Difference between revisions of "Warwickshire"

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==Links==
 
==Links==
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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.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://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
 
*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry ]  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]  
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]  
 
*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]  
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]  
 
*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
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*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
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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]  
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*[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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*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]  
 
*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]  
 
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]  
  
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
 
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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'''Family and Social History'''  
 
'''Family and Social History'''  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
 
*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
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*[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/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
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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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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
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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.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets] - under construction
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]  
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'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
 
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
 
*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
 
*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
 
*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]  
 
*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]  
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
 
*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html People who have a connection with the City of Coventry,criminals, owned property, etc]  
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*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html People who have a connection with the City of Coventry, criminals, owned property, etc]  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
 
*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
 
*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
 
*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Covenrty 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Covenrty 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
 
*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]  
 
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
 
*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers] also Woodhouse Road School
 
*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers] also Woodhouse Road School
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
 
*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton,1840 to 1868]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868]
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]  
 
*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]  
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
 
*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
  

Revision as of 14:45, 26 January 2008

Packwood House submitted by Guinevere


Warwickshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)


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

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


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