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Genealogical Guides

Several guides have been written about family history research in London.

• Dunn, Phillip B. A Guide to Ancestral Research in London. Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing & Marketing, c1987, 1992. FHL Book 942.1/L1 D27d.
  

• Raymond, Stuart A. London and Middlesex: A Genealogical Bibliography. 2 vols. Birmingham, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, c1997. FHL Books 942.1 D27r 1997 v. 1-v. 2.
  

• Taylor, Neville C. The City of London & Middlesex: Parish Registers, Nonconformist Registers, Marriage Licences, Monumental Inscriptions. London: Society of Genealogists, c2002. FHL Book 942.1/L1 D23tb no. 13.
  

• Webb, Cliff. A List of Books and Articles about London and Middlesex Places: Including Metropolitan Surrey. Woking, UK: West Surrey Family History Society, c1998. FHL Book 942.21 H25w no. 39.
  

• Webb, Cliff. Genealogical Research in Late Victorian and Edwardian London. West Surrey Family History Society, c1999. 942.21 H25w no. 15 1999.
  

• Webb, Cliff. Genealogical Research in Victorian London. West Surrey Family History Society, 2000. FHL Book 942.21 H25w no. 6 2000.
  

• Webb, Cliff. My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians. London: Society of Genealogists, 2009. FHL Book 942.1/L1 D27w 2009.
  

• Webb, Cliff. London and Middlesex. London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., c1995. FHL Book 942 D27ste v. 9 pt. 5. Guide to London parish registers and bishop's transcripts.
  

OId Travel Guides

• Microcosm of London (1808-1811) includes sketches of many well-known places in London.

• Collins' Illustrated Guide to London (1873) includes sketches and descriptions of Victorian London.

Histories

• George, M. Dorothy. London Life in the Eighteenth Century. Chicago, 1965.

• Weinreb, Ben and Christopher Hibbert, eds. London Encyclopaedia. London, 1983.

Websites

• Stuck in London: resources at the Society of Genealogists and elsewhere. Power Point slides by Else Churchill, Genealogist of the Society of Genealogists.
• London Genealogy on Genuki. Guide to London genealogical research.
• City of London Resources at the Society of Genealogists Library. Guide to London family history resources at the Library.
• London Metropolitan Archives Information Leaflets. Guides to various London family history sources at the Archives.
• Guildhall Library Leaflets. Guides to various London family history sources at the Library.
• London Ancestors. Maps, church sketches, newspapers, history, research guide.
• London Lives 1690 to 1800 ~ Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
• Connected Histories - British History Sources, 1500-1900. Searches Old Bailey Online, London Lives, and other London databases in one step.
• Locating London's Past
• London's Past Online - Bibliography of British and Irish History. Exhaustive list of 40,000+ London histories categorized by topic. Subscription required.