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Tracing your family history is a fascinating activity which needs to be
done carefully and methodically in order to achieve results and may
entail years of research using libraries and record offices nationwide.
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The
Archives and Heritage Service on the 6th Floor of
Birmingham Central Library has an extensive range of
material for tracing families in the Birmingham area but a more limited
amount for families originating from elsewhere.
There is also a
fee-paying service (£15 per half hour, £25 per hour from 1 March 2008)
for specialist research and queries:
Doreen Hopwood
The Genealogist
Central
Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3HQ
Tel: 0121 303 3390 or 303 4549 (overseas: (+) 44 121 303 3390 or (+) 44 121
303 4549)
Fax: 0121 233 4458
(overseas: (+) 44 121 233 4458)
E-mail:
genealogist@birmingham.gov.uk
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Ancestry Library Edition is now available on computers in Birmingham
Libraries.
Trace your family history using records from England,
Scotland and Wales censuses from 1841 to 1901, birth, marriage and death
records and UK parish and probate records.
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"Interested in your family history but don't
know where to start?"
We will show you how
Birmingham Library Services can help you in our special
Family History Workshops. Beginners and specialists sessions on Saturdays
(once a month) £5 per person, per session.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. For more
details see contact details above.
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International Genealogical Index:
This covers Great Britain and the Channel Islands on Microfiche.
General Registrar's Office Indexes (St. Catherine's House):
These commenced in July 1837 with the introduction of civil registration
of births, Marriages and deaths. Microfiche of the quarterly indexes
from 1837 to 1983 are held and annual indexes from 1984 to 2000.
As well as indexes of civil registration the following indexes from the
General Registrar's Office are now available:
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Births:
Army returns 1796 - 1965
Consular returns 1849 - 1965
UK High Commission returns prior to 1981
Births abroad 1966 - 1994
Marriages:
Army returns 1796 -1965
Consular returns 1849 - 1965
UK High Commission
and Article 18 marriage deposits
Marriage abroad 1966 - 1994 (including
article 7 deposits
Deaths:
Army returns 1796 - 1965
Consular returns 1849 - 1965
UK High
Commission returns 1950 - 1965
Deaths abroad 1966 - 1994
War Deaths:
Boer War - Natal and South African Field forces.
World War 1 - Army Officers, Army other ranks, Navy.
World War 11 -
Army Officers, Army other ranks, Naval Officers, Naval ratings, RAF,
Indian Services.
Regimental Records (and records from the Ionian
Islands): Births and baptisms - from Regimental
Registers 1761 - 1924
Marriage (press numbers only)
Ionian Islands (Civil and Regimental 1818
-1866)
Marine and Air Records:
Marine births and deaths 1837 - 1965
Air births and deaths 1947 - 1965
Census:
Microform copies of the ten yearly returns are available
for the Birmingham area from 1841 to 1901, and published name indexes to
the 1851 and 1881 returns for other areas. (Whole of England and Wales for
1881)
The
Ancestry Library Edition website is available on computers throughout
Central Library.
Directories:
British and Irish directories can be found on the public shelves with coverage
from the early 19th Century to the mid 20th century. Local telephone
directories from 1906 are also held.
Newspapers:
Original and microform copies of local
newspapers from the mid 18th Century to the present day are available.
Biographical newscuttings have been abstracted from these and there is an
index of obituaries from Aris's Birmingham Gazette up to 1861
Parish Registers:
These are available in microform for the
majority of Birmingham's Anglican churches. There is also a large number
of printed parish registers for other parishes in England up to 1837.
Wills:
A range of printed indexes from the earliest times is
held, together with the national indexes from 1858 - 1972.
Monumental Inscriptions:
There is a wide selection of
transcripts relating to burial grounds in Warwickshire, Staffordshire and
Worcestershire.
Cemetery Indexes:
These are held for all local authority cemeteries in Birmingham from the dates
of opening.
Army, Navy and Air Force lists:
These cover the Officer class only.
Burgess
Roll and Electoral Registers:
Are available for Birmingham
from 1838 to the present day.
Burkes
Peerage and Landed Gentry:
There is a near complete set of
these on the public shelves.
All of the above and much else is
readily available to all users of the library, but there is also a
resident Genealogist working within the service to help carry out research
on a fee-paying basis
using the resources available throughout the
library.
genealogist@birmingham.gov.uk
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If you are researching your family tree you can carry out an online
Genealogy Survey of the available electronic burial and cremation register
records.
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