Difference between revisions of "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.

The county's industries are engineering and textile production.

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

Resources

Primary Reference

County Record Office

Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre

Birmingham City Archives

West Midlands BMD

Warwickshire OPC

Warwickshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages

The Census in Warwickshire

Warwickshire Census Strays

The Midlands' Digital Library

List of Illegitimacy Orders

Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS

Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy

Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs

Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records

Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)

Tithe Apportionments

Windows on Warwickshire

Specific Town and Village Interest

Alcester and District Local History Society

Aston Brook Through Aston Manor

Barford Heritage Group

The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882

Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Birmingham History Webring

Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions

Old Birmingham Garages

Birmingham History and Genealogy

Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive

Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases

Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham

Virtual Brum

Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836

Coventry During The Blitz

Coventry FHS

Coventry Collections

Coventry's Historic Past

History of Coventry Market

Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations

Dunchurch

Digital Handsworth

Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census

Ladywood

Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview

Leamington Priors

Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton

History of Oxhill

Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes

Quinton Local History Society

Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School

The Quinton Oracle

Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868

Rugby Family History Group

Solihull History

Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon

Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900

Warwickshire History Society

Virtual Museum, Willenhall

Winson Green to Brookfields

Wythall People

Maps and Photographs

Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area

Heart of England -Photographs

Victorian Photography Studios

Register Office

Warwickshire BMD

Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web

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.

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-[[Image:EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|131px|thumb|Warwickshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
+[[Category:Region 3 ~ West Midlands]]
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+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
-<br><br>
+|-valign="top"
-'''Warwickshire'''
+|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
-County town: Warwick
+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.
-Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
-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.
+| style="width:250px" align="left"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+|
+'''County town:''' Warwick
-[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
-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
-==Register Office==
-'''Atherstone Register Office'''
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
-Ratcliffe Street, <br>
-Atherstone<br>
-CV9 1JP<br>
-Tel 01827 713241<br>
-'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-The Register Office<br>
-Riversley Park, <br>
-Coton Road<br>
-Nuneaton<br>
-CV11 5HA<br>
-Tel 02476 348948
-'''Rugby'''
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
-Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
-Bloxam Place<br>
-Rugby<br>
-CV21 3DS<br>
-Tel 01788 571233
-'''Warwick'''
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
-Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
-Pageant House<br>
-Jury Street<br>
-Warwick<br>
-CV34 4EW<br>
-Tel 01926 494269
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
-*Shirley (West Midlands) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-*South Birmingham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-==Photo Offers==
+'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
-==Links==
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-'''Primary Reference Links'''
+'''Primary Reference'''
 *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
-*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
+*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
+*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
 *[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
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 *[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
-*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html The Local History Directory — West Midlands]
-*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
+*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
-*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
-'''Countywide Interest'''
 *[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
+*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
 *[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
+*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
 *[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
-*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
 *[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 ]
-*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
+*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
-*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 *[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]
-*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
+*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
-*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
+*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
 *[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
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 *[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
+*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
 *[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
+*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
 *[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
-*http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
-*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html Coventry People]
+*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
+*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
 *[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
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 *[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
-*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
+*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
 *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
-*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice]
+*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
 *[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
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 *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
-*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood] includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview
+*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
-*[http://www.oldladywood.co.uk/ Ladywood Past and Present]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
+*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]
 *[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
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 *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
-*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers] also Woodhouse Road School
+*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
 *[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
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 '''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
+*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]
 *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
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-<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
+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<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
+Ratcliffe Street, <br>
+Atherstone<br>
+CV9 1JP<br>
+Tel 01827 713241<br>
+'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+The Register Office<br>
+Riversley Park, <br>
+Coton Road<br>
+Nuneaton<br>
+CV11 5HA<br>
+Tel 02476 348948
+'''Rugby'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
+Bloxam Place<br>
+Rugby<br>
+CV21 3DS<br>
+Tel 01788 571233
+'''Warwick'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
+Pageant House<br>
+Jury Street<br>
+Warwick<br>
+CV34 4EW<br>
+Tel 01926 494269
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|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 [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|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]]