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England - Warwickshire
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- Directories
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Locality Specific
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
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- People & Families
- Photographs & Memories
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
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- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
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 Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Birmingham, Warwickshire Directory, 1855
- England Commercial Directory, 1816-1817
- England Directory, 1811
Original source: Boyle's Court and Country Guide, and Town Visiting Directory Corrected up to the 1st of April, 1811, Containing An Alphabetical Arrangement of the Names and Places of Abode, in Town and Country, of All the Ladies and Gentlemen of Fashion, to Which are Added, the Inns of Court, &c.
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
- Warwickshire Directory, 1900
- The Baddesley / Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882
A history of the Baddesley / Baxterley pit explosion in 1882 in Warwickshire England. Details of the men involved and their families, including a list of those killed and those who won Albert Medals for bravery.
- English Heritage
Charged to protect and celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites.
- National Monuments Record (NMR)
The public archive of English Heritage. Holds over 10 million photos, plans, drawings, reports and publications on archaeology, listed buildings, aerial photography and social history.
- English Heritage Archives
Photographs and archives of England's buildings and historic sites.
- English Heritage Images
A selection of exclusive prints, framed prints and canvas prints to buy.
- Heritage Gateway
Search across national and local records of England's historic sites and buildings.
- Images of England
Over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
- PastScape
Search nearly 400,000 records held in our national historic environment database including information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
- ViewFinder
Photos that date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.
- Victoria County History: Warwickshire
Index of places mentioned in the titles of articles in the published volumes of the Victoria History of the Counties of England.
- Victorian Photography Studios
Photographers' studios in and around Birmingham and Warwickshire.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - History of Warwickshire
- Yahoo!...England...History
- Birmingham City Archives
- Birmingham Library Services
- Coventry City Council
- Earlswood Village Museum
- Family History Centers in Merseyside
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Centers in West Midlands
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- The National Archives (U.K.)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
- The Catalogue
Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
- Help
- Research Guides: A to Z
This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
- Family History
- House History
- Local History
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- Solihull Central Library
- Sources for Local History at Lambeth Palace Library - Warwickshire
- Warwickshire County Council Libraries
- Warwickshire County Record Office
- West Midlands Police Museum ~ Birmingham, England
- Aston Brook-through-Aston Manor
The history of Aston.
- Barford
- The Black Country Pages
An area in the English Midlands, to the north and west of Birmingham. Covers towns such as Stourbridge, Lye, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, Walsall, West Bromwich, Brierley Hill, Halesowen and others.
- Birmingham Past and Present
Digital photographs and old postcards of Birmingham.
- Brandon Village & Bretford
- Broughton Astley
- Church Lawford & King's Newnham
- Digital Handsworth
History of the ancient parish of Handsworth in Birmingham UK - including the current suburbs of Handsworth, Kingstanding, Oscott and Perry Barr. The site includes material from major archive collections in Birmingham such as the BOULTON AND WATT collection, and the BENJAMIN STONE collection. The Tithe Map is fully searchable online - first ever digitised in the UK. Many biographical accounts are included also. Future inclusions coming soon will be searchable Trade Directories, Parish Registers and Census Returns.
- Digital Ladywood
An online history of Ladywood in Birmingham including the areas of Lee Bank, Benmore, Woodview, Edgbaston and Attwood Green.
- Dunchurch - The Gunpowder Plot Village
- Genealogy in Birmingham UK
History and genealogy in Birmingham. Churches, cemeteries, maps, families, places, literature.
- Ladywood Past & Present
- Lighthorne
- A Little History of Cherington and Stourton, Warwickshire
History of two English villages with an e-book of a 1934 local history by Margaret Dickins, details of World War One soldiers, and many photographs.
- Perry Barr and Beyond
- Polesworth
- Royal Leamington Life
- Rugby Town
- Solihull
- Virtual-Brum
Photographs of Birmingham, the Black Country, & West Midlands past and present.
- The Virtual Museum Willenhall
A pictorial view of a once small Warwickshire village just outside Coventry, with full census information and names of those living / working here over the passed 200 years. The is possibly the only site dealing with WW2 Hostels both in Coventry and Nationally.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- AntiqueMapsUK.com
Range of antique maps specialising in good value items from c1900.
- British History Online - Historical Geography
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England.
- Civil Parishes of Warwickshire
- The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire 1830
- Gazetteer of British Place Names
Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
- Genmaps - Warwickshire Old Maps
- A Key to English Place-Names
Guide to the interpretation of the names of England's cities, towns and villages, drawing on the work of the English Place-Name Society.
- Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps
- Gazetteer County List - Choose a County
Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
- Old Ordnance Survey Maps for England
- Old Towns of England - Warwickshire Towns
Contemporary descriptions of British towns written in 1836. Also old maps for sale.
- Parish Map of Warwickshire
- Parish Search
Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.
- Poor Law Unions and Registration Districts of Warwickshire
- Robson's Birmingham and Sheffield Directory 1839
- Slater's Directory of the Following Important English towns: Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and West Bromwich 1847
- Street Map of Central Birmingham, 1861
With clickable features linking to pictures and additional information on buildings of interest.
- Warwickshire 1888 Map
- Warwickshire Maps
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Warwickshire
- Your Old Maps Online - Warwickshire
Scans of original maps & etchings.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- English Heritage
Charged to protect and celebrate England's historic buildings, monuments, parks, gardens, battlefields and wreck sites.
- National Monuments Record (NMR)
The public archive of English Heritage. Holds over 10 million photos, plans, drawings, reports and publications on archaeology, listed buildings, aerial photography and social history.
- English Heritage Archives
Photographs and archives of England's buildings and historic sites.
- English Heritage Images
A selection of exclusive prints, framed prints and canvas prints to buy.
- Heritage Gateway
Search across national and local records of England's historic sites and buildings.
- Images of England
Over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
- PastScape
Search nearly 400,000 records held in our national historic environment database including information on archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
- ViewFinder
Photos that date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.
- Footsteps - Quality Reproductions of Old Photographs - Warwickshire
Several thousand photographs dating from about 1910 to 1930, depicting views of towns, villages, schools, churches, etc., of England and Wales.
- Index of UK photographers up to 1950
- Memory Corner Studio
Historical prints, artwork and books of Old Britain, particularly in Birmingham.
- OntaWorld - Warwickshire
A photographic record of parishes and villages of Warwickshire.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Beverley Digger Professional Genealogy Researcher
Heart of England Ancestry and Family History Research Services, Beverley Digger Family History Researcher and Genealogist, for the counties of Warwickshire, (including Birmingham), Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire.
- Birmingham Genealogy Info for UK Family History Research
Professional family history research in the Birmingham, Aston, King's Norton and West Bromwich registration districts.
- Branching Out
Family history researcher based in Midlands with many years of experience in Birmingham and Warwickshire. Also work in Manchester/Cheshire and Ireland.
- Professsional Genealogists - ARC Research and Consultancy
Professional research for Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, and the Black Country.
- Vanessa Morgan Professional Genealogy Researcher
Worcestershire Warwickshire & Birmingham.
- Warwickshire Look-up Exchange
- Whitworth Genealogy Research Services
Professional family history research in Worcestershire and the neighboring counties of Gloucestershire, Hereford, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Archive CD Books USA
Reproductions of old books for sale on CD-ROM.
- Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Bookshop
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland from 1530 to 1906.
- eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- English Parish Records: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
- The Genealogist's Internet
A book by Peter Christian.
- LDS Online Catalog - Software & Databases
Inexpensive, high quality CD-ROM databases available from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Midlands Historical Data
Books on CD-Rom focusing on Birmingham and the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire.
- MyCensus.com
Transcribed censuses on CD-ROM for sale for Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, and Somerset.
- The National Archives (U.K.) - Bookshop
- Society of Genealogists Bookshop Online
- Tracing Ancestors in Warwickshire
A book by P. Saul.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable database available by subscription.
- The Domesday Book Online
- Family History Online
Online searchable pay-per-view databases with over 20 million records. Compiled by Family History Societies of England & Wales and hosted by the Federation of Family History Societies.
- Historical Directories
Digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales. Includes text search and images.
- IGI Batch Numbers for Warwick, England (A-M) , (N-Z)
- Medical Licences | Lambeth Palace Library
Medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775.
- The National Archives (U.K.)
Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
- The Catalogue
Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
- Help
- Research Guides: A to Z
This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
- Family History
- House History
- Local History
- Military History
- Search Our Collections
- National Archivist
Online pay-for-use databases containing digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
- Old Ledgers
A few transcriptions of old ledgers from the Warwickshire area.
- Quaker Family History Society - Warwickshire Records Locations
- Rugby School Lists ~ Warwickshire, England
3 CDs for sale: Rugby School List Winter 1904, Rugby School List Summer 1905, Rugby School Lists Summer & Winter 1908.
- Search one of the register indexes for Gainford St. Mary, County Durham
- Society of Genealogists - County Resources Introduction
- Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks
Volunteer project to collect, collate and transcribe records for specific parishes in Warwickshire.
- Warwickshire Workhouses
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- 1837Online
Pay-for-use online searchable index of civil registration indexes for England & Wales from 1837 to the present. Includes scanned images of the index entries for births, marriages & deaths.
- Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Births, Marriages and Death indexes transcribed - Ancestry.com
This page has a great description of the BMD collection and its origins.
- Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Including baptism, christening, and burial records.
- England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837
Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
- UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
A collection of parish records in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the 1500s to the 1900s. Original source: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.
- England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
- Warwickshire, England, Extracted Parish Records
Original source: Electronic databases created from a collection of historical parish registers. The records include baptisms/christenings, burials, marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, tax lists, wills, and other miscellaneous types of records.
- Birmingham Register Office
- BMD Index - Birth, Marriage & Death Index
Pay-per-view online searchable index to the birth, marriage & death registrations in England and Wales.
- Coventry City Council - Births, Deaths And Marriages
- Registration Services - Certificate Ordering Service
Service from the General Register Office (the official centralized keeper of these records) allowing civil registration certificates (Births, Marriages & Deaths) to be ordered via the Internet.
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council - Community & Living
- Walsall Council - Community and Living
- Warwickshire County Council Registration Service
- Acocks Green History Society ~ Birmingham
- Alcester & District Local History Society
- Birmingham Canal Navigations Society
- Birmingham & District Local History Association
- Birmingham Historical Society
- The Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
- Brinklow History Group
The history of the village of Brinklow, Warwickshire.
- Clifton Local History Group
- Coleshill Family History Society
- Coventry Family History Society
- The Dugdale Society
- Dunchurch Historical Association
- Friends of the Warwickshire County Record Office
- Heartlands Historical Society
The Society, based in Nechells, England covers the Birmingham Heartlands area, which is defined as on the borders of; Aston, Gosta Green, Ashted, Vauxhall, Duddeston, Bordesley, Small Heath, Saltley, Washwood Heath, Bromford and Nechells.
- Lapworth Local History Group
- Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society
- The Polesworth Society
- Quinton Local History Society ~ West Midlands
- Rugby Family History Group
- Rugby Local History Research Group
- Spon End Local History Society ~ Coventry
- Southam & District Local History Society
- Warwickshire Family History Society
- West Midlands Regional Archive Council
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