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Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Useful Links
Links to other websites relating to Wiltshire history
Wiltshire and Swindon archive catalogues are gradually being made available from the Wiltshire County Council website but are also available at the Access to Archives website, which also gives access to other archive catalogues from all over England and Wales: http://www.a2a.org.uk.
Anyone researching Wiltshire history will find the Wiltshire Studies information elsewhere within the Wiltshire County Council website of great use:
This gives access to 'potted histories' of Wiltshire towns and villages, and to digital images of related maps, photographs and printed material.
Also of use within the County Council website may be the heritage services homepage which gives links to the archaeology, buildings record, conservation, and museums services webpages:
Another important resource is the Victoria County History of Wiltshire.
The Victoria History of the Counties of England was founded in 1899 and dedicated to Queen Victoria. In 1947 work began on the Wiltshire volumes. Volumes I to V in the Wiltshire series are on general topics relating to the whole county. Volumes VI to XVII are topographical volumes, containing the histories of individual parishes and towns. Around three quarters of the work on Wiltshire has already been finished. The main aim of V.C.H. Wiltshire is now to complete the remaining topographical volumes.
The Wiltshire Family History Society has resources which may be of interest for local history, especially when researching people and family relationships
Links to other websites relating to family history
The Wiltshire FHS website is given above, but this is one amongst many websites which can be of use to family historians. Only a handful are given here but these should act as a springboard to others. Wiltshire County Council is not respon
Genuki is a good starting place for family history. It has been compiled by volunteers all over the world, and cross-references other useful websites.
Ancestry.co.uk is one of the largest commercial sites which gives access to copies of original records together with family trees
(It is free to use this service when you use the People's Network in public libraries in Wiltshire.)
The National Archives based at Kew, have a growing number of on-line resources, including guides to reading old hand-writing and translating Latin, which could be useful for all kinds of research involving historical records
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