Resources
Organisations
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General
Achievements
79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent CT1 1BA
Tel: 01227 462 618
Fax: 01227 765 617
E-mail: achievements@achievements.co.uk
Website: www.achievements.co.uk
Army Personnel Centre
Historical Disclosures
Mail Point 400
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow G2 8EX
E-mail: help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.veteransagency.mod.uk
ASGRA (The Association of Scottish
Genealogists and Researchers in Archives)
35 Pittville Street
Edinburgh EH15 2BX
Website: www.asgra.co.uk
British Isles Family History Service Centre
185 Penns Lane
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham B76 1JU
Tel: 0121 384 2028
Run by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), which has also
compiled the International Genealogical Index www.familysearch.org
The College of Arms
The Officer in Waiting
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4BT
Tel: 020 7248 2762
Website: www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/
The College of Arms was established by Richard III. The Heralds are the monarch's
representatives in the field of heraldry, regulating the use of existing
coats of arms and allowing grants of new armorial bearings to those who cannot
prove a right to use arms through inheritance.
Family Records Centre
1 Myddelton Street
London EC1R 1UW
Tel: 020 8392 5300
Certificate enquiries: 0845 603 7788
E-mail: frc@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Certificate enquiries: certificate.services@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.familyrecords.gov.uk/partners/frc-partner.htm
Federation of Family History Societies
PO Box 2425
Coventry CV5 6YX
E-mail: info@ffhs.org.uk
Website: www.ffhs.org.uk/
GRO (General Register Office)
PO Box 2
Southport
Merseyside PR8 2JD
Tel: 0845 603 7788 (8am-8pm Monday to Friday; 9am-4pm Saturday)
Fax: 01704 550013
E-mail: certificate.services@ons.gov.uk
Website: www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/
CertE_W/other_certificate_obtain.asp
Fees: www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/
obtainingcertificates/certificatefees.asp#0
General Register Office (Northern Ireland)
Oxford House
49/55 Chichester Street
Belfast BT1 4HL
Tel: 028 90 252000
E-mail: gro.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk
Website: www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm
General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House
3 West Register Street
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Tel: 0131 314 4411
Fax: 0131 314 4400
E-mail: records@gro-scotland.gov.uk
but currently they are not able to accept email applications for copies of
certificates
Website: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent CT1 1BA
Tel: 01227 768 664
Fax: 01227 765 617
E-mail: ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk
Website: www.ihgs.ac.uk
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
London EC1R 0HB
Tel: 020 7332 3820
Website: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/family-research/
Ministry of Defence Veteran's Agency (Navy)
DPS(N)2
Building 1/152
PP65
Victory View
HMNB Portsmouth PO1 3LS
Tel: 02392 727531 / 723114 / 726063
E-mail: help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.veteransagency.mod.uk.
The National Archives (formerly the Public Record
Office)
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8876 3444
Fax: 020 8878 8905
Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archive for Scotland
H M General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh EH1 3YY
Tel: 0131 535 1314
E-mail: enquiries@nas.gov.uk
Website: www.nas.gov.uk
The National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru)
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Cymru/Wales SY23 3BU
Ffôn/Tel: +44 (0)1970 632 800
Ffacs/Fax: +44 (0)1970 615 709
Website: www.llgc.org.uk/lc/lcs0041.htm
Oxford Ancestors Ltd
PO Box 288
Kidlington
Oxfordshire OX5 1WG
E-mail: enquiries@oxfordancestors.com
Website: www.oxfordancestors.com
Presbyterian Historical Society
Church House
Fisherwick Place
Belfast BT1 6TW
Website: www.presbyterianireland.org
PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern
Ireland)
66 Balmoral Avenue
Belfast BT9 6NY
Northern Ireland
Tel: +44 (028) 9025 5905 (Public Search Room)
Fax: +44 (028) 9025 5999
E-mail: proni@dcalni.gov.uk
Website: www.proni.gov.uk
RAF Historical Society
Silverhill House
Coombe
Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire GL12 7ND
Society of Genealogists
The Library
14 Charterhouse Buildings
Goswell Road
London EC1M 7BA
Tel: 020 7250 0291 (library)
020 7251 8799 (membership enquiries)
Website: www.sog.org.uk
Southampton City Archives
Southampton City Council
South Block
Civic Centre
Southampton SO14 7LY
Tel: +44(0) 23 8083 2251
E-mail: city.archives@southampton.gov.uk
Website: www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/archives/default.asp
Africa
Nigeria
National Archives of Nigeria, Enugu
PMB 01050
Enugu, Enugu State
E-mail: uninec@aol.com Tel: ++234-42-259700
Website: www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/inside/orient/nae/
South Africa
South African Archives Depots
- Chief of the Cape Archives Depot, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town 8000
- Chief of the Natal Archives Depot, Private Bag X9012, Pietermaritzburg 3200
- Chief of the Free State Archives Depot, Private Bag X20504, Bloemfontein 9300
- Chief of the Transvaal Depot, Private Bag X236, Pretoria 0001
- Chief of the Central Archives Depot, Private Bag X236, Pretoria 0001
- Durban Archives Repository, Private Bag X22, Greyville 4023 or Nashua House, 14 De Mazenod Road, Greyville, Durban, tel: 031 309-5681/4, fax: 031 309-5685
- Port Elizabeth Archives Repository, Private Bag X3932, North End 6056 or 1 De Villiers Street, North End, Port Elizabeth, tel: 041 54-6451, fax: 041 54-6451
The Genealogical Society of South Africa
Suite 143
Postnet X2600
Houghton 2041
South Africa
Website: www.ggsa.info
Genealogical Institute of South Africa (GISA)
PO Box 3033
Matieland 7602
South Africa
Tel: (021) 887 5070
Fax: (021) 887 5031
E-mail: gisa@sun.ac.za
Website: www.sun.ac.za/gisa/home.asp
South African Military History Society
PO Box 59227
Kengray
2100,South Africa
Tel: +27 (11) 447-1637
Website: http://samilitaryhistory.org
Asia
Families in British India Society
c/o Mrs Elaine MacGregor
FIBIS Membership Secretary
14 Gableson Avenue
Brighton BN1 5FG
E-mail: membership@fibis.org
Website: www.fibis.org
The society was formed in November 1998 to provide a resource for people
researching their families and their social history in India from 1600 until
the present day. 'India' includes: the Republic of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
and Burma, as well as other areas including Persia and the Persian Gulf,
Afghanistan, the Philippines, Malaya, etc, that were covered by the East
India Company or were governed by the India Department.
The West Indies
Jamaica
National Library of Jamaica
(formerly Institute of Jamaica)
12 East Street
Kingston 10
Jamaica
West Indies
E-mail: nljresearch@cwjamaica.com
Website:
www.nlj.org.jm/
Registrar General's Office
Twickenham Park
Spanish Town
Jamaica
West Indies
Tel: (809) 984-3041
Website: www.rgd.gov.jm/
LDS Family History Center
48 Gore Terrace
Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Tel: (876) 925-8492
Jamaica Archives
Spanish Town
Jamaica
West Indies
Jamaica Historical Society
Richmond Park Great House
58 Half Way Tree Road
Kingston 10
Jamaica
West Indies
Website: http://jamaicanhistorical.tripod.com/
Publishes Jamaican Historical Review.
Bahamas
Department of Archives
PO Box SS-6341
Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: (809) 393-2175
Fax: (809) 393-2855,
E-mail: archives@bahamas.net.bs
Website: www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/
Bermuda
Bermuda Archives
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton, HM 12
Pembroke
Bermuda
Tel: 441 295 5151
E-mail: khayward@bdagov.bm