Wiltshire Family History Society

If you have family roots in Wiltshire, then records of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials can all help you discover more about your ancestors.

There are also over 290,000 memorial inscriptions from Wiltshire to discover as well as the Sarum Marriage License Bonds, with 'Sarum' being an old name for Salisbury.

• Wilshire Baptisms Index
• Wilshire Banns Index
• Wiltshire Marriages Index
• Wiltshire Burials Index
• Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index
• Sarum Marriage License Bonds

This wonderful collection of newspaper notices contains records of births, deaths, marriages, anniversary and in memoriam notices from the Swindon Advertiser Newspaper for the period 1854-1899.

Newspaper notices are a fantastic family history resource which helps you uncover additional information about your ancestors and the major life events that took place in your family.

If your Wiltshire ancestor fell on hard times, you may be able to find out more about their life and circumstances in our collection of Settlement Examinations and Removal Orders.

Those unable to support themselves and their families were only entitled to receive relief from the parish in which they could claim legal settlement. They could then be removed to that parish if it was not where they were residing. Settlement Examination records allow you to uncover the examination process your ancestor went through and Removal Orders will highlight whether they were removed from Wiltshire to another parish.

• Wiltshire Settlements Examinations
• Wiltshire Removal Orders

Was your Wiltshire ancestor accused of committing a crime, or indeed the victim of a crime? If so, delve into this collection of Quarter Session Calendars to find out if your ancestors found themselves in the dock. You can explore this collection which documents convicts and the accused, as well as witnesses and victims. There are 67,156 records available for you to discover spanning more than 150 years.