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|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
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'''Warwickshire'''
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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.
  
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County town: Warwick  
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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'''County town:''' Warwick
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'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
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'''Primary Reference'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]
  
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Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
  
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy] 
  
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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.
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
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The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
 
  
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The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
  
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[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]  
  
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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
 
  
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==Register Office Contact Details==
 
  
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=====Atherstone Register Office=====
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
 
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
 
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
 
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
 
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Atherstone<br>
 
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CV9 1JP<br>
 
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
 
  
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=====Nuneaton Register Office=====
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*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
 
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The Register Office<br>
 
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Riversley Park, <br>
 
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Coton Road<br>
 
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Nuneaton<br>
 
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CV11 5HA<br>
 
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Tel 02476 348948
 
  
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=====Rugby=====
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
 
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
 
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Rugby<br>
 
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CV21 3DS<br>
 
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Tel 01788 571233
 
  
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=====Warwick=====
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
 
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Pageant House<br>
 
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2 Jury Street<br>
 
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Warwick<br>
 
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CV34 4EW<br>
 
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Tel 01926 494269
 
  
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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
  
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
  
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*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
  
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'''Record Office Address'''
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
  
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Warwickshire County Record Office
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]
  
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Priory Park
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
  
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Cape Road
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
  
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Warwick
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
  
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CV34 4JS
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*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
  
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Tel: +44 (0) 1926 738959
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
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Fax: +44 (0) 1926 738969
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*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
  
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*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
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*Shirley (West Midlands) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
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*South Birmingham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
 
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]
  
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice County Record Office]
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
 
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E  Warwickshire BMD]
 
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
 
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*[http://www.dudley.gov.uk/community-and-living/deaths-funerals--cremations/genealogy-research-service Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council -Important Notice]
 
  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
  
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'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
  
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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.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS]
 
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*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
 
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*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton FHS]
 
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
 
*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
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*[http://www.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
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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]
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
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*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
  
  
  
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'''OPC'''
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==Register Office==
  
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
  
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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.
  
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'''Archives'''
 
  
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L]
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ 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.
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First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]
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Ratcliffe Street, <br>
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*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon] Police Charge Books, Cemetery Burials Register, Stratford Union Workhouse, Stratford Borough Workhouse, 1765 Smallpox Census
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Atherstone<br>
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
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CV9 1JP<br>
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll books & census]
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Tel 01827 713241<br>
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Holden's Triennial Directory for Coventry, 1805]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Strays Found in other county census returns ]
 
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*[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'''  
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
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The Register Office<br>
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Riversley Park, <br>
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Coton Road<br>
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Nuneaton<br>
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CV11 5HA<br>
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Tel 02476 348948
  
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*[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] 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.
 
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*[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 ]
 
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*[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]
 
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''Rugby'''
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
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5 Bloxam Place<br>
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Rugby<br>
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CV21 3DS<br>
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Tel 01788 571233
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'''Warwick'''
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
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Pageant House<br>
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2 Jury Street<br>
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Warwick<br>
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CV34 4EW<br>
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Tel 01926 494269
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
  
  
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'''Countywide interest'''
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
 
  
  
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'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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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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==Photo Offers==
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/Birmingham History Webring]
 
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html 1836 Inhabitants of Chilvers Coton.]
 
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
 
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*[http://www.nuneaton-online.org.uk/history.htmThe Nuneaton Society]
 
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*[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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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 16 May 2023

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



Maps and Photographs



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 & Archive 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 & Archive 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

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