The information so nicely gathered into a single resource in Genealogical Resources in English Repositories can be found in many other locations; however, that does not make this book any less useful. This book represents an exhaustive listing of available genealogical resources available in Britain. Listed in these pages are major national archives and libraries, repositories in the greater London area, and county by county listings. This book is also the winner of the National Genealogical Society’s 1993 Book Award for Excellence in Genealogical Methods and Sources
Genealogical Resources was designed to provide “genealogists and historians with…information on resources in the key repositories in England. It categorizes manuscript records, as well as printed, transcribed and microfilm materials, with respect to their contents, and in most instances, lists covering dates.” Originally intended to help Americans find ancestral information.
County listings represent the bulk of the information. Each county opens with a short review of local geographical and political/administrative boundary changes made over the years. The listing of each library, archive, records office, or other repository is complete with address (mostly likely not changed over the years), phone number (possibly changed over the years), and holdings of genealogical value (which most likely have only expanded over the years). Publications of possible interest are also listed.
Please note that there have been significant changes in the PRO over the years, and it might be necessary to use Google to locate the exact location of some records listed within this volume.
While this book predates web usage as we know it today (including Google), is still serves as a great one-stop listing for finding genealogically important holding in England. Think of running a search at Google for English repositories, then reducing the results to an accurate, non-repeating listing of resources and then printing those results with a listing of holdings at each repository. That pretty well describes Genealogical Resources in English Repositories.
Each book comes with a 1992 and 1996 update supplement.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
List of Symbols
Part I: Greater London Repositories
Baptist Church House
British Library, Department of Manuscripts
British Library, India Office Library and Records
British Library Newspaper Library
College of Arms
Corporation of London Record Office
Guildhall Library
House of Lords Record Office
Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Lambeth Palace Library
LDS Hyde Park Family History Centre
National Army Museum
National Maritime Museum
Principal Registry of the Family Division, Somerset House
Public Record Office, Chancery Lane
Public Record Office, Kew
Public Record Office, Portugal Street
Religious Society of Friends
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Society of Genealogists
Unitarian Historical Society
Untied Reformed Church History Society
United Synagogue, Archives of
Wesley Historical Society Library
Westminster, Diocesan Archives
Dr. Williams’ Library
Part II: County Repositories (summarized)
Each county listing includes:
- Record Office(s)
- Other Repositories
- Genealogical and Family History Societies
A few counties and metropolitan areas include sections for:
- Metropolitan District Archives and Local History Libraries, OR
- District Archives and Libraries
Counties are listed alphabetically as follows:
- Avon
- Befordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cleveland
- Cornwall
- Cumberland
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon(shire)
- Dorset
- Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Hereford and Worcester
- Hereforshire
- Hertfordshire
- Humberside
- Huntingdonshiore
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicstershire
- Lincolnshire
- London, County of Manchester, Greater
- Meseyside
- Middlesex
- Midlands, West
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Suffolk, East
- Suffolk, West
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Sussex, East
- Sussex, West
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- Westmorland
- Wight, Isle of
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire, East Riding
- Yorkshire, North Riding
- Yorkshire, West Riding
- Yorkshire, North
- Yorkshire, South
- Yorkshire, West
Part III: London Borough Repositories
Greater London
Barking and Dagenham
- Valence Reference Library
- Barking Central Library
Barnet
- Local History Library
- Chipping Barnet Library
- Church End (Finchley) Library
Bexley
- Bexley Libraries and Museum Department
Brent
- Grange Museum of Local History
Bromley
- Bromley Central Library
Camden
- Swiss Cottage Library
- Holborn Library
Croydon
- Croydon Public Libraries
Ealing
- Local History Library
Enfield
- Local History Unit
Greenwich
- Greenwich Local History and Archives Centre
Hackney
- Hackney Archives and Local History Department
Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hammersmith and Fulham Archives
Haringey
- Haringey Libraries
Harrow
- Harrow Civic Centre Library
Havering
- Havering Central Library
Hillingdon
- Hillingdon Local History Collection
Hounslow
- Chiswick Public Library
- Brentford Public Library
- Hounslow Public Library
- Feltham Public Library
Islington
- Islington Central Library
- Finsbury Library
Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of
- Kensington Central Library
- Chelsea Library
Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of
- Kingston upon Thames Heritage Service
Lambeth
- Lambeth Archives Department
Lewisham
- Lewisham Library Service
Merton
- Mitcham Library
- Morden Library
- Wembledon Reference Library
Newham
- Local Studies Library
Redbridge
- Redbridge Central Library
Richmond upon Thames
- Richmond upon Thames Central Reference Library
- Twickenham Reference Library
Southwark
- Southwark Local Studies Library
Sutton
- Sutton Central Library
Tower Hamlets
- Tower Hamlets Central Library
Waltham Forest
- Vestry House Museum
Wandsworth
- Battersea District Library
City of Westminster
- Westminster City Archives Department
- Marylebone Library Archives Department
Other Repositories
- LDS Family History Centre (Staines)
Genealogical and Family History Societies
- Central Middlesex Family History Society
- North Middlesex Family History Society
- West Middlesex Family History Society
- Waltham Forest Family History Society
- Woolwich and District Family History Society
Appendix: Useful Addresses
Index
Maps (enlarged)
- Pre-1974 Counties of England
- Post-1974 Counties of England
- Post-1965 London Boroughs