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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 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.

Resources

Primary Reference

County Record Office

Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre

Birmingham City Archives

West Midlands BMD

Warwickshire OPC

Warwickshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages

The Census in Warwickshire

Warwickshire Census Strays

The Midlands' Digital Library

List of Illegitimacy Orders

Nuneaton and North Warwickshire FHS

Pickards Pink Pages for Warwickshire Genealogy

Warwickshire Parishes, Villages and Hamlets

John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs

Transcriptions from Warwickshire Records

Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)

Tithe Apportionments

Windows on Warwickshire

Specific Town and Village Interest

Alcester and District Local History Society

Aston Brook Through Aston Manor

Barford Heritage Group

The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882

Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Birmingham History Webring

Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions

Old Birmingham Garages

Birmingham History and Genealogy

Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive

Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases

Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham

Virtual Brum

Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836

Coventry During The Blitz

Coventry FHS

Coventry Collections

Coventry's Historic Past

History of Coventry Market

Coventry 1805 Holden's Triennial Directory

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations

Dunchurch

Digital Handsworth

Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census

Ladywood

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

Leamington Priors

Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton

History of Oxhill

Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes

Quinton Local History Society

Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School

The Quinton Oracle

Register of Burials Parish of Christ Church, The Quinton, 1840 to 1868

Rugby Family History Group

Solihull History

Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon

Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900

Warwickshire History Society

Virtual Museum, Willenhall

Winson Green to Brookfields

Wythall People

Maps and Photographs

Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area

Heart of England -Photographs

Victorian Photography Studios

Register Office

Warwickshire BMD

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.

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.

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+|Also known as Shakespeare country being the home of William Shakespeare.
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-'''Warwickshire'''
+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.
-County town: Warwick
+The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
+The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
+| style="width:250px" align="left"| __TOC__
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+'''County town:''' Warwick
+'''Other major towns:''' Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Warwickshire| Warwickshire Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandWarwickshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-Other major towns: Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice '''County Record Office''']
-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.
+*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ Warwick Library - The Modern Records Centre]
-The county's industries are engineering and textile production.
+*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives.bcc Birmingham City Archives]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/index.html West Midlands BMD]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
+*[http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/wks/ Warwickshire Look-up Exchange]
+'''Countywide Interest'''
+*[http://www.warwickshire-info.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Warwickshire Baptisms and Marriages]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census in Warwickshire]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/warks_census_strays.html Warwickshire Census Strays]
+*[http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/index.html The Midlands' Digital Library]
+*[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://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://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
+*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm Alcester and District Local History Society]
-The 15th-century Earl of Warwick known as the Kingmaker lived at Warwick Castle.
+*[http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ Aston Brook Through Aston Manor]
+*[http://www.barfordheritage.org/wordpress/ Barford Heritage Group]
+*[http://www.baddesleypitexplosion.co.uk The Baddesley/Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry]
-[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E Online certificate searching and applications - Warwickshire Web]
+*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/index.php Birmingham History Webring]
-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
+*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
-==Register Office Contact Details==
+*[http://www.obgt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Old Birmingham Garages]
-=====Atherstone Register Office=====
+*[http://www.bham.de/brum.html Birmingham History and Genealogy]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://lives.bgfl.org/carlchinn/index.cfm?mr= Birmingham Lives - the Carl Chinn Archive]
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
-Ratcliffe Street, <br>
-Atherstone<br>
-CV9 1JP<br>
-Tel 01827 713241<br>
-=====Nuneaton Register Office=====
+*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://www.dwarner.com/data/data.htm Wrightson's Triennial Directory, 1818, for Birmingham]
-Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
-The Register Office<br>
-Riversley Park, <br>
-Coton Road<br>
-Nuneaton<br>
-CV11 5HA<br>
-Tel 02476 348948
-=====Rugby=====
+*[http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/genealogy/index.htm Virtual Brum]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html Chilvers Coton Inhabitants in 1836]
-Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
-Bloxam Place<br>
-Rugby<br>
-CV21 3DS<br>
-Tel 01788 571233
-=====Warwick=====
+*[http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/CoventryRaids.htm Coventry During The Blitz]
-Superintendent Registrar<br>
+*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
-Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
-Pageant House<br>
-Jury Street<br>
-Warwick<br>
-CV34 4EW<br>
-Tel 01926 494269
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.coventrycollections.org/index.htm Coventry Collections]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's Historic Past]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.rupert-fish.co.uk/interests/coventry_market_history.html History of Coventry Market]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[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 - Deaths, Funerals & Cremations]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/dunchurch.html Dunchurch]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/ Digital Handsworth]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll Books & Census]
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/ Ladywood]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood includes Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview]
-*Nuneaton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=238 Dawnie and her 3 munchkins]
+*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/leamingtonpriors.html Leamington Priors]
-*Shirley (West Midlands) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-*South Birmingham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=266 JBee]
-==Links==
+*[http://www.centuries-before.co.uk/index.htm Baptisms for Napton, Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton]
+*[http://www.oxhill.org.uk/History.htm History of Oxhill]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice County Record Office]
+*[http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Perry Barr, Photographs and Comprehensive Name Indexes]
-*[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=7298&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=10468&EXPAND=5396 Birmingham City Archives]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/472FA73688E0473780256EC8002D177E  Warwickshire 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.qlhs.org.uk/ Quinton Local History Society]
+*[http://www.qlhs.org.uk/archive/archive.htm Quinton National School Registers also Woodhouse Road School]
-'''Local History Society'''
+*[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]
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/ Birmingham & Midland FHS]
-*[http://www.covfhs.org Coventry FHS]
-*[http://www.nnwfhs.org.uk/ Nuneaton FHS]
 *[http://www.rugbyfhg.co.uk Rugby Family History Group]
+*[http://www.solihull-online.com/history.htm Solihull History]
+*[http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/543/504/ Online Databases for Stratford-Upon-Avon]
+*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/calendarofprisoners Warwick County Prison Inmates 1800-1900]
 *[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.virtualmuseum.co.uk/ Virtual Museum, Willenhall]
+*[http://www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm Winson Green to Brookfields]
+*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm Wythall People]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
+*[http://www.picturesofcoventry.co.uk/ Pictures of Coventry and the surrounding Area]
+*[http://hearteng.110mb.com/index.htm Heart of England -Photographs]
+*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
+==Register Office==
+*[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.
+'''Atherstone Register Office'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+First Floor, Warwick House, <br>
+Ratcliffe Street, <br>
+Atherstone<br>
+CV9 1JP<br>
+Tel 01827 713241<br>
-'''OPC'''
+'''Nuneaton Register Office'''
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html Warwickshire OPC]
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire North Registration District<br>
+The Register Office<br>
+Riversley Park, <br>
+Coton Road<br>
+Nuneaton<br>
+CV11 5HA<br>
+Tel 02476 348948
+'''Rugby'''
-'''Archives'''
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire East Registration District<br>
+Bloxam Place<br>
+Rugby<br>
+CV21 3DS<br>
+Tel 01788 571233
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire A-L]
+'''Warwick'''
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyWarwick_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Warwickshire N-Z]
-*[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.
-*[http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Warks..htm Transcriptions from Warwickshire records ]
-*[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
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/warks_cen.html The Census and Suchlike in Warwickshire]
-*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cas/staff/lockley/harbury/ Harbury & Lockley Poll books & census]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/dirs/coventry_1805.html Holden's Triennial Directory for Coventry, 1805]
-*[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]
+Superintendent Registrar<br>
+Warwickshire South Registration District<br>
+Pageant House<br>
+Jury Street<br>
+Warwick<br>
+CV34 4EW<br>
+Tel 01926 494269
-'''Family and social history'''
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm Warwickshire Workhouses]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[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.
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html John Crossling's History of Warwickshire Pubs]
-*[http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tithe Tithe Apportionments ]
-*[http://www.stewartelse.com/asylum/index Birmingham Lunatic Asylum - Cases]
-*[http://www.billesley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Birmingham Area WW1 & 2 Family Memorial Inscriptions]
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census.html Population of Warwick Town From The Town Maps of Warwick 1610 - 1851]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/photogs.html Victorian Photography Studios]
-'''Countywide interest'''
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/ Windows on Warwickshire]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.bmsgh.org/parish/warw/tyaiw/tyaiwintro.html Tracing Your Ancestors in Warwickshire (excluding Birmingham)]
-'''Specific Town Village interest'''
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.covkid.org.uk/Database%20Homepage.html People who have a connection with the City of Coventry,criminals, owned property, etc]
+==Photo Offers==
-*[http://forums.birminghamhistory.co.uk/Birmingham History Webring]
-*[http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/census/chilvers_coton_1836.html 1836 Inhabitants of Chilvers Coton.]
-*[http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php Coventry's historic past]
-*[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.
+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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