Tilsworth, Bedfordshire Genealogy

England Bedfordshire  Bedfordshire Parishes

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

Parish History
TILSWORTH (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Woburn, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 3½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Dunstable. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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:

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.

Census records
a. Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 241193. To view these census images online, they are available through a number of websites for a fee ($) or free. • FamilySearch now has all of the British Censuses available. • FindMyPast ($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. • Ancestry.co.uk ($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com. • The Genealogist.co.uk ($) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. • FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Bedfordshire 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

Web sites
Tilsworth on GENUKI