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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Somerset Studies Library
Paul Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3XZ
Tel: 01823 340300
Fax: 01823 340301
Opening hours:
Monday: 0930-1730
Tuesday: 0930-1730
Wednesday: 0930-1900
Thursday: 0930-1730
Friday: 0930-1900
Saturday: 0930-1600
Other Libraries:
Reference Library
Binford Place
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3LF
Tel: 01278 458373
Fax: 01278 451027
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 0930-1700; Wednesday, Friday: 0930-1900; Saturday: 0930-1600
Reference Library
King George Street
Yeovil
Somerset
BA20 1PY
Tel: 01935 421910
Fax: 01935 431847
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday: 0930-1730; Friday: 0930-1830; Saturday: 0930-1600
Reference Library
Justice Lane
Frome
Somerset
BA11 1BA
Tel: 01373 462215
Fax: 01373 472003
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday: 0930-1700; Friday: 0930-1900; Saturday: 0930-1600
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Yes. �22 per hour
Provided by local Record Office?
Somerset Record Office provides both its own fee-based service and a list of record agents
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Births, marriages and deaths (England and Wales), 1837-1998, plus overseas indexes (Taunton)
5. Census returns
1881 covering Great Britain (held at Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Frome)
1841-1891 covering South Somerset (held at Yeovil) also North Dorset (1841-1891)
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
National, c.1798 (held at Taunton)
Regional, 1822-1852 (held at Taunton)
County, 1840-1939 (held at Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil)
6(b) City and Town Directories
Bath, 1822-1973 (Taunton)
Bridgwater, 1883-1973 (Taunton, Bridgwater)
Frome, 1927-1974 (Frome)
Taunton, 1864-1973 (Taunton)
Weston-super-Mare, 1946-1974 (Taunton)
Yeovil, 1936-1974 (Taunton, Yeovil) Yeovil has 1934
6(c) Telephone Directories
Bristol, Bath and/or Weston-super-Mare Area(s), most of 1961 to date (Taunton)
Taunton Area, 1974 to date (Taunton)
Taunton Area (inc Yeovil), 1967 to date (incomplete) Yeovil
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Somerset, 1832 (Taunton)
Somerset (1832) - Yeovil (Raymond rpt)
Yeovil Burgess Lists, 1854-1900
7(b) Poll Books
Bridgwater, 1754-1866 (Bridgwater)
Taunton, 1818-1864 (Taunton)
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition, on microfiche, covering Somerset (Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Frome)
1992ed. Dorset (Yeovil)
9. Unpublished Indexes
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10. Parish Registers
Printed transcripts providing about 4% coverage of Somerset (Taunton)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Yeovil Review (1936-1948) Y Greenwood Tree, 1975 to date (Y)
Castle Cary Visitor (1896-1915) Y Chronicle, 1978 to date (Y)
Genealogist, new series, 1884-1922 (Taunton)
Genealogist's Magazine, 1925-1992 (Taunton)
Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1844 (Taunton)
Harleian Society, 1869 to date (Taunton)
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1880 to date (Taunton)
and archaeological society proceedings or transactions for most of the English counties, mid-19th century to date (Taunton)
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Patent rolls, close rolls, state papers and other P.R.O. texts and calendars
'Rolls Series' (Taunton)
Publications of the Record Commissioners, etc. (Taunton)
Somerset Record Society publications (Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil)
Bristol Record Society publications (Taunton)
Devon and Cornwall Record Society publications (Taunton)
13. Other material
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14. Guides to Collections
Although it is not intended as a guide to our collection, we do in practice hold (in Taunton) most of what is listed in Somerset: a genealogical bibliography, by Stuart Raymond (Federation of Family History Societies, 1991. ISBN 1 872094 22 8)
15. Local Record Offices
Somerset Record Office
Obridge Road
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 7PU
Tel: 01823 337600
Fax: 01823 325402
Email: [email protected]
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