This page is set up for our users to advertise their brickwalls in their research.  It is not meant for a lengthy research request but to ask for help for a specific point at which the user of the site is stuck. Although many parishes do not yet have an OPC, we still receive requests for […]

Funding When the website was first established in around 2006 it was privately financed by Susan Penter.  In 2008 the website underwent a few changes with the site expanding due to additional personnel joining the team.    In 2017 sadly Susan and her husband Michael made the decision to step back from the website both […]

Updated 19th November 2024 Here you can find tips that our users have found useful during their own research Please feel free to submit anything you would like to share to either the Administrator Teresa Lewis who may be contacted via the Contact Us Menu on the Home Page Archives, Libraries, Repositories and Research Centres When […]

Hall of Fame & Infamy (Updated 13th May 2025) We hope you enjoy reading a little about the people who became famous for good or bad deeds and who have a strong link with the county.  These include actors, singers, historians, authors, courtiers and scientists.  The list also includes people from the county who have […]

Updated 8th April 2024 If you would like a link added to the list, please contact Teresa Lewis (Admin) who will include the link.  You may contact Teresa via the contacts list on the home page. Archives, Libraries and Record Offices Access to Archives – UK Archives Database The British Library Library and Archives Canada Mitchell […]

Wiltshire Related Surname Interests Below is a table of names being researched in and around the Wiltshire area.  To add your interest or to contact another user please contact the administrator or user via the contact us tab on the website home page.  Please also check out the Brickwall Dilemmas Section for more detailed requests.  […]

The idea of the Online Parish Clerk Scheme was the first conceived by researchers in Cornwall in 2001.  Since then several other counties have set up a scheme which have one aim in common – to gather together as much genealogy resources in one place listed parish by parish within the county.  The schemes are […]

This page has been created to publish items that people have asked to donate that are from outside the county of Wiltshire and since the particular county does not yet come under an OPC County Banner or are found in Wiltshire Record Sets. It also includes those items offered to other projects nationwide but have […]

Monthly Uploads May 2025:   OPC’s and transcribers uploaded 94 items to parish pages (including updated documents) June 2025:  New and updated documents added as we go through June. Images New images and galleries are added to the site on a regular basis. The amount of images in each gallery will vary from subject to subject. We […]