| The following libraries hold copies the General Register Office ("GRO") indexes of births, deaths and marriages ("BMD"). Please use this list only as a guide and if you are planning to visit a library on this list phone the library first to check the details are correct. |
The National Archives
Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
Family History Guide
Tel: 020 8876 3444
Standard opening times:
Monday (closed)
Tuesday 9am to 7pm
Wednesday 9am to 5pm
Thursday 9am to 7pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday (closed)
Collect your pre-registered reader's ticket or apply on site for one between 9am and 4pm Tuesday to Saturday.
Births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales 1837 to 2007 |
Norfolk Heritage Centre
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1AW
libraries@norfolk.gov.uk
Tel: 01603 774774
Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm;
Saturday 9am to 5pm
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 1992 |
Liverpool Record Office
3rd Floor, Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW
Tel: 0151 233 3069
Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 1912\1926(?) |
The Harris Library
Market Square, Preston, Lancashire PR1 2PP
Tel: 0300 123 6703
email: harris.library@lancashire.gov.uk
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 1983
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 9am to 7pm
Sunday 11am to 4pm |
St Helens Central Library
Gamble Institute, Victoria Square, St Helens, Merseyside WA10 1DY
Tel: 01744 676952
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 1940 |
Greater Manchester County Record Office
56 Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester M4 5FU
Tel: 0161 832 5284
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 2006 |
Rochdale Family History Centre
Rochdale Register Office, Town Hall, Vicars Gate, Rochdale OL16 1AB
email: register.office@rochdale.gov.uk
Tel: 01706 924784
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to ?
Monday to Friday 9am to 4:15pm |
Lancashire BMD
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to present |
Wigan Family & Local History Society
Peter Spencer, 10 Wolfson Square, Ashton in Makerfield WN4 9RF
email: wigan.fhs@gmail.com
Meetings are held at St Andrews Parish Centre, 120 Woodhouse Lane, Springfield, Wigan WN6 7LZ on the second Wednesday of each month (6:45pm to 8:30pm). No meetings are held in July, August and December. Attendance fee is £2.50 per meeting for both members and visitors. |
Newcastle Central Library Local Studies and Family History Centre
City Library, Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX
Tel: 0191 277 4100
email: information@newcastle.gov.uk
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 1983
Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 8pm
Friday and Saturday 8:30am to 5:30pm
Sunday 11am to 5pm |
Hull History Centre
Worship Street, Hull HU2 8BG
Tel: 01482 317500
email: hullhistorycentre@hcandl.co.uk
Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm;
Charges: up to 1 hour £1.20; up to 2 hours £2.00; up to 3 hours £2.80; up to 4 hours £3.60; Over 4 hours £12.00; free after 6pm |
Leeds Local and Family History Services
Local and Family History Library, 2nd Floor, Central Library, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3AB
Tel: 0113 378 6982
localandfamilyhistory@leeds.gov.uk
St Catherine's Indexes 1837-1980
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9am to 7pm
Thursday 9am to 6pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 11am to 3pm |
Middlesbrough Reference Library
Central Library, Victoria Square, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS1 2AY
GRO BMD 1837 to 1992
Tel: 01642 263359
Monday, Tuesday and Friday 09:30am to 7pm
Wednesday and Saturday 09:30am to 5pm
Thursday 09:30am to 1pm |
Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives
Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9YF
Tel: 01670 624358
email: archives@northumberland.gov.uk
Study Centre opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm; closed Monday, Tuesday and Sunday
St Catherine's Indexes for births, marriages and deaths 1837 to 1980 |
Northallerton Reference Library
1 Thirsk Road, Northallerton DL6 1PT
Tel: 01609 767850 (Reference)
email: northallerton.library@northyorks.gov.uk
Opening Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am to 7.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am to 5pm
Thursday: 9.30am to 1pm
Saturday: 9.30am to 4pm
St Catherine's Indexes for births, marriages and deaths 1837 to 1957 |
South Tyneside Local and Family History Library and website
The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, 45 Market Place, South Shields NE33 1JF
Tel: 0191 424 7864
email: localstudies.library@southtyneside.gov.uk
Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday 9am to 7pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm
St Catherine's Indexes 1837-1865 on fiche and 1866-1925 on film |
Sunderland Family History Centre
Queen Alexander Road, Sundayderland SR2 9BT
Tel: 0 1915 285787
email: UK_Sunderland@ldsmail.net
Opening hours:
Thursday 6pm to 9pm
Friday 6pm to 9pm
Holiday Schedule: 18th December to 8th January
St Catherine's Indexes on film: Births 1837 to 1920; Marriages 1837 to 1924; Deaths 1866 to 1901 |
Sunderland City Council: Local studies and family history
Local Studies Library, 1st Floor, 31-32 Fawcett Street, Sunderland SR1 1RE
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30am to 5pm
Wednesday 9.30am to 7pm
Saturday 10am to 4pm
GRO birth (1837 to March 2007), marriage (1837 to 2010) and death (1837 to 1970,1985 to March 2007) indexes. |
Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2ND
email: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Heritage Research Area opening hours:
Monday and Tuesday 11am to 7pm
Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm
Wolfson Centre for Archival Research opening hours:
Tuesday 11am to 7pm
Wednesday and Thursday 11am to 4:30pm
Saturday (1 in 4 only) 11am to 4pm
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to present.
Family history research useful websites. |
Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA
Tel: 0207 251 8799
email: genealogy@sog.org.uk
Contact details
St Catherine's Indexes to 1920
Opening hours:
Monday, Friday, Sunday (closed)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am to 6pm
Thursday 10am to 8pm
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Aylesbury Study Centre
Walton Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1UU
Tel: 01296 382415
email: archives@buckscc.gov.uk and lib-ayl@buckscc.gov.uk
GRO BMD Indexes 1837 to 2004
Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30am to 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am to 7pm
Thursday 9:30am to 2pm
Saturday 9:30am to 4pm
Sunday (closed) |
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County Record Office
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Tel: 01234 350931
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 - 1965
Open by appointment:
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday 9am to 4pm |
Local Studies Library
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Tel: 01992 556624
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 - 1965
Open by appointment:
Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
Saturday 9am to 1pm |
Cambridgeshire Public Records Office
Shire Hall, Cambridge
Tel: 01223 317281
Necessary to make a reservation and have a reader's ticket |
Family History Centre
Church of Latter Day Saints, 670 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge
Tel: 01223 247010
Limited opening hours include alternate Saturdayurdays and Thursday evenings. The FHC also has Scottish GRO indexes on microfilm |
Portsmouth Library
Portsmouth, Hampshire
St Catherine's Indexes to 1983 and Wills index.
Tel: 01705 819311 (ask for second floor to book a reader)
Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm
Saturday 10am to 5pm |
Family History Centre
Church of Latter Day Saints, Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7AS
Tel: 01242 523433
Monday to Friday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 7pm to 9pm
Occasional afternoons and Saturday mornings. It is essential to book well in advance
St Catherine's Indexes:
Births 1837 to 1957
Marriages 1837 to 1957
Deaths 1837 to 1959 (some gaps after 1908) |
Berkshire Record Office
Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9XD
Tel: 0118 923 3182
St Catherine's Indexes from 1837 to 1994
Essential to book a microfiche reader in advance |
Reading LDS Family History Centre
St Catherine's Indexes from 1837 to 1902 |
Nottingham FHS
Miss Leeds, 10 Lyme Terrace, West Bridgford, Nottingham
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1925 |
Matlock Local Study Society
Matlock, Derbyshire
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1945 |
Lincolnshire Archives
St Rumbolds Street (off Broadgate), Lincoln
Tel: 01522 526204 or 567137
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1983
Essential to reserve a reader. Part of the CARN ticket network - photographs are not required.
Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 4pm |
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Flintshire Central Reference & Information Library
County Hall, Mold
Tel: 01352 704411
Older indexes are on microfilm and the library has only one reader which must be resreved in advance. |
Glamorgan Archives
Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff CF11 8AW
Tel: (029) 2087 2200
Email:GlamRO@cardiff.gov.uk
Website: www.glamro.gov.uk
Booking advisable
St Catherine's Indexes on fiche 1837 to 1957 |
LDS Family History Centre
Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff
Tel: 01222 625342
Booking essential. St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1906 on microfilm |
West Glamorgan Record Office
County Hall, Swansea SA1 3SN |
Newport Central Library
John Frost Square, Newport, Gwent
Tel: 01633 211376
Booking advisable. St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1906 on fiche |
The National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth
St Catherine's Indexes 1837 to 1993 on fiche |
Notes
- Later death indexes give the date of birth of the deceased
- Later marriage indexes identify surname of spouse
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