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Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Cocklebury Road Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK Telephone: 01249 705500 Email: heritageadmin@wiltshire.gov.uk Website Wiltshire Studies Collection Wiltshire Community History Cocklebury Road Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3QN UK Telephone: 01249 705500 Email: localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk Website These pages contain information on 261 Wiltshire communities covering the whole of the Wiltshire Council administered area of the county; having been compiled by Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage. Every community page already has certain basic information, such as early maps, local administrative bodies, population from 1801, newspapers for its area, lists of local maps, the registration district, information on buildings and links to other sites of interest. Libraries Wiltshire Library List Swindon Collection Swindon Central Library Local Studies Regent Circus Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1QG UK Telephone: 01793 463238 Email: localstudies@swindon.gov.uk Website The Local Studies collection for the Borough of Swindon can be found on the second floor of Central Library. The staff will be happy to support you with any local history or family history enquiries. Museums For a long list of Wiltshire museums, go to List of museums in Wiltshire in Wikipedia. Wiltshire Museum 41 Long Street Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1NS UK Telephone: 01380 727369 Email: archive@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk Website The Wiltshire Museum has an international reputation and attracts visitors from all over the world. The archaeology collections, which are among the finest in Britain, trace the history of people living in Wiltshire in a series of galleries - Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval. The collections on display include important finds associated with the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge. Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS) Website Civil Registration Offices The General Register Office holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their website (a login is required but it is free to register and search). However, in some cases research can be more efficient working with the smaller, more specific records collections of county/district registry offices. Sometimes research might be required to determine where a town or parish was in a former registration district, or even its current district. For a list of the historic and current registration districts and their parishes, see UKBMD: Registration Districts in Wiltshire. Copy certificates Wiltshire Registration Offices locations