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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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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.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
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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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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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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.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
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*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
  
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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.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
  
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==Register Office==
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
  
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
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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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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
  
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy] 
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
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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.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
  
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'''Rugby'''
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
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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.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
  
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'''Warwick'''
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
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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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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
 
  
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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://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
  
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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.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
  
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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.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]  
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
  
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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.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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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://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
  
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==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
  
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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.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
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==Links==
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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.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']  
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]  
  
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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.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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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.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
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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.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
  
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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.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://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]  
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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/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
  
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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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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'''Family and Social History'''
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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.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
  
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
  
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
 
  
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
  
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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://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]  
  
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
*[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://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/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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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.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
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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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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
  
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'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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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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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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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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*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
 
  
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
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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.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
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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.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.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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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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