshire Civil Registration Districts

Websites

 * Hertfordshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Hertfordshire Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Hertfordshire Names Online: Courtesy of the Hertfordshire Record Office
 * 1930 - at FamilySearch — index