Useful UK Genealogy
Addresses
Registries:
England and Wales
The General Register Office,
St. Catherine's House,
10 Kingsway,
London, WC2B 6JP
Tel: 071 242 0262
Open Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm.
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays.
No Entrance Fee.
*Certificates: Personal Application = £5.50; Postal Application (no search) = £11.00; Postal Application (with search) = £15.00.
Postal Applications To:
OPCS GRO,
Smedley Hydro,
Southport,
Merseyside, PR8 2HH
Scotland.
New Register House,
Edinburgh, EH1 3YT
Tel: 031 334 0380
Open Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays.
*Search Fees Daily: £6.00, £8.00 or £13.00
*Search Fees Weekly £45.00
Appointment Necessary.
*Certificates: (Personal Application) £7.00, (Postal Application) £9.00.
Eire
James Joyce House,
8-11 Lombard Street East,
Dublin 2
Tel: 0001 711000
Open Monday - Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm.
Closed Daily for Lunch
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays (Irish).
*Search Fees £1.50
*Certificates: (Personal Application) £I 5.50, (Postal Application) £I 5.50.
Northern Ireland.
Oxford House
49/55 Chichester Street
Belfast, BT1 4HI
Tel: 0232 235211
Open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm.
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays
*Research Fees £4.25 per day, Appointment Necessary.
*Certificates: (Personal Application) £3.75, (Postal Application) £5.00.
Isle of Man General Registry.
Finch Road,
Douglas
Isle of Man
Tel: 0624 73358
Open Monday - Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm.
Closed Lunch Daily 1.00pm - 2.15,
Closed Sundays, Bank Holidays
No entrance fees charged.
The Channel Islands.
The Librarian
The Societe Jersaise
9 Pier Road, St Helier
Jersey, Channel Islands
Tel: 0534 75940
Open Monday - Friday 10.00am - 4.30pm.
Saterdays 10.00am - 12.30pm & 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Closed Sundays, Bank Holidays
Registrar General
States Building
Royal Square
St Helier, Jersey,
Channel Islands
Postal Enquiries Recommended
The Registrar General
Royal Court House,
St Peter Port
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Postal Enquiries ONLY
Princapal Probate Registry
Somerset House,
Strand,
London, WC2R 1LP
Tel: 071 936 6000
Open Monday - Friday 10.00am - 4.30pm.
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays.
Copying Facilities
No entrance fee.
Public Record Office
Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1LR
Tel: 081 876 3444
Reader Ticket Required, No Charge
Copying Service
Open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm.
(Last Orders 3.30pm)
Closed Saterdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays.
First two weeks in October.
Public Record Office
Ruskin Avenue,
Kew, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 4DU
Tel: 081 876 3444
Reader Ticket Required, No Charge
Copying Service
Hours as Chancery Lane.
Census Office
Public Record Office
Chancery Lane,
London, WC2A 1LR
Tel: 081 876 3444
Copying Service
No entrance fee
Hours as Public Records Office
Public Record Office, Dublin
Four Courts,
Dublin 7
Ireland
Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
66 Balmoral Avenue
Belfast
Ireland
Registry of Deeds (Ireland)
Henrietta Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum
Bridge Street
Morpeth NE61 1PJ
Tel: 0670 519466
Baptist Union
129 The Broadway
Didcot
Oxon, OX11 8XB
Tel: 0235 512077
British Museum Library
Great Russell Street,
London, WC1B 3DG
Tel: 071 636 1544
Open Monday, Friday, Saterday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9.00am - 9.00pm
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Readers Tickets - No Charges.
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
St. Anthony's Hall
York, YO1 2PW
Tel: 0904 642315
Open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Closed daily for lunch 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Closed Saterday, Sunday, Bank Holidays, 2 Weeks in August
Coping facilities
Appointment Necessary.
British Red Cross
Archives and Historical Exhibition
Guildford, Surrey
Tel: 1483 898595
Appointment Necessary.
Catholic Central Library
17 Francis Street,
London, SW1P 1DN
The Catholic Family History Society
Secretary: Mrs Barbara Murray
2 Winscombe Cresent
Ealing
London, W5 1AZ
*Annual Subscription £6.00
Department of Health and Social Socurity
Special Section A,
Room 101B,
Records Branch
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1YU
Federation of Family History Societies
Administrator: Mrs P. Saul
5 Mornington Close,
Copthorne,
Shrewbury, Salop, SY3 8XN
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury,
London, EC2P 2EJ
Tel: 071 606 3030
Copying Service
Open Monday - Saterday 9.30am - 5.00pm
Closed Sundays, Bank Holidays.
No entrance fee
Huguenot Library
University Library
Gower Street
London, WC1
Tel: 071 380 7094
India Office Library
197 Blackfriars Road,
London, SE1 8NG
Tel: 071 928 9531
Open Mondays - Fridays 9.30am - 5.45pm
Saterdays 9.30am - 1.45pm
Closed Sunday and Bank Holidays
Copying Facilities.
Day Pass, No Charge
Jewish Museum
Woburn House
Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 0EP
Tel: 071 388 4525
Manx Museum
Crellins Hill,
Douglas
Isle of Man
Tel: 0624 75522
Open Monday - Saterday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Closed Sundays, Some Bank Holidays and Manx Holidays
Mid Glamorgan County Library
Coed Parc,
Park Street
Bridgend CF31 4BA
Morman Branch Library
LDS Chapel,
401 Holywood Road,
Belfast, BT4 2GU
Tel: 0232 768250
Museum of Mining
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
Turnstall,
Stoke on Trent
Tel: 0782 813337
Open Daily 10.00am - 4.00pm
Entrance fee
Museum of Chartered Insurance Institute
20, Aldermanbury
London, EC2
Tel: 071 606 3835
National Library of Wales
Aberstwyth
Dyfed SY23 3BU
Tel: 0970 623816
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh, EH1 1EW
Tel: 031 226 4531
National Library of Dublin
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
National Museum of Dublin
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Newspaper Library
Colindale Avenue
London, NW9 5HE
Tel: 071 323 7356
Open Monday - Saterday 10.00am - 4.45pm
Closed Sundays, Bank Holiday and one week in October,
Copying facilities
Readers Ticket, No Charge
Presbyterian Historical Society and United Reform Church History Society
86 Tavistock Place,
London, Wc1H 9RT
Tel: 071 837 7661
St. Brides painting Library
Bride Lane
London, EC4Y 8EE
Tel: 071 353 4660
Open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm
Closed Saterday, Sunday and Bank Holidays.
Copying Facilities
No entrace fee
Society of Friends Library
Friends House
Euston Road,
London, NW1
Tel: 071 387 3601
Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings,
Goswell Road,
London, EC1M 7BA
Tel: 071 251 8799
Open Tuesday, Friday, Saterday 10.00am - 6.00pm
Open Wednesday, Thursday 10.00am - 8.00pm
Closed Monday, Bank Holidays (and Fridays previous)
1 Week In February
*Search Fees £2.50 per Hour, £6.00 for 3and a half Hours, £8.00 per Day
No fees for Members
Professional Researchers
Gorry Research
16 Hume Street
St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Association of Genealogists and Record Agents
1 Woodside Close
Caterham
Surrey, CR3 6AU
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Last updated 17/8/2000
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