Search: If you are looking for information for a particular person or name, you may wish to use the search facility. This returns all relevant pages on the SHS web site, not just the records listed below.
Please note: literacy levels in the past were not as good as they are today, so the spelling of names can be very varied, eg: Fazey, Feasey, Feazey, Feasy, Fossey, Fezey, Vezay, Vezey all appear in the Census and Parish Register transcriptions.
Browse: The following documents are currently available on-line:
- NEW INFORMATION (23 December 2012) - Transcriptions of all the Registers and the Bishop's Transcripts are now available.
Complete copy of the St Laud's Parish Registers up to 1912 Introduction
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Baptisms | 1698-1718 | 1718-1797 | 1813-1844 | 1845-1888 | 1889-1912 |
Marriages | 1698-1718 | 1718-1753 | 1754-1812 | 1813-1837 | 1837-1912 |
Burials | 1698-1718 | 1718-1797 | 1813-1852 | 1853-1912 | |
Banns | 1823-1899 | ||||
Bishop's Transcripts | 1576-1697 | 1798-1812 | |||
Transcriptions | |||||
Baptisms | 1698-1718 | 1718-1797 | 1813-1844 | 1845-1888 | 1889-1912 |
Marriages | 1698-1718 | 1718-1753 | 1754-1812 | 1813-1837 | 1837-1912 |
Burials | 1698-1718 | 1718-1797 | 1813-1852 | 1853-1912 | |
Banns | 1823-1899 | ||||
Bishop's Transcripts | Baptisms | 1576-1697 | 1798-1812 | ||
Burials | 1576-1697 | 1798-1812 | |||
Marriages | 1576-1697 |
The following documents, containing information arranged in alphabetical order of surname, are also currently available on-line:
- 1910 Land Valuation Survey - Lists of owners and occupiers plus accompanying Ordnance Survey maps showing where they lived.
- Census Information
- 1918 Electoral Register
- Monumental Inscriptions of St Laud's Church
- 1796 Enclosure Map
- 1831 Militia Ballot - List of men aged 18 to 45
- Poll books: 1710 - 1713 - 1722 - 1784 - 1831
- Posse Comitatus 1798
- Wills (1384 - 1858) - now contains 241 names
Also available:
- Directories - Sherington entry
- 26 directories published between 1830 and 1939 - including Kelly's.
- List of Rectors of St Laud's Church
- Parish Council records (1895-1977): Lists of Councillors, Chairmen, Vice-chairmen, Clerks, Lamplighters, Overseers and Constables.
- Transcription of the Roll of Honour of the villagers who served in the First World War.
- Sherington Prisoners at Aylesbury Gaol 1859 to 1878
- Details of four Sherington Seamen
- List of residents of Sherington who took the Oaths of Allegiance to King George in 1723 - 1724
- Weddings in Tyringham involving Sherington people 1576 - 1836
- Information from A C Chibnall's book: "Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village"
If you are seeking information on a specific person, please also see the Individuals section.
SHS member Gillian Nursaw-Smith has compiled a list of Hints and Tips on where to look for Family History information. This was originally presented to the May 2007 SHS meeting.