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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855. Now up to 1999
Locations Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies 1837-1992 on microfiche.
Advance booking strongly recommended.
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2. Census returns
1841-1901 for Wolverhampton and some South Staffordshire villages (advance booking recommended)
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3. Directories
3(a) County and Regional Directories
Staffordshire 1770 - 1940
3(b) City and Town Directories
Wolverhampton Red Book 1892-1959/60
Kelly's Directory of Wolverhampton 1961-1976
3(c) Telephone Directories
Wolverhampton area 1901 to date (many gaps)
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
Wolverhampton area 1833 to date (some gaps)
4(b) Poll Books
West Staffordshire 1868
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
IGI - no longer available. Internet access to familysearch.org is given instead.
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Various Parish registers available on website http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/archives
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7. Parish Registers
Microfilm/microfiche copies of most Wolverhampton parishes up to c.1900
Published transcripts of other Staffordshire parishes up to c.1812
(N.B. original Methodist registers held for the Wolverhampton area)
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Birmingham and Midland Society for Geneology & Heraldry Blackcountyman.
Staffordshire Studies.
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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10. Other material
10,000 plus photographs & map collection.
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11. Guides to Collections
Various guides to holdings (free)
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12. Local Record Offices
Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies
42-50 Snow Hill
Wolverhampton
WV2 4AG
Tel: 01902 552480
Fax: 01902 552481
Email: wolverhamptonarchives@dial.pipex.com
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Other information
Reader's ticket (County Archive Research Network) required for which proof of ID is needed
Other material: cemetery register microfilms 1850 - 1980s
website (1000+ pages) www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/archives
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Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): STS
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.......................................................................................... | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | (01902)552024 | Telephone: | (01902)552025 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8551 | Go to resource |
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