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UK Archive & Public Record Offices, Museums & Libraries Angus Archives http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/history.htm Barking & Dagenham Libraries http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/barking/index.html Brent Council Libraries http://www.brent.gov.uk/services/lib/indexlibs.htm Bristol Record Office B Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN Telephone: +44 01179 225692 IMPORTANT NOTICE The Bristol Record Office (+44 01179 225692) (in the Bond Warehouse) is moving offices and is in temporary accommodation, in the same building complex. The service is restricted. The temporary accommodation is smaller so telephone prior to visiting in order to reserve a seat. Strongroom access by staff is restricted so 2 days notice is required for the production of original documents. British Library http://www.bl.uk/ British Library Newspaper Library mailto:newspaper@bl.uk Colindale Avenue London NW9 5HE Telephone: +44 171412 7353 Fax: +44 171 412379 Castles of Wales http://www.castlewales.co.uk Catholic Record Society c/o 114 Mount Street London w1Y 6AH College of Arms Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BT Croydon Central Library http://www.croydon.gov.uk/cr-libce.htm Death Indexes Alexandra House, 31 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TR Telephone: 01836 1599 Ext 289 Educational Resource Directory http://rls.net/education/ E-mail Address Search Sites Essex Library Service http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/infoserve/ecc_lib/fsinfo_l.htm Family Records Centre http://www.certificate.services@ons.gov.uk General Register Office Postal Applications Section, Room 109 Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Southport' Merseyside PRS 2HH General Register Office [Ireland] http://www.nisra.gov.uk/gro/ General Register Office [Scotland] http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf Greater Manchester County Records Office http://www.gmcro.u-net.com/ [Family History, Business Records, Family & Estate papers] Guildhall Library http://www.earl.org.org.uk/partners/corp_of_london/guildhall.htm Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ Telephone: 01606 3030 Ext 2863 Hereford Library Services & Information http://hertslib.hertssoc.gov.uk/library/libbod.htm Hounslow Library Service http://www.cip.org.uk Imperial War Museum http://www.iwm.org.uk Institute of Genealogical Studies http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/ mailto:ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies Northgate, Canterbury Kent CT1 1BA Jersey Library Service http://www.itl.net/vc/europe/jersey/Education/library Kingston Public Library http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/libs Lambeth Palace Library London SE1 7JU Telephone; 01928 6222 Leeds Library, City of http://www.leeds.gov.uk/library/library.html Library Histories Database http://www.r-alston.dircon.co.uk/contents.htm Mormon Branch Library 64-68 Princes Gate Exhibition Road London SW7 2PA Mormon Branch Library Nant-y- Gwenith Street Georgetown Merthyr Tydfil Mid Glamorgan CF48 1BH National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Army Museum http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk National Library of Wales http://llgc.org.uk/ National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/index.html Oriental and India Office Collections http://www.bl.uk/collections/oriental/ National Archives [UK] http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Public Record Office [Northern Ireland] http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm Society of Friends Library Friends House Euston Road London NW1 2BJ Society of Genealogists http://www.sog.org.uk/ Society of Genealogists Library 37 Harrington Gardens, London SW7 4JX. Telephone: 01373 7054 Somerset Archive and Record Service http://www.somerset.gov.uk Obridge Road, Taunton, TA2 7PU Somerset Telephone:
01823 278805 Urban Legends Archive http://www.urbanlegends.com Welsh family History Archive http://home.clara.net.wfha/wales/index.htm Web
Directory of UK Public Libraries http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/ukpublib.html
De Montford University Library and Information Services Edinburgh University Library - including catalogue German Historical Institute London - promotes research on modern history, in particular on the comparative history of Germany and on Anglo-German relations Glasgow Caledonian University Library Heriot-Watt University Library John Rylands University Library of Manchester Leeds University Library - The Library (member of RLG and CURL) and its services, with link to Catalogue Manchester Metropolitan University Library National Library of Wales http://llgc.org.uk/ Royal Holloway Library Information Service - information on the library and its services. There are three College Libraries: Bedford Library; Founder's Library; and the Music Library South Bank University - Learning and Information Services - Information about South Bank University library services, access to online databases, reference materials, service information and the library catalogue Taylor Institution Library - Oxford University's centre for the study of modern European languages and literatures University College London Library - information about the services offered University of Bradford - J.B. Priestley Library University of Central Lancashire - Library & Learning Resource Services - services, publications, resources, staff, IT and research activities. Subject guides to internet resources are also regularly maintained University of Essex - Albert Sloman Library University of Wolverhampton Libraries/Learning Centres Web Directory: Higher Education & Research Library Catalogues - UK OPACs arranged by region Web Directory: UK Higher Education and Research Libraries Welsh counties have their own repositories for the custody of local records. The reorganisation of local government in 1974 and 1996 resulted in the merger of some counties and boundary changes, the county record offices still relate generally to pre-1974 counties.
Anglesey Aberystwyth National
Library Bangor Caernarfon Cardiff County
Record Office Carmarthen
Cardiganshire Record Office Swyddfar
Sir, Marine Parade, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 2DE Ceredigion Clwyd Main Office: Clwyd Record Office, The Old rectory, Hawarden, Deeside, Clwydd CH5 3NR Telephone: 01244 532364 Area Office: 46 Clyd Street, Ruthin, Clwyd LL15 1HP Telephone 08242 3077 St Deiniols Library, Hawarden [Glynne-Gladstone Ms & other collections] Cwmbrân Dolgellau Flintshire Glamorgan Glamorgan Archive Service, County Hall, Cathays
Park, Cardiff, Glamorgan CF1 3NE Gwent County Hall, Cwmbran, Gwent NP4 2XH Gwynedd Gwynedd Archives Service, Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, Gwynedd. Letters should be addressed to: County Offices, Shire Hall street, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 1SH Telephone: 01286 674121 Ext 228 Area Offices: Dolgellau Record Office, Cae Penarlag, Dolgellau, Gwynedd LL40 2YB Llangefni Record Office, Shire Hall, Llangefni,
Gwynedd LL77 7TW Haverfordwest Hawarden Llandrindod Wells Llandudno Llangefni Merioneth Methodist Archives in Monmouthshire Contact: E-mail Richard Roynon,(Methodist Archivist) [RRoynon@aol.com] Richard Roynon is the Methodist Archivist for part of the Monmouthshire Circuit, and holds numerous records pertaining to the Methodists chapels . Many of these records are not held in any Public Repository, and he has been given permission to transcribe the registers. Listed here are some of the chapels which are included in his records: Ebbw Vale, Tredegar, Beaufort, Abertillery, Abergavenny, Blaenavon, Garndiffaith, Abersychan, Trevethin Parish etc. He also holds Church of England Registers some dating back to 1670, and the Census Records relating to the Trevethin Area, 1861-1891; Pontypool Workhouse Records 1858- ; Some of Garndiffaith Estate Records 1823-1890. Monmouth Libraries & Information Services http://www.earl.org.uk/partners/monmouthshire/index.htm/ Monmouthshire Library Addresses John Frost Square, Newport Telephone: 01633 211376 Gwent House, Cwmbran (Reference: Telephone: 01633 867584 21 Bethcar Street, Ebbw Vale Telephone: 01495 303069 Manor Way, Chepstow Telephone: 01291 622721 National Library of Wales National Museums and Galleries of Wales Neath Ruthin Pembrokeshire Powys County Archives Office, County Hall, Llandrindod
Wells, Powys LD1 5LD St Fagans Swansea County
Archives Service West Glamorgan Record Office Area Office: County
Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan SA1 3SN Wrexham
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