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Organisations


Delving into records
Family Records Centre
1 Myddelton Street
London EC1R 1UW
Tel: 020 8392 5300
Fax: 020 8392 5286
Textphone: 020 8392 5308
Website: www.pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm

Certificate enquiries
Tel: 020 7233 9233
Textphone: 0151 471 4530
E-mail: certificate.services@ons.gov.uk
Holds records for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales since 1837 and records for legal adoptions since 1927.

General Register Office
PO Box 2
Merseyside PR8 2JD
Tel: 0151 471 4800
E-mail: certificate.services@ons.gov.uk
For certificates registering births, deaths and marriages in England and Wales.

General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Tel: 0131 334 0380
Fax: 0131 314 4344
E-mail: nrh.gros@gtnet.gov.uk
Website: www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm
For certificates registering births, deaths and marriages in Scotland.

General Register Office for Northern Ireland
Oxford House
49-55 Chichester Street
Belfast BT1 4HL
Tel: 028 9025 2021
Website: www.groni.gov.uk
For certificates registering births, deaths and marriages in Northern Ireland

Ofig An Ard-Chlaraitheora
Joyce House
8-11 Lombard Street East
Dublin 2
Eire
For certificates registering births, deaths and marriages in the Republic of Ireland.
Finding out about families

Federation of Family History Societies
PO Box 8684
Shirley
Solihull B90 4JU
Tel: 07041 492 032 (charged at mobile rates)
Website: www.ffhs.org.uk
Represents family history societies throughout Britain (apart from Scotland).

National Archives of Scotland
H M General Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YY
Tel: 0131 535 1353
Website: www.nas.gov.uk
The main archive for sources on the history of Scotland as a separate kingdom, its role in the British Isles and its links with many other countries. It holds the public and legal records of Scotland, as well as many local and private archives. It also has many records that are very useful for family historians, such as wills and church records.

Scottish Association of Family History Societies
51/3 Mortonhall Road
Edinburgh EH9 2HN
Website: www.safhs.org.uk
Offers assistance to backtrackers tracing family roots in Scotland.

Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings
Goswell Road
London EC1M 7BA
Tel: 020 7251 8799
Fax: 020 7250 1800
Website: www.sog.org.uk
Has one of the largest reference libraries in the UK for family history research.

Achievements Ltd
79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent CT1 1BA
Tel: 01227 462 618
Fax 01227 765 617
E-mail: anthony@achievements.co.uk
Website: www.achievements.co.uk
Professional genealogists, featured on Revealing Secrets.

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent CT1 1BA
Tel: 01227 768 664
E-mail: principal@ihgs.ac.uk
Website: www.ihgs.ac.uk
For courses and qualifications in genealogy and heraldry.

Different periods of history
English Civil War Society
70 Hailgate
Howden
East Yorkshire DN14 7ST
Website: www.english-civil-war-society.org
For 17th-century enthusiasts, this is a history re-enactment group. Website has information and good links.

Victorian Society
1 Priory Gardens
Bedford Park
London W4 1TT
Tel: 020 8994 1019
E-mail: admin@victorian-society.org.uk
Website: www.victorian-society.org.uk
Responsible for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts.

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Tel: 020 7416 5320
Recorded information: 09001 600 140
Website: www.iwm.org.uk
National museum of the history of war and wartime life from 1914. Website offers virtual tours.
General research
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Tel: 020 7412 7000
Website: www.bl.uk
An extraordinary amount of historical information is housed here. Services available online include picture library, search facility and document ordering.

British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Tel: 020 7636 1555
Website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Founded in 1753, this holds an incredible collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures.

British Records Association
40 Northampton Road
London EC1R 0HB
Tel: 020 7833 0428
Fax: 020 7833 0416
Website: www.hmc.gov.uk/bra/
Encourages and assists the preservation, use and publication of historical records.

Ephemera Society
8 Galveston Road
Putney
London SW15 2SA
Tel: 01923 829 079
Fax: 01923 825 207
Web: www.ephemera-society.org.uk
Non-profit-making body concerned with the preservation and study of printed and handwritten ephemera.

The Historical Association
59a Kennington Park Rd
London SE11 4JH
Tel: 020 7735 3901
Website: www.history.org.uk
For anyone interested in history: an association of more than 60 branches and 10 local history societies throughout the UK. Website contains a good reading list with reviews of recent history books and other publications including guides to records.

Society of Archivists
Eagle House
28 Billing Road
Northampton NN1 5AJ
Tel. 020 7278 8630
Fax. 020 7278 2107
E-mail: societyofarchivists@archives.org.uk
Website: www.archives.org.uk
Professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers.
 



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