Difference between revisions of "Warwickshire"

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library
m
m
Line 25: Line 25:
 
| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
 
| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
 
|}
 
|}
 
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
  
Line 31: Line 30:
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']  
  
*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
+
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
 
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
 
  
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
Line 41: Line 38:
 
*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
 
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html The Local History Directory — West Midlands]
+
'''Countywide Interest'''
  
*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
+
*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
  
*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
+
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
 
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
 
 
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]  
 
  
 
+
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
  
 
*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
 
*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
+
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
+
*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]  
  
 
*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]   
 
*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]   
  
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
+
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
  
 
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]  
 
*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]  
 
*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
 
  
 
*[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)]
Line 74: Line 65:
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
 
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
  
*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
+
*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]  
 
 
*[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]  
 
  
  
Line 90: Line 77:
  
 
*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
 
*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
 +
 +
*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
  
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]  
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]  
Line 102: Line 91:
  
 
*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]  
 
*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]  
 +
 +
*http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
 
*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
 
*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
  
*http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
+
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
  
 
*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html Coventry People]  
 
*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html Coventry People]  
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
 
  
 
*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
 
*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
  
 
*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
 
*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
 
*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
 
  
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
 
*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
*[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 - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
  
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
 
*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
Line 170: Line 161:
  
 
'''Books of local interest'''
 
'''Books of local interest'''
 +
  
  
 
==Register Office==
 
==Register Office==
  
[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
+
 
 +
*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]
 +
 
 +
* [http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E 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.
 
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.

Revision as of 06:27, 2 May 2008

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.

County town: Warwick


Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull


Warwickshire Places of Worship


Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest

  • Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest


Register Office

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.


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 above.


Record Office Lookup Contacts


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 above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England