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====Births Marriages and Deaths==== | ====Births Marriages and Deaths==== | ||
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=====Burial Records===== | =====Burial Records===== | ||
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=====Parish Records===== | =====Parish Records===== | ||
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| + | =====Census Returns===== | ||
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====Other Types of Records==== | ====Other Types of Records==== | ||
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=====Archive Collections===== | =====Archive Collections===== | ||
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=====Architectural drawings and building plans===== | =====Architectural drawings and building plans===== | ||
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=====Coroner’s Records===== | =====Coroner’s Records===== | ||
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=====Court Sessions and Victualler's Licences ===== | =====Court Sessions and Victualler's Licences ===== | ||
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=====Directories: Trade, Street and City===== | =====Directories: Trade, Street and City===== | ||
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=====Electoral Registers and Poll Books===== | =====Electoral Registers and Poll Books===== | ||
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=====Emigration and Immigration===== | =====Emigration and Immigration===== | ||
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=====Hospital Records===== | =====Hospital Records===== | ||
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=====Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds===== | =====Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds===== | ||
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=====Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey===== | =====Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey===== | ||
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=====Military Records===== | =====Military Records===== | ||
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=====Newspapers and Journals===== | =====Newspapers and Journals===== | ||
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=====Photographs===== | =====Photographs===== | ||
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=====Poor Law and Workhouse Records===== | =====Poor Law and Workhouse Records===== | ||
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=====Records of Merchant Seamen===== | =====Records of Merchant Seamen===== | ||
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=====School Records===== | =====School Records===== | ||
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=====Taxation Records===== | =====Taxation Records===== | ||
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=====Wills and Probate ===== | =====Wills and Probate ===== | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 14 March 2007
A Guide To Information Available In Your Local Records Office
Contents
- 1 County Records Offices
- 2 Index to Counties
- 3 Births Marriages and Deaths
- 4 Other Types of Records
- 4.1 Archive Collections
- 4.2 Architectural drawings and building plans
- 4.3 Coroner’s Records
- 4.4 Court Sessions and Victualler's Licences
- 4.5 Directories: Trade, Street and City
- 4.6 Electoral Registers and Poll Books
- 4.7 Emigration and Immigration
- 4.8 Hospital Records
- 4.9 Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds
- 4.10 Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey
- 4.11 Military Records
- 4.12 Newspapers and Journals
- 4.13 Photographs
- 4.14 Poor Law and Workhouse Records
- 4.15 Records of Merchant Seamen
- 4.16 School Records
- 4.17 Taxation Records
- 4.18 Wills and Probate
County Records Offices
The biggest headache in locating record offices is boundary changes. Records that relate to your area often end up archived in their original shire county despite the introduction of unitary authorities and metropolitan boroughs and counties.
To view the set up of Counties Prior to the changes implemented in 1974, click here:
COUNTIES OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND WALES PRE 1974
Should we put the contents list here or put the link to the page itself?
Index to Counties
| Channel Islands and Crown Dependencies including the Isle of Man |
Births Marriages and Deaths
- Text from the record-office-guide-revamp which has been tidied up/edited.
- Link to Online research pages in the wiki
Burial Records
- Text from the record-office-guide-revamp which has been tidied up/edited.
Parish Records
- Text from the record-office-guide-revamp which has been tidied up/edited.
Census Returns
- Text from the record-office-guide-revamp which has been tidied up/edited.
- Link to Online research pages in the wiki
