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|A sprawling county steeped in history, stretching from the outskirts of London, across to the new town of Milton Keynes.
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The Chiltern Hills hide a collection of pretty villages, steeped in history, not least Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, an estate located in the town of Bletchley. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's main code breaking establishment.
  
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Benjamin Disraeli grew up at Bradenham Manor. He lived at Hughenden Manor near High Wycombe until his death.
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'''County town:''' Aylesbury
  
  
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'''Other major towns:''' High Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Beaconsfield
  
'''Buckinghamshire'''
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
County town: Aylesbury
 
  
Other major towns: High Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Beaconsfield
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandBuckinghamshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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A sprawling county steeped in history, stretching from the outskirts of London, across to the new town of Milton Keynes. The Chiltern Hills hide a collection of pretty villages, steeped in history, not least Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, an estate located in the town of Bletchley. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's main code breaking establishment.
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==Resources==
  
Benjamin Disraeli grew up at Bradenham Manor. He lived at Hughenden Manor near High Wycombe until his death.
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[[image:QuaintonMill.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Quainton. Submitted by CP Lewcock]]
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/archives/Centre_for_Buckinghamshire_Studies.page Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies-Records Office]
  
==Register Offices==
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*[http://www.bucksfhs.com/ Buckinghamshire Family History Society]
  
Aylesbury Vale Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/index.htm Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society]
County Hall<br>
 
Walton Street<br>
 
Aylesbury<br>
 
Bucks<br>
 
HP20 1XF <br>
 
Tel: 01296 382581<br>
 
*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/conten...ntid=986487387 Registrars Homepage]<br>
 
E-mail aylesburyvaleregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/libraries/libraries.page Buckinghamshire Libraries]
  
High Wycombe Register Office
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm  Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
  
Chiltern Hills Register Office<br>
 
Easton Street<br>
 
High Wycombe<br>
 
Bucks<br>
 
HP11 1NH <br>
 
Tel: 01494 475205<br>
 
*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/conten...ntid=986487387 Registrars Homepage]<br>
 
E-mail chilternhillsregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk
 
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
Milton Keynes Register Office
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*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/bch/ Buckinghamshire Constabulary]
  
The Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.aylesburytoday.co.uk/ The Bucks Herald Newspaper]
Bracknell House<br>
 
Aylesbury Street<br>
 
Bletchley<br>
 
Milton Keynes<br>
 
MK2 2BE<br>
 
01908 372101<br>
 
  
online orders<br>
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/buckinghamshirep06phil/buckinghamshirep06phil_djvu.txt Buckinghamshire Marriages - Late 1500s to the 1700s] New
*[http://www.mkweb.co.uk/registrars/home.asp?r=29396 MK Council - Registrars - MKWeb]
 
  
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*[http://www.burrell-wood.org.uk/LHist/Places/Bucks/bucks1873.htm Buckinghamshire Ownership of Land 1873 ]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/bkm1830/bkm1830.htm Pigot's Trade Directory of 1830 ]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://apps1.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms2005/libPrisoners/index.aspx Victorian Prisoners  in Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Gaol - 1870s ]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/buck1784.html?o_xid=0039580444&o_lid=0039580444&o_xt=39580444 Index of the Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County of Bucks]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/ Buckinghamshire Roll of Honour]
  
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*[http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/buckinghamshire.shtml Buckinghamshire Wills]
  
 
'''Records Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
  
*Buckinghamshire R/O ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=847 Jowin1] temp suspended
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lanchbury/genealogy/bledlow1500.html Bledlow Parish Records]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bowbrickhill.com/geneal.html Bow Brickhill]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.xor.org.uk/calverton/crj97/crj_20.htm All Saints Church, Calverton - Monumental Inscriptions]
  
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*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/index.html Castlethorpe] 
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.chalfontstpeter-pc.gov.uk/index.html  Chalfont St Peter Parish Council] 
  
*Amersham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1057 jennyk]
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*[http://www.chartridge.org.uk/index.html Chartridge]
*Aylesbury [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=847 Jowin1] temp suspended
 
*Chalfonts [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1057 jennyk]
 
*Chesham [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1057 jennyk]
 
  
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*[http://cheshammuseum.org.uk/ Chesham Museum]
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*[http://cholesbury.com/index.htm Cholesbury & St Leonards]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.edlesborough.gov.uk/epc/minutes/EPC_Archives/minutes_of_edlesborough_parish_council_1899-1963.htm Edlesborough: Minutes of Parish Council meetings 14 Sep 1899 - 21 Mar 1963]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/hdhs/ Hanslope and District Historical Society]
  
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*[http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/ken/index.htm High Wycombe Site]
  
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*[http://oxford-consultants.tripod.com/horton_cum_studley.htm Horton cum Studley]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/laceygreen/index.htm Lacey Green Myths & Legends]
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/archives/ '''County Record Office''']
 
 
 
*[http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ GENUKI Buckinghamshire]
 
 
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/buckinghamshire.html Library Link]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bucksfhs.com/ Buckinghamshire Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/bucks.html Local History Gateway Page]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Local History Society'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/index.htm Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archives'''
 
  
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*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyBuckingham.htm#PageTitle IGI Buckinghamshire]
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*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/index.html Leighton-Linslade Past Times] formerly Leighton Buzzard and Linslade - includes Billington, Eggington, Heath & Reach, and Stanbridge
  
 
*[http://www.parishregisters.co.uk/ Parish Register Transcriptions for Maids Moreton, Mentmore, Moulsoe, Westbury, Buckinghamshire]
 
*[http://www.parishregisters.co.uk/ Parish Register Transcriptions for Maids Moreton, Mentmore, Moulsoe, Westbury, Buckinghamshire]
  
*[http://www.burrell-wood.org.uk/LHist/Places/Bucks/bucks1873.htm Buckinghamshire Ownership of Land 1873]
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*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/sga/frameset.html Welcome to Stoke Goldingdon]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tingewick/index.htm The People of Tingewick]
  
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*[http://www.wing-ops.org.uk/ Wing Buckinghamshire  - one-place study]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
 
  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/bch/ Buckinghamshire Constabulary]
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*[http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/countyframes/bucks.htm Buckinghamshire Towns and Maps]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/ENGPOLLS/buck1784.html?o_xid=0039580444&o_lid=0039580444&o_xt=39580444 Index of the Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County of Bucks]
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*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/swop/ea_SWOP_1.page? SWOP Project - Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs]
  
*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bucks_prisoners/index.htm Buckinghamshire Prisoners] Aylesbury Prison - 1870s
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==Register Office==
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/bucks/buckinghamshire_workhouses.htm Buckinghamshire Workhouses]
 
  
*[http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/wills/search.aspx Buckinghamshire Wills]
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'''Aylesbury Vale Register Office'''
  
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County Hall<br>
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Walton Street<br>
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Aylesbury<br>
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Bucks<br>
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HP20 1XF <br>
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Tel: 01296 382581<br>
  
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*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/conten...ntid=986487387 Registrars Homepage]<br>
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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Email: aylesburyvaleregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk
  
  
*[http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/countyframes/bucks.htm Buckinghamshire]
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'''High Wycombe '''
  
*[http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/photolibrary/webform1.aspx 20,000 Buckinghamshire Photographs and Maps]
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Chiltern Hills Register Office<br>
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Easton Street<br>
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High Wycombe<br>
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Bucks<br>
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HP11 1NH <br>
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Tel: 01494 475205<br>
  
*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/external_apps/index.jsp?contentid=1404316476 SWOP Project - Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs]
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*[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/conten...ntid=986487387 Registrars Homepage]<br>
  
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Email: chilternhillsregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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'''Milton Keynes'''
  
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The Register Office<br>
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Bracknell House<br>
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Aylesbury Street<br>
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Bletchley<br>
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Milton Keynes<br>
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MK2 2BE<br>
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01908 372101<br>
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pobjoyoneill/tradedir/bkm1830/bkm1830.htm Pigot's Trade Directory of 1830]
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Online orders: [http://www.mkweb.co.uk/registrars/home.asp?r=29396 Registrars - MKWeb]
  
*[http://www.aylesburytoday.co.uk/ The Bucks Herald]
 
  
*[http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Buckinghamshire/ Roll of Honour - Buckinghamshire - War Memorial Selection]
 
  
*[http://webpages.charter.net/dcarlsen/genuki/BKM/bucksurname.html#search Buckinghamshire Surnames List]
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
  
'''Specific Town/Village Interest'''
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If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
  
 
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*[http://www.lanchbury.id.au/genealogy/bledlow1500.html Bledlow Parish Records]
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*[http://www.xor.org.uk/calverton/crj97/crj_20.htm All Saints Church, Calverton - Monumental Inscriptions]
 
 
 
*[http://www.chalfontstpeter-pc.gov.uk/csp-parish-council/index.htm Chalfont St Peter Parish Council]     
 
 
 
*[http://www.chenieschurch.cwc.net/  Marriage Records] Covers Chenies, Little Chalfont, Flaunden & Latimer
 
 
 
*[http://www.chartridge.org.uk/index.html Chartridge]
 
 
 
*[http://cheshammuseum.org.uk/ Chesham Museum]
 
 
 
*[http://cholesbury.com/index.htm Cholesbury & St Leonards]
 
 
 
*[http://www.edlesborough.gov.uk/history/EPC%20Archives/minutes_of_edlesborough_parish_council_1899-1963.htm Edlesborough: Minutes of Parish Council meetings 14 Sep 1899 - 21 Mar 1963]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/hdhs/ Hanslope Parish Records Transcription]
 
 
 
*[http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/ken/index.htm High Wycombe Site]
 
 
 
*[http://www.petergoodearl.co.uk/laceygreen/index.htm Lacey Green Myths & Legends]
 
 
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 
 
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/index.html Leighton-Linslade Past Times] Formerly Leighton Buzzard and Linslade - includes Billington, Eggington, Heath & Reach, and Stanbridge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 09:06, 16 May 2023

A sprawling county steeped in history, stretching from the outskirts of London, across to the new town of Milton Keynes.

The Chiltern Hills hide a collection of pretty villages, steeped in history, not least Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, an estate located in the town of Bletchley. During World War II, Bletchley Park was the location of the United Kingdom's main code breaking establishment.

Benjamin Disraeli grew up at Bradenham Manor. He lived at Hughenden Manor near High Wycombe until his death.

County town: Aylesbury


Other major towns: High Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Beaconsfield


Buckinghamshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Quainton. Submitted by CP Lewcock

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs

Register Office

Aylesbury Vale Register Office

County Hall
Walton Street
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP20 1XF
Tel: 01296 382581

Email: aylesburyvaleregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk


High Wycombe

Chiltern Hills Register Office
Easton Street
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP11 1NH
Tel: 01494 475205

Email: chilternhillsregistrars@buckscc.gov.uk


Milton Keynes

The Register Office
Bracknell House
Aylesbury Street
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK2 2BE
01908 372101

Online orders: Registrars - MKWeb


Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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