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Warwickshire Genealogical Resources
The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Warwickshire (which includes present day regions of West Midlands and Birmingham), both geographical/physical and online.
Please add links to any resources you find in the appropriate sections below.
GENUKI Warwickshire
Cyndi's List - Warwickshire
GenealogyLinks.net - Warwickshire
Resource Centres
Address Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS
Tel. 0121 4544307 (check as open most weekdays 10.30-3pm)
Email: gensec@bmsgh.org
Holds the episcopal and administrative records of the Midland District (1688-1840), the Central District (1840-1850), the Diocese of Birmingham (1850-1911), and the Archdiocese of Birmingham (1911–present).
Address Cathedral House, St. Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6EU
Tel. 0121 2306252
Email: archives@rc-birmingham.org
- Birmingham Archives and Heritage
Address Wolfson Centre for Archival Research - see Library of Birmingham
- Library of Birmingham - includes galleries of images from the collections held
Address Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND
Tel: 0121 242 4242 (Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm)
Email: enquiries@libraryofbirmingham.com
Address The Archives, Tipton Road, Dudley DY1 4SQ
Tel. 01384 812770
Email: archives.centre@dudley.gov.uk
Online catalogue - blackcountryhistory.org
Address Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS
Tel: 01926 738959
Email: recordoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closed Mondays
Local Family and Local History Societies
- Alcester Civic Society
- Alcester & District Local History Society
- Aston Cantlow Local History Society
- Atherstone – Friends of
- Historical Society, Friends of Banbury
- Bedworth Civic & Arts Society
- Berkswell Local History Research Group
- Berkswell Museum
- Brandon, Bretford and Wolston History Group
- Brinklow Local History Group
- Coleshill Civic Society
- Coventry & District Archaeological Society
- Family History Society
- Fillongley & Corley Local History Society - Sheila Onions, The Round House, Newhall Green, Fillongley, Coventry CV7 8DW
- Friends of Warwick Record Office - FWRC10a Barrow Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1EH
- Hampton in Arden Society (Local History Group)
- Historical Association - (Coventry Branch)
- Historical Association (Rugby Branch)
- Historical Association (Nuneaton Branch)
- Kenilworth History & Archaeological Society
- Kenilworth Society
- & District Local History Society
- Knowle Society
- Lapworth Local History Society
- Leamington History Group
- Leamington Society
- North Arden Local History Society - Mrs Sheila Titcombe (Secretary) email sheila.titcombe<@>blueyonder.co.uk
- Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society
- Railway & Canal Historical Society (A National Society)
- Rugby Family History Group
- Rugby Local History Research Group
- Solihull Society of Arts (Local History Circle)
- Stratford on Avon Society
- Sutton Coldfield Civic Society
- Warwick Society
- Warwickshire Industrial Archaeological Society
- Warwickshire History Group
- Welford & Weston Local History Society
- Wellesbourne Village Society & History Group
- Wesley Historical Society (West Midlands Branch) - E-mail westmidlands@wesleyhistoricalsociety.org.uk
- Wolvey Local History Group
Online
Research Guides
Historical documents
Parish Registers, rate books etc.
- Warwickshire BMD
- - Birmingham Archives and Heritage online catalogue.
- Ancestry.co.uk - some of the Birmingham Library collection - £ - membership required
- Ancestry.co.uk - Warwickshire - £ - membership required
- Midlands Historical Data which contains digitised material including electoral registers and trade directories
- Society of Genealogists catalogue
History of Warwickshire Communities (including Birmingham)
- http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk
- http://www.digitalhandsworth.org.uk - A history of the ancient parish of Handsworth
- http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk - The Past and Present of Ladywood with material also on Attwood Green, Benmore, Five Ways, Lee Bank & Woodview
Places
- Bill Dargue's website includes a history of Birmingham places and place names.
Historical Resources
...online publications and Genealogies
- The Visitation of the county of Warwick in the year 1619. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms
- Books on CD - Midlands Historical Data
- The Domesday Book Online - Warwickshire
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