PROJECTS – Database preparation and transcriptions
Transcription projects
The Society is committed to providing material to assist people researching their ancestors in Northamptonshire. All our project work is done by volunteers and the Society is grateful to them for their hard work. New volunteers are always welcome. Please look at our Volunteering Page for more information on how you can help.
- Transcriptions of parish registers are added to our Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Databases. Coverage for the county is not yet complete.
- We hold an index to Northamptonshire & Rutland Probate Records 1463-1858 for records held at Northamptonshire Archives.
- Our Personal Names Database (PND) in an index only database showing surname, forename, year, parish and reference to the source of the entry. It is best used as ‘finding aid’ with over 1,350,000 names. As well as some parish register entries, it has records from hospital admission books, militia lists, land tax and other miscellaneous sources.
- Many entries from the Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Probate and Miscellaneous records (PND) sets can be searched online via www.findmypast.co.uk
Database searches
Searches can be conducted on one or any of the above databases.
- Many of the miscellaneous records in our personal names database can be accessed free of charge by members from the Members’ Area.
- For non-members wishing to request a search, please email us for a quote in the first instance, giving details of surname, forename and where applicable, dates and parish. (E-mail pnd@northants-fhs.org.) As a guide, an A4 sheet of results would cost £2 and can be emailed to you.
- Details of how to pay for searches will be included as part of your quotation.
DISCLAIMER: Whilst every effort has been made to transcribe the registers accurately, no responsibility can be accepted for errors in, or omissions from, the transcripts. The researcher is always advised to check the original records to verify entries in the database. It must be remembered that some registers are in poor condition include many entries which are difficult to read.
