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|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.  
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'''Warwickshire'''
 
  
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County town: Warwick  
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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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Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
 
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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.
 
 
The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
 
The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
  
 
The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
 
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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[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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
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==Register Office==
 
  
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
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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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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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'''Primary Reference'''
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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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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
  
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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
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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.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
  
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'''Rugby'''
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
  
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Superintendent Registrar<br>
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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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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'''Countywide Interest'''
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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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*[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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==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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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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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
  
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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.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS]
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy] 
  
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
  
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]  
  
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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.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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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
  
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*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
 
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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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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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==Photo Offers==
 
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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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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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
  
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']  
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]  
  
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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.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]  
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
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*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
  
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L]
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*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
  
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/wmids.html The Local History Directory — West Midlands]
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]  
  
 
*[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]  
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
  
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*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]  
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]  
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*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]  
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
  
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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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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
  
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
  
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*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
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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://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/illegits.html List of Illegitimacy Orders]  
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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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*[http://hunimex.com/warwick/ Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy]
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
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*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]  
  
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*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records ]  
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
  
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*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]  
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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
  
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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.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
  
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/oracle.htm The Quinton Oracle]
  
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/warwickshire/index.html Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets]  
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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.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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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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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]
  
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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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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
  
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*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
  
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*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/pitexplosion/ The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
  
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*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
 
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
 
  
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*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
 
  
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*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
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*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]  
  
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*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
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*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]  
  
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*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
  
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*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
 
  
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*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html Coventry People]
 
  
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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
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==Register Office==
  
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*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
 
  
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*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
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*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/(DisplayLinks)/4DDCBAEECD4F52D0802573920051B4D4 Warwickshire BMD]  
  
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*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz] Includes a list of victims
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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.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory]
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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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*[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.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
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'''Atherstone Register Office'''
  
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*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
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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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*[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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'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
  
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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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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.oldladywood.co.uk/ Ladywood Past and Present]
 
  
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*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
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'''Rugby'''
  
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*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
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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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*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
 
  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
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'''Warwick'''
  
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*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers] also Woodhouse Road School
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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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*[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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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
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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.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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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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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/warks.html Warwickshire History Society]
 
  
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*[http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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'''Maps & Photographs'''
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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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*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
 
  
  
  
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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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