Herefordshire, England Genealogy

England Herefordshire

Guide to Herefordshire ancestry, family history and genealogy parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Herefordshire, or Hereford, is an inland county contiguous to Wales in England.

County Information
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Herefordshire like this:

"Herefordshire, an inland co. on the SE. border of Wales, and bounded N. by Shropshire and Worcestershire, E. by Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, S. by Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, and W. by Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, and Brecknockshire; greatest length N. and S. 38 miles, greatest breadth E. and W. 35 miles; 532,918 ac., pop. 121,062. The co. is almost circular in form, and its surface shows a series of quiet and beautiful undulations. It is watered by the Wye, Lugg, Monnow, Arrow, and Frome, also the Teme. . . ."

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

Civil Registration Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Herefordshire was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Herefordshire and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.

Websites

 * Herefordshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Herefordshire Resources and help pages. (Free).
 * Before 1858, every town and parish in Herefordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. To read more about probate records and see a list of Herefordshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Herefordshire Probate Records.
 * Here is a list of web sites and/or web pages for Herefordshire and a few of its parishes. Visit FHLFavorites.info.