Wiltshire Strays - updated version
Our Wilthire Strays database has been updated with more new records. There are now over 29,000 events available.
A name and event index is available to all in the Free Name Index page in Publications. The full database is avilable to members in the Resource section, once logged in.
In both cases the records are in a single pdf file, which has bookmarks enabled to ease navigation. This facility works with the downloaded file.
Remember, if you spot any Wiltshire strays, please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Happy hunting!
October 2023 journal
The October 2023 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
Salisbury St Edmund parish register transcripts now available for purchase or download
We are pleased to announce the publication of Salisbury St Edmund parish register transcripts.
The baptisms and burials transcripts are each available as printed books and as downloads.
They are also available, together with the transcript of marriages, as CMB 6 on CD-ROM or as a download.
All versions can be ordered through GenFair.
July 2023 journal
The July 2023 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
Our 2023 Family History Day
Click here to download a pdf version with links to the attendees and local facilities.
April 2023 journal
The April 2023 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
January 2023 journal
The January 2023 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
October 2022 journal
The October 2022 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
July 2022 journal
The July 2022 journal is now on-line and is available to members, who should log on and select Journals through the Members' Area. 
1921 Census
Zoom talks hosted by WFHS branches
Talks about the newly-released 1921 Census by FindMypast specialists on Zoom: Devizes (18 Jan), Westbury (27 Jan) and Swindon (10 Feb) branches. Note that places can be limited, so please see their Branch pages for more information about attending this talk and any other Zoom talks they are hosting.
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Membership as a gift
Have you ever thought a friend or relative would enjoy a year's membership of our Society?
Well, anyone can now buy a membership subscription for someone else. It is available on our GenFair stall.
Perhaps that's a festive gift sorted?
New Free Name Indexes
To compliment two of our recent CDs / downloads free name indexes have been released for them. They are for CD37 Wiltshire Tithe Awards and CD40 Wiltshire Asylums.
New publications - Wiltshire Asylums
Four new publications have recently been released, all concerned with Wiltshire Asylums. They are:
CS130 – Wiltshire Asylum (Roundway) Burials 1852 – 1966
CS131 – Wiltshire Asylum (Roundway) Admissions and Discharges1851 - 1919
CS132 – Fisherton Anger Asylum Admissions and Discharges 1813 - 1913
CS133 – Box, Calne, Fonthill, Laverstock and Market Lavington Admissions and Discharges
More information is on our GenFair stall. There are over 27000 records in the series. Some patients had more than one period in an asylum.
A free name index is available on this website.
The four publications have also been merged into a single CD / download CD40. Also available through GenFair.
Free access to Wiltshire parish and probate records
While lockdown remains in place the WSHC and Ancestry are providing free online access to Wiltshire Parish Registers (1538-1916) and Wiltshire Wills & Probate (1530-1858). There is a link from the WSHC Archives page.
You will need to set up a free 'guest account' (email address, password and agree to T&C). Only Wiltshire records are available.
