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Kemble (All Saints) ...... 3

Kemerton (St Nicholas) ...... 5

Kempley (St Edward) ...... 7

Kempsford (St Mary) ...... 9

Kings Stanley (St George) ...... 11

Kingscote (St John the Baptist) ...... 12

Kingswood (St Mary the Virgin) ...... 15

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Kemble, All Saints (registers start from 1679) Kemble is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was transferred from the county of Wiltshire to Gloucestershire in 1897 and has been united with Poole Keynes since 1924

Parish registers on Ancestry: For most parishes, you can see digital images of registers of baptisms and confirmations up to the end of 1913, marriages and banns up to the end of 1938, and burials up to the end of 1988 via the Ancestry website. All the registers on Ancestry have been indexed and can be accessed from the website by name or by place. (You can also access most registers of confirmations up to and including 1913 via the Ancestry website)

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kemble by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P186/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kemble for the years: 1605-1837 (Held at Wiltshire History Centre)

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

3 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register index: Marriages 1679-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: Kemble (Methodist) You may wish to also try Cirencester (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Quaker, Unitarian), Poole Keynes and Rodmarton (both Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cirencester, Coates, Poole Keynes, Rodmarton, Siddington, Somerford Keynes or Wiltshire parishes

Want to know more? Take a look at our research mini guides: Parish Registers (research mini guide 4), Bishops Transcripts (research mini guide 11), Marriage Licences (research mini guide 17), Marriage Indexes (research mini guide 28), Civil Certificates (research mini guide 24), Graves (research mini guide 27), Civil Cemeteries (research mini guide 2), Non-conformist Records (research mini guide 3)

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Kemerton, St Nicholas (registers start from 1572) Kemerton is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish was transferred to Worcestershire in 1931.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kemerton by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P187/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kemerton for the years: 1602-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1575-1812 (Phillimore vol. IV – light green) Baptisms, marriage and burials -1572-1948 (Parish Transcript - on the open shelves) Parish register index: Marriages 1575-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: Kemerton (Methodist) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Ashchurch, Teddington or Worcestershire parishes

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Kempley, St Edward (registers start from 1637) Kempley is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It used to be united with Dymock, and has been united with Oxenhall and Preston since 1955

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kempley by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P188/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kempley for the years: 1569-78, 1583, 1585, 1595, 1609, 1611-12, 1620-21, 1623, 1629, 1661-1737 (gaps) 1740- 1812 (gaps), 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

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7 Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Baptisms 1663-1752, marriage 1666-1804 and burials 1637-1750 (On the open shelves) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Kempley. You may wish to try Dymock (Baptist) or Herefordshire parishes. See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Dymock, Oxenhall, Preston and Herefordshire parishes

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Kempsford, St Mary (registers start from 1573) Kempsford is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It is united with Whelford

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kempsford by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P189/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kempsford for the years: 1578, 1580, 1618-24 (gaps) 1629, 1631, 1637, 1639, 1661-1812 (gaps), 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Parish transcripts, baptisms, marriage and burials -1653-1700 (On the open shelves) Parish register index: Marriages 1653-1700 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Kempsford. You may wish to try Fairford (Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Lechlade (Baptist, Roman Catholic) or Wiltshire parishes See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Fairford, Lechlade and parishes in Wiltshire

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Kings Stanley, St George (registers start from 1573) Kings Stanley is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. The parish of Selsley was formed from Kings Stanley in 1863

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kings Stanley by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P190/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kings Stanley for the years: 1578-80, 1606-7, 1609, 1612-13, 1616-17, 1620-21,1623-24, 1626-28, 1640, 1662-65, 1667, 1669-70, 1672, 1675-1724, 1726-34, 1736-43, 1745-85, 1787-1812, 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1573-1812 (Phillimore vol. I – light green) Marriages 1813-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index volume VI) Parish register index: Marriages; 1573-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1877, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: King’s Stanley (Baptist, Methodist) You may wish to also try: Leonard Stanley (Methodist), Stonehouse (Congregational, Methodist)and Woodchester (Baptist, Roman Catholic) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Cainscross, Leonard Stanley, Selsley, Stonehouse and Woodchester

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Kingscote, St John the Baptist (registers start from 1651) Kingscote is an ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Gloucester. It was a chapelry of Beverstone until 1842, then it was united with Newington Bagpath

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kingscote by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P191/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kingscote for the years: 1578, 1597-99, 1607, 1609, 1612-32 (gaps), 1638, 1661-65, 1667-1716, 1717-1812 (gaps), 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1652-1812 (Phillimore vol. V III– light green) Marriages 1813-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index volume V) Parish register index: Marriages; 1652-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: There are no non-conformist records for Kingscote. You may wish to try Horsley (Methodist) and Wotton-under-Edge (Baptist, Tabernacle [Methodist then Congregationalist], Methodist, Presbyterian) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Beverston, Horsley, Newington Bagpath, Owlpen, Ozleworth and Wotton-under-Edge

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Kingswood, St Mary the Virgin (registers start from 1598) Kingswood is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Gloucester.

Parish registers at Gloucestershire Archives We may also hold later or additional registers which have not been digitised. You can find details of all the parish registers we currently hold for Kingswood by searching our online catalogue for finding reference P193/IN/1. Once you have got your hitlist, make sure you see the full catalogue entry for each register of interest by clicking on its finding reference (to the left of the entry). The full catalogue entry will tell you whether or not the register has been digitised by Ancestry. If you are interested in a register which has not been digitised by Ancestry, you will need to visit us to access it. The catalogue entry will tell you whether you can see the register on microfilm/microfiche, or whether you will need to pre-order the original register to view in the searchroom.

Bishops’ Transcripts (contemporary copies of the parish registers sent to the Bishop) These survive for Kingswood for the years: 1578, 1601-02, 1606-07, 1612-13, 1620-21, 1623-24, 1627-29, 1632, 1637,1639, 1661- 1812 (gaps), 1813-1859 You can see digital images of these documents via the Ancestry website. They have been indexed and can be accessed by name or place.

You can access the Ancestry website for free from Gloucestershire Archives or any Gloucestershire Library with wi-fi, or from home with a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk

Need some help to find what you’re looking for? Try these: Gloucestershire Family History Covers ALL marriages in Gloucestershire 1800-1837 Society Marriage Index Parish register transcripts: Marriages 1652-1812 (Phillimore vol. VIII– light green) Marriages 1813-1837 (Roe's Marriage Index volume V) Parish register index: Marriages; 1652-1812 (Roe's Marriage Index brides & grooms) Monumental inscriptions: Pre-1792, in Bigland's 'Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the county of Gloucester' Not in the Parish Registers? Try: Non-Conformist Registers: Kingswood (Congregational, Moravian). You may also wish to try; Hawkesbury (Baptist), Wickwar (Congregational) or Wotton-under-Edge (Baptist, Tabernacle [Methodist then Congregationalist], Methodist, Presbyterian) See the Non-conformist Guide Neighbouring parishes: Try Alderley, Charfield, Hawkesbury, Wotton-under-Edge or Wickwar

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