Background information, stories and documents to give depth to your Family History. Some of the information can be accessed from the Parish or Families section, but deserves a wider audience, and some of the articles are new to this section. The newest items are shown first, but otherwise they are in no particular order. I hope you enjoy delving into the articles contained within.
| Pucklechurch | Brief history | |
| Stroud | Description and map of the town. | |
| Bisley | Description and photographs | |
| Tetbury Church. | Sketch and description of old and new churches. | |
| Crime in the 19th Century | Sentence of death for stealing. Fourteen days imprisonment for killing. Just two of the convictions mentioned in this 1816 account of Gloucester Assizes | |
| The Great Storm of 1703 | A contemporary account dealing with Gloucestershire and also Chepstow. | |
| Tetbury in 1779 and 1820 | Description of the Town | |
| Uley Old Church | Description and photograph | |
| Royal Marines in the 19th Century | How were they recruited and trained? What did they do? Where did they serve? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this article. | |
| Settlement Certificate | You have probably heard of Settlement certificates, but have you ever seen one? This is a transcript of one issued in 1708 by King's Stanley. | |
| Arlingham Parish Register Extracts | Excommunication, flooding, Civil War deaths. Odd bits of information found within the registers. | |
| Stroud Area | Information on the Stroud area, including a section on the history of the Stroudwater canal. | |
| A Royal Marines Service Record | Service records contain a wealth of details, even down to the height and hair colouring of the individual. This is a transcript of the records of an ancestor who served in the mid 19th century | |
| Travels of a 19th C Royal Marine | More detail regarding the ships on which he served and where they sailed | |
| 8th Btn Glos. Regiment | The story of the 8th Battalion in the 1st World War. | |
| First World War medals. | Background to the medals issued during World War 1 | |
| 19th Century Cheltenham | Interested in life in the 19th Century, or in Cheltenham History? Try this site. | |
| Cheltenham Mail Services | You won't believe how the letters were delivered in the 19th Century! | |
| Painswick Area | Background information to the area. | |
| Dursley Area | Background information to the area. | |
| Glos. Notes & Queries, Index | Various volumes of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries were published around 1890, and a selection of articles are reproduced on this website. This is an index to volume 5, to show the depth and breadth of the articles. |