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Wilts Index ServiceIndex Service: Wiltshire burials, wills beneficiaries and 1871 census.
Link to Witshire Pictures This site shows many ariel pictures from around modern Wiltshire. Being continously added to.
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{short description of image}The Wardrobe Salisbury. History of the Royal Berks and Wilts Regiment to 1881.
British GenealogyNot just to find ancestors and build a family tree, but to put meat on the bones with information about where they lived, how they lived their lives, information about their occupations, and what influenced their thinking and decision making

Science Museum WroughtonThe Science Museum at Wroughton Airfield is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. It houses the Science Museum's collections of large objects in store and on display


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Researching your family tree can be great fun but it can also be hard work, particularly if you have just started out. Why not get together with someone else to share tips & field trips and to save money by sharing research costs etc? People-Connection hopes to make that easier for you
A History of West Grimstead and the Read Family
West Grimstead GifHistory and Genealogy of West Grimstead near Salisbury. Contains many transcripts from the registers.

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Details of the Redman, Giddings and Sims families from the Salisbury and Urchfont areas of Wiltshire Site includes information and pictures of many other family names across Southern England

Wiltshire news, sport, leisure and classifieds from This is Wiltshire
This page provides links to other sites providing genealogical or historical data or specific parishes or towns. It is provided to assist family historians to rapidly find lesser known sites which might assist them in their researches or preservation of material. It does include the well known sites. In providing these links does not imply that the Society endorses the site. It is up to the user to assess the site and the accuracy of any information contained therein.

Societies bordering Wiltshire

To the West of the County of Wiltshire:  Bristol and Avon FHS: (covers the city of Bristol together with North Somerset and South Gloucestershire). Somerset and Dorset FHS: 

South and East: Hampshire FHS    

East: Berkshire FHS, and  Oxfordshire FHS 

North Gloucestershire FHS


Ancestor Search gifThis site has been set up to provide guidance on WHERE to find information on your ancestors in England and Wales. If you are a new to tracing your English and/or Welsh ancestors then you are well advised to look at this section first. It provides a methodical step-by-step approach to successfully tracing the English and Welsh side of your family tree.


Library of Life LogoShare your memories and record them online forever. The aim of Library of Life is to compile the life stories of millions of people around the world, creating the first record of life that will last forever. FTF logo Looking for the perfect gift for a family history fanatic? Family Tree Folk has a growing range of unique gifts designed with a family history theme. The designs are great for anyone with an interest in researching their ancestry. Choose from a collection of key-rings, coasters, mouse mats, fridge magnets in various sizes, rulers, letter openers, note cards and handmade greetings cards and much more. Also a wide choice of genealogist magnifiers including unbreakable inexpensive sheet magnifiers, LED lighted, Auto Focus transcribing rulers. A selection of Acid Free Paper, Pens and Glues as well as a full professional research service.
Visit the website to find out more.

Parish Finder This web site mirrors the functionality found in the Parish Finder program for the PC (DOS and Windows) and Psion 5.
My-History A new company set up dedicated to supplying both beginners and experienced genealogists with family tree software - check it out
1901 Census Leftovers - Many people have been downloading images from the 1901 online Census and after transcribing have posted to various lists. This site attempts to bring these many transcriptions together.


BMD logoWiltshireBMD is a joint project between the county's registration service and independent volunteers and family history societies, to revolutionise public access to records dating back from the start of Queen Victoria's reign
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Note: This site covers only the Chippenham registration district.

{short description of image}The Wiltshire Regiment (62 Foot) - This history of the Wiltshire Regiment (62nd Foot) is largely extracted from 'The Story of The Wiltshire Regiment ' by Colonel N.C.E. Kenrick, D.S.O. (1963). Contains names and covers mostly the Indian Campaign
Wiltshire Clocks - a business set up to renovate clocks made in or near to the county.
Wiltshire's Nimrod Index - Marriages 1538-1837, Wills Index 1242 - 1887 and more. 10% discount to Wiltshire FHS members.
At Precious Voices they rescue the sounds of the past, preserving them for generations to come. Check out your old cassettes and reel to reel recordings and have them preserved.
Behind the Name - the etymology and history of first names
Gazeteer of British Place Names - a unique source of geographical information; it provides an exhaustive index to the place names of Great Britain; it relates each place name to its historic County; it relates each place name to a set of administrative areas.
Census Finder - England Census Records and many other links.
More information about Wiltshire including a What's On Guide
Swindon Web - for all you want to know about Swindon the largest town in Wiltshire
Genealogy Web Directory A large directory of Genealogy resources and services
Roll of HonourThroughout Wiltshire there are various memorials and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and women who fell in various wars. These memorials and rolls cover many centuries in some cases, most World War One and Two.

Duncan & Mandy's Website. Photographs of Churches including Memorials and Gravestones in Wiltshire. Includes names from the numerous recorded photographs.

Logo Criclklade St MaryThe entries from the Cricklade St Mary Parish Records have been transcribed by the Friends of St Mary's Church Cricklade as a service to those genealogists who are researching their family history and are available in booklet form
{nmr logo, link to Record Office}The National Monuments Record (NMR) is English Heritage's public archive, having public search rooms in Swindon and London.

Keighley BadgeKeighley (Yorkshire)FHS
{short description of image}Wiltshire Community History; These pages contain information on 261 Wiltshire communities covering the whole of the Wiltshire County Council administered area of the county.
Certainly worth a visit for local history
{short description of image}Tree Tops offers useful and worthwhile services for the family historian.
{short description of image}The Parish Chest is the online genealogical shopping site where you can purchase cds., microfiche, census returns, charts and family trees, parish transcriptions, books and maps. In fact, just about everything you need for chasing your family history.
{short description of image}Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office These records hold the memory of the people of Wiltshire and Swindon and they can be used to study the past, to answer questions about the present, and to plan for the future.
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{short description of image}The digital library of text and information about people, places and businesses from the medieval and early modern period, built by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.

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Art Gallery Worldwide

Providing a place for global trading of all kind of artwork where practically any person can trade any masterpiece of art around the globe.
UK Genealogy
The object behind this site is to present a good cross-section of Genealogical information and links on the Internet, that will aid both the person new to the subject and the more seasoned researcher. The Internet also lists organisations who have placed bread and butter type data on CDROM, that may well contain facts which could otherwise have taken many months-worth of sifting through old documents to locate.
UK-Genealogy-ID"The UK Genealogy Interests Directory" at www.ukgid.com is a Family History site which allows people to contact other people who are researching the same surnames in the UK or Ireland.
Wiltshire Family History Society is not responsible in any way for the content of external web sites and neither endorses or recommends any information, services or products contained or obtained from those sites.
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