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|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
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'''Warwickshire'''
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Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.
  
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County town: Warwick  
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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'''County town:''' Warwick
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'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
  
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Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy] 
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
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*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
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*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
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*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
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*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
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*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868]
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*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
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*[http://www.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
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*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
  
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Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare. Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.
 
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
 
  
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
 
  
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==Register Office==
  
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
  
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[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
  
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There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton
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There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton.
  
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==Register Office Contact Details==
 
  
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
  
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
  
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Tel 02476 348948
  
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'''Rugby'''
  
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
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Tel 01788 571233
  
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'''Warwick'''
  
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Tel 01926 494269
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
 
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
 
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
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==Photo Offers==
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*Shirley (West Midlands) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
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*South Birmingham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
 
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
 
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E  Warwickshire BMD]
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
 
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*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice]
 
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'''Local History Society'''
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS]
 
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
 
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
 
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*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
 
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
 
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands History Society] 
 
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'''OPC'''
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L]
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
 
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire genealogy] Includes some transcribed census pages, links to Online Parish Clerks and useful snippets such as the 1820 voters list, baptisms, marriages, war memorials etc.
 
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]
 
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon] Police Charge Books, Cemetery Burials Register, Stratford Union Workhouse, Stratford Borough Workhouse, 1765 Smallpox Census
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
 
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll books & census]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Holden's Triennial Directory for Coventry, 1805]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns ]
 
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*[http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp&originator=/engine/custom/gallery.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1056&text=0&resource=4518  Baptism Register for St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham]
 
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ The Modern Records Centre]
 
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'''Family and Social History'''
 
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses]
 
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900] Online database of inmates in Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900. Also includes some cases relating to Birmingham and Coventry. Includes details of the crime and of victims.
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
 
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
 
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
 
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders] Taken from the Session records Illegitimacy Orders for Warwickshire
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
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'''Countywide interest'''
 
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
 
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
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*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html People who have a connection with the City of Coventry,criminals, owned property, etc]
 
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
 
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html 1836 Inhabitants of Chilvers Coton.]
 
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
 
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry during the Blitz] Includes a list of Victims
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
 
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*[http://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/history.htmThe Nuneaton Society]
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
 
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr] Photographs and comprehensive name indexes.
 
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School registers] also Woodhouse Road School
 
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton,1840 to 1868]
 
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 16 May 2023

Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.

Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.

The county's industries are engineering and textile production.

The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.

County town: Warwick


Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull


Warwickshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest



Maps and Photographs



Register Office

There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton.


Atherstone Register Office

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
First Floor, Warwick House,
Ratcliffe Street,
Atherstone
CV9 1JP
Tel 01827 713241


Nuneaton Register Office

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
The Register Office
Riversley Park,
Coton Road
Nuneaton
CV11 5HA
Tel 02476 348948


Rugby

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire East Registration District
5 Bloxam Place
Rugby
CV21 3DS
Tel 01788 571233


Warwick

Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire South Registration District
Pageant House
2 Jury Street
Warwick
CV34 4EW
Tel 01926 494269


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England

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