And you shouldn't forget to consult what should really be your first port of call for Somerset - agreed its probably not up to date - but its probably your best starting point: http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SOMcontents.html then there is: Paul Mansfield's contribution at: http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul003.html and Roy Parkhouse at: http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/ probably both included in the GENUKI page above. Paul On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:58:34 -0800, keith wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there a "database" of Somerset parish records that have been transcribed >and are available on line? > >Don't know of a 'central' database but have come across the following:- > >Gordon Beavington probably has most >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cotswold/ >and there's Colin Rayner's site for the area around Glastonbury >http://genealogy.colinrayner.org.uk/ >Paul Benyon's site has some >http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/ >as does Duncan Weir's >http://www.genealogyhelp.co.uk/ >and the Somerset GenWeb Project has a few more ideas >http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsom/ >and of course the national >http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk and http://www.pro-online.pro.gov.uk sites >have >Somerset data > >other listers probably know of more > >Eddie >Peterborough UK 50.33.50N 02.26.70W