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People of Occold

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We now have an online database of people from Occold containing a lot of their family history data. Currently, there are
3,152 people and
730 families
and this is growing daily.
Visit People to search the database.

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Fund Raising

The total amount raised so far for National and Local Charities stands at:

£3,230.13

The total raised in 2018 was

£10,165.78

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Use this facility to search for any words or phrases, not only on these pages, but also embedded in downloadable documents. And read a handy guide on search tips.

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Please note that these pages and any services which offer to search databases or supply information must be considered archived until further notice.

Introduction

These pages document a history of the people of Occold including references to external sources and the family history research we have done.

HINT: To find specific Occold names or families, use the Advanced Search facilty (left). And maybe read the Search Tips if you cannot find what you are looking - or it yields too many results!

Online Link

There is an ongoing project to document the history of different groups of people from Occold including Roll of Honour, Rectors, Publicans, Postmasters, Farmers and other prominent citizens. Since there was a lot of inter-marriage between different families, all this information on individuals and families has been has been brought together in a single database - People of Occold.

You can access this database at:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/68654836

You can key in the individual you are interested in and see various 'views' of the family including family groups, pedigree, descendants etc. The layout of the pages is not the easiest to navigate so you might have to try various options. Note that the database is being updated on an almost daily basis as we find more information as part of this work in progress. Regretably, the database is only visible if you have a subscription to www.ancestry.co.uk! Have fun!

Please Contact Us if you find any information which is incorrect or you have additional information that you wish to add.

Note: We did some considerable research into the Rectors of Occold but, since they moved in totally different social circles, this information will be published in a similiar fashion but in its own database.

The following notes may assist you interpret the information.

Privacy

The database is hosted by ancestry.co.uk so you do need a subscription to view it. However, any person born in the last 100 years without a specific date of death will be shown as "living" and all information of name and event dates will not be shown.

However, we do have this information held privately up to the present day albeit all of it has been derived from information sources in the public domain

GRO Registration

GRO (General Registrars Office) has been responsible for recording all births, marriages and deaths since 1837. A GRO entry looks like:


GRO ,, ,

The Quarter is either Mar (Jan-Mar), Jun (Apr-Jun), Sep (Jul-Sep) or Dec (Oct-Dec)

District is a geographical area but a district can cover up to 50 parishes - thus it is not possible to pin down in which parish an event took place. Occold is part of the district of Hartismere.

Volume and Page refer to the reference numbers of the index and is required if you wish to puchase a copy of the relevant birth, marriage or death certificate.

Travel

Travel overseas is usually identified as Immigration (entering a country) or Emigration (leaving a country).

In most cases, it shows port of departure, destination, name of ship and occupation of passenger.

Probate

A probate entry generally shows the size of the estate and the names and occupations of the Executors. It does not show all the beneficiaries - this would be contained in a will if one had been left.

In some cases, we show the value of the estate in today's money based on the Bank of England historic records of inflation.

 

Updated 01/07/2021

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