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'''A Guide To Information Available In Your Local Records Office''' | '''A Guide To Information Available In Your Local Records Office''' | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Britain.html COUNTIES OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND WALES PRE 1974] | [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Britain.html COUNTIES OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND WALES PRE 1974] | ||
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|[[Channel Islands and Crown Dependencies]] including the Isle of Man | |[[Channel Islands and Crown Dependencies]] including the Isle of Man | ||
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*Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | *Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | ||
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*Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | *Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | ||
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| + | ==Parish Records== | ||
*Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | *Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | ||
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| + | ==Census Returns== | ||
*Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | *Text from the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/workstations/15877-record-office-guide-revamp-thread-loading-drafts.html record-office-guide-revamp] which has been tidied up/edited. | ||
*Link to Online research pages in the wiki | *Link to Online research pages in the wiki | ||
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| − | + | ==Other Types of Records== | |
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| − | + | *[[Archive Collections]] | |
| − | + | *[[Architectural drawings and building plans]] | |
| − | + | *[[Coroner’s Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Court Sessions and Victualler's Licences ]] | |
| − | + | *[[Directories: Trade, Street and City]] | |
| − | + | *[[Electoral Registers and Poll Books]] | |
| − | + | *[[Emigration and Immigration]] | |
| − | + | *[[Hospital Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds]] | |
| − | + | *[[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]] | |
| − | + | *[[Military Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Newspapers and Journals]] | |
| − | + | *[[Photographs]] | |
| − | + | *[[Poor Law and Workhouse Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Records of Merchant Seamen]] | |
| − | + | *[[School Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Taxation Records]] | |
| − | + | *[[Wills and Probate ]] | |
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Revision as of 15:11, 16 March 2007
A Guide To Information Available In Your Local Records Office
Contents
Index to Counties
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
| 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
Other Types of Records
- Archive Collections
- Architectural drawings and building plans
- Coroner’s Records
- Court Sessions and Victualler's Licences
- Directories: Trade, Street and City
- Electoral Registers and Poll Books
- Emigration and Immigration
- Hospital Records
- Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds
- Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey
- Military Records
- Newspapers and Journals
- Photographs
- Poor Law and Workhouse Records
- Records of Merchant Seamen
- School Records
- Taxation Records
- Wills and Probate
