Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire Genealogy

Guide to Gloucester, Gloucestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Gloucester Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. It is located in the county of Gloucestershire.

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
Gloucester Cathedral (Holy Trinity) registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester All Saints registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester Christ Church parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Barnabas parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Bartholomew and St Nicholas registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Luke parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Oswald parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Paul parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Gloucester St Stephen parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-conformist Records

 * 1642-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Gloucester Wesleyan Methodist registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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