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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice County Record Office] | *[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice County Record Office] | ||
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD] | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD] | ||
*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice] | *[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice] | ||
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'''Local History Society''' | '''Local History Society''' | ||
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS] | *[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS] | ||
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society] | *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society] | ||
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands History Society] | *[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html West Midlands History Society] | ||
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'''OPC''' | '''OPC''' | ||
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC] | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC] | ||
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'''Archives''' | '''Archives''' | ||
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L] | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L] | ||
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns ] | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns ] | ||
*[http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp&originator=/engine/custom/gallery.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1056&text=0&resource=4518 Baptism Register for St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham] | *[http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp&originator=/engine/custom/gallery.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1056&text=0&resource=4518 Baptism Register for St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham] | ||
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'''Family and social history''' | '''Family and social history''' | ||
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses] | *[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses] | ||
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases] | *[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases] | ||
*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions] | *[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions] | ||
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851] | *[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851] | ||
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'''Countywide interest''' | '''Countywide interest''' | ||
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire] | *[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire] | ||
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*[http://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/history.htmThe Nuneaton Society] | *[http://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/history.htmThe Nuneaton Society] | ||
*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr] Lots of photos and name indexes here for this area - someone has taken a lot of time on this - be sure to scroll through and use the name indexes. | *[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr] Lots of photos and name indexes here for this area - someone has taken a lot of time on this - be sure to scroll through and use the name indexes. | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, 19 June 2007
Contents
Warwickshire
County town: Warwick
Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare. Home to two castles, Warwick and Kenilworth, the remains of the 'Forest of Arden', as portrayed by Shakespeare in As You Like It, and the site of the English Civil War battlefield of Edgehill.
The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web
There are currently four main offices from which copy certificates may be issued. Certificates from the Warwickshire North Registration District may be ordered from both Atherstone and Nuneaton
Register Office Contact Details
Atherstone Register Office
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
First Floor, Warwick House,
Ratcliffe Street,
Atherstone
CV9 1JP
Tel 01827 713241
Nuneaton Register Office
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire North Registration District
The Register Office
Riversley Park,
Coton Road
Nuneaton
CV11 5HA
Tel 02476 348948
Rugby
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire East Registration District
5 Bloxam Place
Rugby
CV21 3DS
Tel 01788 571233
Warwick
Superintendent Registrar
Warwickshire South Registration District
Pageant House
2 Jury Street
Warwick
CV34 4EW
Tel 01926 494269
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
Record Office Address
Warwickshire County Record Office
Priory Park
Cape Road
Warwick
CV34 4JS
Tel: +44 (0) 1926 738959
Fax: +44 (0) 1926 738969
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Nuneaton Dawnie and her 3 munchkins
- Shirley (West Midlands) JBee
- South Birmingham JBee
Links
- County Record Office
- Birmingham City Archives
- Warwickshire BMD
- West Midlands BMD
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice
Local History Society
- Birmingham & Midland FHS
- Coventry FHS
- Nuneaton FHS
- Rugby Family History Group
- Warwickshire History Society
- West Midlands History Society
OPC
Archives
- IGI Warwickshire A-L
- IGI Warwickshire N-Z
- Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire genealogy Includes some transcribed census pages, links to Online Parish Clerks and useful snippets such as the 1820 voters list, baptisms, marriages, war memorials etc.
- Transcriptions from Warwickshire records
- Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon Police Charge Books, Cemetery Burials Register, Stratford Union Workhouse, Stratford Borough Workhouse, 1765 Smallpox Census
- The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire
- Harbury & Lockley Poll books & census
- Holden's Triennial Directory for Coventry, 1805
- Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns
- Baptism Register for St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Birmingham
- The Modern Records Centre
Family and social history
- Warwickshire Workhouses
- Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900 Online database of inmates in Warwick County Prison between 1800 and 1900. Also includes some cases relating to Birmingham and Coventry. Includes details of the crime and of victims.
- John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs
- Tithe Apportionments
- Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases
- Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions
Maps & Photographs
Countywide interest
Specific Town Village interest
- People who have a connection with the City of Coventry,criminals, owned property, etc
- History Webring
- 1836 Inhabitants of Chilvers Coton.
- Coventry's historic past
- Nuneaton Society
- Perry Barr Lots of photos and name indexes here for this area - someone has taken a lot of time on this - be sure to scroll through and use the name indexes.
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