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.
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre website access
You may have noticed that we have left the EU. Does this affect family historians interested in the archives of the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre(WSHC)? Yes it does.
The website address, its url, has changed. If you try to access www.wshc.eu the site will not be found.
It is now www.wshc.org.uk
Even the link through Wiltshire Libraries has not been updated. The links on this website has been updated.
New publication - Alvediston Manor Court records 1633-1887
| The latest in the series of Manor Court Records has been published, as a softback book or as a download. Both versions can be purchased from GenFair or by post from the Publications Officer at Resource Centre |  |
Wiltshire Strays updated
We have recently added over 1900 marriage records to the Strays Index. These are marriages that took place outside Wiltshire, but either the bride or groom was from Wiltshire.
The full data set is available to members who have logged in. A name index to the records is available to all in the 'Free Indexes to our Publications' page, accessed through 'Publications'.
re-NEW-ed Publications
Eight sets of records, that were transcribed in the 1990s and either faded into the background or were never actually published, have been made available in newly formatted publications:
Wiltshire Land Tax 1780 – CD 11 – 16619 records of property owners and occupiers.
Wiltshire Confirmations 1703-1920 – CD 13 – 27122 events.
Wiltshire Non-Conformist records – CD 14 – 21822 events.
Wiltshire Strays in Gloucester Gaol – 19th century men and women from Wiltshire in Gloucester Gaol, giving date, name, trade and abode
Wiltshire Emigration Association 1849-51 – A scheme to settle Wiltshire people in Australia, with names, birth dates, abode, marriage dates and family members.
Wiltshire Fire Insurance Policy holders 1714-1731 – 1239 records giving name, abode, year and Guildhall Library reference.
Wiltshire Apprentices: Parish, Charity and Private – 6392 records giving name, abode, trade, date of indenture and details of master.
Broad Town Charity Apprentices – 4428 records giving name, abode, trade and master.
View or download our expanded Publications leaflet or visit our store on GenFair.
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Newsletter September 2020
The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Newsletter is now available through the link here.
New Publication - Wiltshire Constabulary
We have recently published our largest publication "Wiltshire Constabulary Police Officers Appointed 1839-1927".
At 523 pages it is only available in print, on CD as a download through GENfair.
It is a transcript of original records held at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, supported by two indexes; one by name and the other by police number. Wiltshire Constabulary re-issued its numbers as they became available.
Your Personal Data and Wiltshire Family History Society
VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE
For your membership to continue, please read what you are asked to do
The changing law protects the rights of UK citizens and residents but applies to data relating to members everywhere.
On 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. This Legal Regulation controls the relationship between the individual members and Wiltshire Family History Society (WFHS) in respect of the personal data which they have provided. The Society needs to hold the data in order to administer the Society’s activities and finances, to communicate with its members, and to keep them informed about the Society’s activities.
What you are asked to do
The GDPR requires the Society to obtain your specific consent to your data being held under the following Data Protection Policy. Without your consent we are unable to hold your data and your membership will, in effect, come to an end.
Data Protection Policy – The Society is registered under the UK’s Data Protection Act. Membership records and related subscription payment details are held on a computer database for Society use only and will not be passed to third parties. The Society also maintains a computer database of members’ surname interests. A condition of accepting surname interests from members is that the interests are published in the Society’s Journal, together with the member’s name, postal and email addresses. Surname interests are also published on the Society’s website, but with a membership reference number only. Enquirers who request contact with a member in connection with their surname interests will be provided only with that member’s name, postal and email addresses.
Please provide your consent soon:
If you are an Internet user: log on to the WFHS website,
- go to My Account, then Edit, then Update Your Profile to reveal your Profile Page.
- Click on the Data Protection tab and read the Data Protection Policy information. [Note: you may need to hover the mouse arrow over the blue “i” in order to see the information.]
- Once you have read the information, click in the tick box and then on Update to confirm your consent.
Or, if you pay your annual membership subscription by bank standing order or by cheque: please complete the following details and forward the whole form to WFHS Membership Secretary, 11 Caird Lawns, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3EB
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2017 Family History Day - Steam
Coach Trips 2017
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We had a very successful trip to Who Do You Think You Are? Live show at NEC last Saturday, with 37 people - members and non-members joining our coach! Our set-down point at Kew is at the National Archives - but this is only a short distance from Kew Gardens or the London Water and Steam Museum (steaming their rotative engines and their railway that day) or the Mechanical Music Museum at Kew Bridge, for anyone who would prefer visiting these places rather than the Archives! |
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