Sources of Information - Places and Organisations
| A | Memory, souvenirs, conversations with relatives, correspondence, observations. | ||||
| London | |||||
| B | General Register Office, births, marriages & deaths from 1837 (Ireland from 1864). | ||||
| C | Census returns (previously at PRO Portugal street, now multiple sources). | ||||
| D | Public Record Office (PRO) formerly at Chancery Lane (Closed - records now at TNA Kew) | ||||
| E | The National Archive (TNA), Ruskin Avenue, Kew. | ||||
| F | Probate Office, 42-49 High Holborn WC1; wills & admons since 1858 (formerly Somerset House) | ||||
| G | Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, City of London (some records now at LMA below) | ||||
| H | Society of Genealogists (formerly at 14 Charterhouse Buildings EC1) | ||||
| I | London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), (formerly GLRO), 40 Northampton Road EC1 | ||||
| BI | Bishopsgate Institute, David Webb | ||||
| BM | British Library, Saint Pancras (formerly at the British Museum) | ||||
| BLN | British Library Newspaper library (formerly at Colindale, now St Pancras) | ||||
| BP | St Bride's Printing Library, Bride Lane, Fleet St | ||||
| ISL | Islington local history centre, 245 St John St EC1V 4NB | 0207-527-7988 | |||
| LP | Lambeth Palace library (Archbishop of Canterbury MLs etc.) | 0207-898-1200 | |||
| NPG |
National Portrait Gallery, Heinz
Library, Orange Street WC2 |
0207-321-6617 |
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| PL | Holborn Library, Theobalds Rd (St Pancras local info) | 0207-974-4444 | |||
| QU | Quaker library, 173 Euston Road NW1 2BJ | 0207-663-1135 | |||
| TL | The Tower of London (by post only) | ||||
| WA | Westminster Abbey, Deans library, East Cloister ( by appointment) | 0207-654-4830 | |||
| WL | Westminster City Archives, 10 St Ann's Street SW1 | 0207-641-5180 | |||
| Cemeteries | |||||
| PC | St Pancras Cemetery, High Rd, East Finchley (from 1854) | ||||
| General and online | |||||
| Anc | Ancestry.com | ||||
| BHO | British History Online (british-history.ac.uk/search) | ||||
| FMP | FindMyPast.com | ||||
| ILL | Inter-library loan (UK library system). | ||||
| Lon | London Lives, searchable database at londonlives.org | ||||
| OB | Old Bailey proceedings, online at oldbaileyonline.org (included within London Lives) | ||||
| PW | Published work, available at many places. | ||||
| UADL | University of Adelaide digital library | ||||
| ww | A site on the worldwide web (Internet) | ||||
| X | A specific church or cemetery (Monumental inscriptions etc.) | ||||
| Z | LDS (Mormon) library, London | ||||
| ZZ | LDS (Mormon) library, Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||
| England and Wales | |||||
| BOD | Bodleian Library, Oxford | ||||
| DR | Devon CRO, Great Moor House, Bittern Rd EX2 7NL | 01392-384253 | |||
| DU | Durham University, 5 Cathedral Close (wills) | 0191-374-3610 | |||
| K | Kent County Archive, Maidstone ME14 1LQ | 03000-314141 | |||
| LL | West Yorkshire archive, Leeds (was Sheepscar library) now Morley LS27 7JQ | ||||
| LR | Lancashire CRO, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE | 01772-533039 | |||
| LVL | Liverpool city library, William Brown St L3 8EW | 0151-233-5817 | |||
| M | Manchester central library, local studies dept | ||||
| MA | Manchester City Archives, central library | ||||
| MR | Greater Manchester CRO, 56 Marshall Street | ||||
| ND | North Devon record office, Tuly St, Barnstaple EX31 1ELM | 01271-388607 | |||
| Q | Cheshire CRO, Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL | 01244-972574 | |||
| R | Durham CRO, county hall: A1M, A690, A691 | 03000-267619 | |||
| S | Salford Peel Park library, the Crescent M5 4WU | 0161-778-0814 | |||
| SOM | Somerset Heritage Centre, Broad Way, Norton Fitzwarren TA2 6SF | ||||
| SUD | Suffolk CRO, Bury St Edmonds (Sudbury Archdeaconry) (Burgess background) | 01284-741212 | |||
| T | Hertfordshire CRO, County Hall, Hertford SG13 8EJ | 0300-123-4049 | |||
| WAR | Warwick CRO, Priory Park, Cape Road CV34 4JS (Burton background info) | ||||
| Y | North Yorkshire CRO, Malpas Rd, Northallerton | 01609-777585 | |||
| Ireland | |||||
| FrIr | From Ireland - Internet genealogy resource at www.from-ireland.net (2003) | ||||
| ICI | Church of Ireland RCB library, Braemor Park, Churchtown, Dublin 14 | -1-492-3979 | |||
| IGE |
IrishGenealogy.ie - free government
web site, esp. Dublin parish registers (2024) |
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| IGL | Gilbert Library, Dublin City library, Pearse Street | -1-677-7662 | |||
| IGS | Irish Genealogical Research Society (at Society of Genealogists, then online) | ||||
| IKI | Kings Inn library, Henrietta St, Dublin 1 | -1-874-4840 | |||
| INA | National Archive of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8 | 00353-1-407-2300 | |||
| INL | National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2, inc. the Genealogical Office | -1-603-0200 | |||
| IRD | Registry of Deeds, Henrietta St, Dublin 1 | -1-670-7500 | |||
| IRI |
RootsIreland.ie - subscription web
site, parish regs, gravestones, etc. (2024) |
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| ITC | Trinity College, Dublin, Berkeley library, Fellows Square | -1-608-1127 | |||
| IVT |
Virtual Treasury of Ireland, online
(2024) |
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No.
| 1 | Birth, marriage and death registers |
1837 on (code not used - see 'place' B) | ||||
| 2 | Parish registers (including bishops' transcripts and non-conformists) | |||||
| 3 | Marriage licences (allegations and bonds) | |||||
| 4 | Monumental inscriptions (gravestones, etc.) | |||||
| 5 | Wills and administrations | |||||
| 5a | Death Duty registers | 1790s on | ||||
| 6 | Probate Inventories | to 1782 | ||||
| 7 | Directories and almanacs | predominantly 1780-1940 | ||||
| 8 | Census returns, the 1939 register, etc. | (code not always used - see 'place' C) | ||||
| Voting etc. | ||||||
| 10 | Electoral rolls | 1832 on | ||||
| 11 | Juror lists (in Quarter sessions) | 1696-1831 | ||||
| 12 | Poll books (in Quarter sessions) & freeholder lists | 1700s | ||||
| 13 | Lord lieutenant's lists/Posse Comitatus/Levee en mass | 1797, 1803, others | ||||
| 14 | Protestation / Association Oath Rolls (to the crown) | 1600s | ||||
| Taxation |
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| 20 | Rate books; Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor | |||||
| 21 | Land tax assessments | 1692-1831 and modern equivalents | ||||
| 22 | Window tax returns | 1696-1851 | ||||
| 23 | Male servants tax | late 1700s | ||||
| 24 | Hearth tax returns | 1662-1674 | ||||
| 27 |
Lay subsidies, ‘free and voluntary
present’, etc. |
1500s-1600s |
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| Land | ||||||
| 30 | Inclosure documents | 1700s and 1800s | ||||
| 31 | Tithe maps and apportionments & similar land valuations | 1830-50 | ||||
| 32 | Parliamentary return of owners of land |
England - 1873, Ireland - 1876 | ||||
| 33 | Road Maps | |||||
| Property | ||||||
| 35 | Registries of Deeds (Middlesex, Yorkshire and Ireland [place IRD]) | |||||
| 36 | Title deeds, leases and indentures | |||||
| 37 | Manorial records - estate records, court rolls, etc. | |||||
| 38 | Insurance records | |||||
| Trade & Occupation | ||||||
| 40 | Apprentice indentures | |||||
| 41 | Company / livery company / trade association records | |||||
| 42 | The Medical Register | |||||
| 43 | The Army List, other army & militia records | |||||
| 44 | School log books | |||||
| 46 | The Dentists' register | from 1879 | ||||
| Legal and Ecclesial | ||||||
| Kings Inn admission records (see 'place' IKI) | ||||||
| 50 | Legal cases and bills, Quarter Session records | |||||
| 53 | Calendars of State Papers (relating to Ireland) at the National Archive | |||||
| 55 | Workhouse admissions and Poor law settlements | |||||
| 56 |
Letters and
Acts of Denization and Naturalisation of ‘aliens’ |
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| Periodicals | ||||||
| 61 | Newspapers and periodicals | |||||
| 62 | 'Notes & Queries' periodical | 1849-late 1800s | ||||
| 63 | The London Stage (magazine) | |||||
| 64 | The Gentleman's Magazine | 1731-1922 | ||||
| 65 | Dublin Historical Record | 1938-date | ||||
| 66 | Dublin Evening Post | 1719-1875 | ||||
| 67 | The London Gazette (official journal of the British Govt) | 1666-date | ||||
| 68 |
The Dublin Gazette (published at Dublin
Castle) |
1705-1922 |
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| Publications, Reference works | ||||||
| 71 | Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press | |||||
| 73 | Sell's Dictionary of the world's press | |||||
| 75 | Samuel Whyte's poems, 3rd edn. Robert Marchbank, Dublin 1795 & | |||||
| Miscellanea Nova, by S.Whyte & E.A.Whyte, Dublin 1800 | ||||||
| 76 | Alicia LeFanu's Memoirs of Mrs Sheridan. Whittaker, London 1824 | |||||
| 77 | Betsy Sheridan's Journal, Ed. William Lefanu. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1960 | |||||
| 78 | History of Dublin, by Sir T.J. Gilbert. McGlashen & Gill, Dublin 1854-59 | |||||
| 79 | A Land Journey from Asia to Europe, by W.A.Whyte. London 1871 | |||||
| 80 | History of
Banbridge, by Captain Richard Linn. 1935
and Bridges to Banbridge, by W Haughton Crowe. Dundalgan Press 1980 |
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| 81 | General Williamson's Diary, by John C. Fox. Camden Society 1912 | |||||
| 82 | Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1st edition 1898 | |||||
| 83 | Other reference books, name & author as noted. | |||||
| 84 | Borris-in-Ossory, an Irish Parish, by Hilary D Walsh. Kilkenny Journal 1969 | |||||
| Pedigrees and Research | ||||||
| 90 | Heralds' Visitations, 1630-1684 | |||||
| 91 | Pedigrees, family trees and notes compiled by other people | |||||
| 92 | The Montague-Smith collection at the Society of Genealogists | |||||
| (from the late P.W. Montague-Smith esq. of Brereton, 197 Park Rd, Kingston upon Thames) | ||||||
| Personal | ||||||
| 95 | Family papers, letters, etc. | |||||
| 96 | Diaries | |||||
| 97 | Family bibles | |||||
| A1 | Myself. | |||
| A2 | Uncle Harold: the late SH Squier 2/1B of Frampton Mansell, Glos. | Visit July 1977. | ||
| A6 | The late Jack 2/3AB and Muriel Heming of Totnes, Devon. | |||
| A7 | Auntie Trix: the late Mrs J Francis (née Blore) 3/3AB of Banstead, Surrey | |||
| A8 | Cousin Doy: the late Mrs D Bispham2/3AA of Milstead, Kent | Visits 1978-1999. | ||
| A9 | Auntie Bobbie: The late Mrs Harris, widow of the late Alan Marsh 2/3B | Visit Sept 1978, | ||
| Large collection of genealogical information, now held by daughters Amanda Brown and Susan Stedman (including Cahill family bible) | Visit Feb 1999 and others | |||
| A10 | Anne Tulloch (née Marsh) 2/3BB formerly of Emsworth, Hants | Conversation Mar 1979. | ||
| A13 | Mrs Vacky Noble formerly of Northwich, Cheshire, now New Zealand. Descendant of Elinor Jane Cahill 3/6 | Visits 1994-96. | ||
| A17 | Trevor Brock of Hornsby, New South Wales Australia. Including two-page typescript ‘History of the Brock family’ by Bridget Fields in 1921, addressed to a grandson in Australia of James Brock of Westpalstown | Letter 1998. | ||
| A18 | 'Among her own People'; monograph by Eric Bates of Bonnington, Kent | 2003. | ||
| A/NB | Nigel Byatt, emails re. GV and JB Marsh | 2017. | ||