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|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.  
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'''Warwickshire'''
 
  
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County town: Warwick  
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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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Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull  
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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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'''[[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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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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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
  
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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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.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
  
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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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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
  
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==Register Office==
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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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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
 
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
 
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
 
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
 
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Atherstone<br>
 
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CV9 1JP<br>
 
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
 
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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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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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
 
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The Register Office<br>
 
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Riversley Park, <br>
 
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Coton Road<br>
 
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Nuneaton<br>
 
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CV11 5HA<br>
 
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Tel 02476 348948
 
  
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
  
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'''Rugby'''
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
 
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
 
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Rugby<br>
 
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CV21 3DS<br>
 
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Tel 01788 571233
 
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
  
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'''Warwick'''
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
 
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Pageant House<br>
 
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2 Jury Street<br>
 
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Warwick<br>
 
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CV34 4EW<br>
 
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Tel 01926 494269
 
  
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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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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]  
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]  
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
  
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*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
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*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]  
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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.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
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==Photo Offers==
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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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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
  
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==Links==
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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://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
  
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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.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
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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.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
  
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
  
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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://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
  
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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://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
  
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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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]
  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]  
  
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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.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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*[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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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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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]  
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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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'''Countywide Interest'''
 
  
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==Register Office==
  
  
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
 
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
 
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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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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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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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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
 
  
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
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Atherstone<br>
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CV9 1JP<br>
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
  
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'''Specific Town 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.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
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The Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
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Riversley Park, <br>
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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Coton Road<br>
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
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Nuneaton<br>
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
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CV11 5HA<br>
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Tel 02476 348948
  
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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://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
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'''Rugby'''
  
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
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Rugby<br>
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CV21 3DS<br>
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Tel 01788 571233
  
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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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'''Warwick'''
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Covenrty 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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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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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
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Pageant House<br>
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2 Jury Street<br>
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Warwick<br>
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CV34 4EW<br>
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Tel 01926 494269
  
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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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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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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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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.oldladywood.co.uk/ Ladywood Past and Present]
 
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
 
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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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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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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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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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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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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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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.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands 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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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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'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
  
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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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