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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
== Archives ==
== Archives ==
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'''London Metropolitan Archives'''<br>40 Northampton Road<br>City of London EC1R 0HB UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 7332 3820<br>E-mail: [mailto:ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk]<br>[https://search.lma.gov.uk/ Website]<br>
[https://search.lma.gov.uk/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/376088194/4/2/25?RECORD&DATABASE=RESEARCH_GUIDES Family History at London Metropolitan Archives]<br>
[https://search.lma.gov.uk/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/376088194/4/1/13?RECORD&DATABASE=RESEARCH_GUIDES Parish Registers at London Metropolitan Archives (Information on history, content, etc.)]<br>
[https://search.lma.gov.uk/london-generations-pdfs/London-Generations-Index-of-parishes.pdf Index to church parishes in London]<br>
*Our '''Anglican parish records cover the ancient City of London and the old Counties of London and Middlesex.''' These are areas that were considered a part of London prior to 1965 and in terms of modern local London Boroughs include the following, Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, parts of Richmond Upon Thames (north of the River Thames), Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster.
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===New London Boroughs formed from ancient county of Middlesex<ref>Saint, A., Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889–1965), (1989)</ref>===


=== Barnet Local Studies Centre ===
'''Eighteen of London County Council Metropolitan Boroughs were part of the ancient county of Middlesex. In 1965 these merged to form seven of the twelve current boroughs of Inner London.'''
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*'''Camden was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.'''
:*'''Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre'''<br>Holborn Library<br>32-38 Theobalds Road<br>London WC1X 8PA UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 7974 6342<br>Email: [mailto:localstudies@camden.gov.uk localstudies@camden.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/libraries-and-online-learning-centres/local-history/ Website]<br>[https://www.camden.gov.uk/local-studies-and-archives-collections Collections]<br>[https://www.camden.gov.uk/deposited-archives Deposited archives] including church records <br>
*'''Hackney was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.'''
:*'''Hackney Archives and Local History'''<br>Dalston CLR James Library and Hackney Archives<br>Dalston Square<br>Hackney, London E8 3BQ UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8356 8925<br>Email: [mailto:archives@hackney.gov.uk archives@hackney.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.hackney.gov.uk/archives Website]<br>[https://hackney.gov.uk/archives-collections/#open Collections]<br>
*'''Hammersmith (known as Hammersmith and Fulham from 1979) was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.'''
:*'''Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies'''<br>Hammersmith Library<br>Shepherds Bush Road<br>Hammersmith, London W6 7AT UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8753 3850<br>Email: [mailto:archives@lbhf.gov.uk archives@lbhf.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies Website]<br>[http://www.apps10.lbhf.gov.uk/archivecat/ Catalogue]<br>
*'''Islington was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Finsbury and Islington.'''
:*'''Islington Local History Centre'''<br>Finsbury Library<br>245 St John Street<br>London EC1V 4NB UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 7527 7988<br>Email: [mailto:local.history@islington.gov.uk local.history@islington.gov.uk ]<br>[https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/local-history-centre Website]<br>[https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/local-history-centre/our-collections/local-history-collections Local history collections]<br>[https://ilh-web.adlibhosting.com/home Catalogue]
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*'''Kensington and Chelsea was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington.'''
:*'''Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies and Archives'''<br>Phillimore Walk<br>London W8 7RX UK<br><br>Telephone: 0207 361 3038<br>Email: [mailto:centrallocalenquiries@rbkc.gov.uk centrallocalenquiries@rbkc.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/local-studies-and-archives/local-studies-and-archives Website]<br>[https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog Catalogue]<br>
*'''Tower Hamlets was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.'''
:*'''Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives'''<br>277 Bancroft Road<br>London E1 4DQ UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 7364 1290<br>Email: [mailto:localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history Website]<br>[https://www.thcatalogue.org.uk/calmview/ Catalogue]<br>
*'''The City of Westminster was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington and St Marylebone and the City of Westminster.'''
:*'''City of Westminster Archives Centre'''<br>10 St Ann's Street<br>London SW1P 2DE UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 76415180<br>Email: [mailto:archives@westminster.gov.uk archives@westminster.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.westminster.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-community/westminster-archives Website]<br>[https://www.westminster.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-community/oldarchive/search-archive-collections Search the Archive collection]
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'''Barnet Local Studies Centre'''<br>The Burroughs<br>Hendon<br>London NW4 4BQ UK<br>Telephone: 020 8359 3960<br>Email: [mailto:library.archives@barnet.gov.uk library.archives@barnet.gov.uk]<br>Website: [https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/libraries/local-studies-and-archives.html Barnet Local Studies Centre]
=== New London Boroughs from former Middlesex County Council area===
In April 1965, nearly all of the area of the historic county of Middlesex became part of Greater London, under the control of the Greater London Council, and formed the new outer London boroughs of Barnet (part only), Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames (part only)<ref>Office of Public Sector Information – London Government Act 1963 (as amended) Archived 17 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.</ref>
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:*'''Barnet Local Studies Centre'''<br>The Burroughs<br>Hendon<br>London NW4 4BQ UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8359 3960<br>Email: [mailto:library.archives@barnet.gov.uk library.archives@barnet.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/libraries/local-studies-and-archives.html Website]


:Do you want to know more about the history of the London Borough of Barnet or trace your family history?  We have a unique collection of historical documents dating from 1600 and a range of records in different formats, such as photographs, maps, archives, newspapers and publications representing people, places and buildings.
:*'''Brent Archives'''<br>The Library at Willesden Green<br>95 High Road<br>Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8937 3600<br>Email: [mailto:museum.archives@brent.gov.uk museum.archives@brent.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.brent.gov.uk/archive Website]


=== Brent Archives ===
:*'''Ealing Local History Centre'''<br>Central Library<br>103 Ealing Broadway Centre<br>The Broadway<br>London W5 5JY UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 3700 1055<br>Email: [mailto:ealing.localhistory@carillionservices.co.uk ealing.localhistory@carillionservices.co.uk]<br>[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201244/local_history_centre Website]


'''Brent Archives'''<br>The Library at Willesden Green<br>95 High Road<br>Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK<br>Telephone: 020 8937 3600<br>
:*'''Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive'''<br>Thomas Hardy House (1st floor)<br>39 London Road<br>Enfield, London EN2 6DS UK<br><br>Telephone 020 8379 2724<br>Email: [mailto:local.history@enfield.gov.uk local.history@enfield.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.dugdalecentre.co.uk/page/local-studies-library-and-archive/ Website]
Email: [mailto:museum.archives@brent.gov.uk museum.archives@brent.gov.uk]<br>
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Website: [https://www.brent.gov.uk/archive Brent Archives]
:*'''Haringey Archive and Local History'''<br>Haringey Archive and Museum Service<br>Bruce Castle Museum<br>Lordship Lane<br>London N17 8NU UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8808 8772<br>Email: [mailto:museum.services@haringey.gov.uk museum.services@haringey.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/haringey-archive-and-local-history Website]


:The wide variety of material available at Brent Archives covers not only the history of Wembley and Willesden, but also the history of the local areas within them including Alperton, Brondesbury, Chalkhill, Cricklewood, Dollis Hill, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Kenton, Kilburn, Kingsbury, Neasden, Park Royal, Preston, Queen’s Park, Stonebridge, Sudbury, Tokyngton, Uxendon and Willesden Green.
:*'''Harrow Local History Centre'''<br>Headstone Manor<br>Pinner View<br>Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK<br><br>Telephone: 020 8863 6720<br>Email: [mailto:harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200070/museums_and_galleries/183/harrow_local_history_centre Website]


=== Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre ===
:*'''Hillingdon Local History and Heritage'''<br>Uxbridge Library (Level 6)<br>14-15 High Street<br>Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HD UK<br><br>Telephone: 01895 250702<br>Email: [mailto:archives@hillingdon.gov.uk archives@hillingdon.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/history Website]
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'''Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre'''<br>Holborn Library<br>32-38 Theobalds Road<br>London WC1X 8PA UK<br>Telephone: 020 7974 6342<br>
===Middlesex Areas transferred to Surrey, Hertfordshire, and Berkshire===
Email: [mailto:localstudies@camden.gov.uk localstudies@camden.gov.uk]<br>
1. '''Potters Bar Urban District''' became part of the administrative county of '''Hertfordshire.'''<br>  
Website: [http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/libraries-and-online-learning-centres/local-history/ Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre]
2. '''Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District''' and '''Staines Urban District''' became part of the administrative county of '''Surrey'''.<ref>Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Middlesex</ref><br>
 
3. In 1974, the three urban districts that had been transferred to Hertfordshire and Surrey were abolished and became the districts of '''Hertsmere (part only) and Spelthorne''' respectively.<ref>The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2038)</ref><br>
:Books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, illustrations, archives and other items about the Borough past and present, and family history. Parish vestry and Council records 17th to 20th centuries, including valuation lists until 1989. Archives of local organisations and individuals, including Highgate Cemetery registers. Consultation of archives is by prior appointment.
4. In 1995, the village of '''Poyle''' was transferred from Spelthorne to the '''Berkshire borough of Slough.'''<ref>Office of Public Sector Information – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.</ref><br>
 
5. Additionally, the Greater London boundary to the west and north has been subject to several small changes since 1965.<ref>Office of Public Sector Information – The Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved 23 February 2008. Office of Public Sector Information – The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993. Retrieved 23 February 2008.</ref>
=== City of Westminster Archives Centre ===
 
'''City of Westminster Archives Centre'''<br>10 St Ann's Street<br>London SW1P 2DE UK<br>Telephone: 020 76415180<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@westminster.gov.uk archives@westminster.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/archives/ City of Westminster Archives Centre]
 
:At our Archives, view books, directories, maps, newspapers, images, local government records, electoral and parish registers, census returns and more relating to family, local and business history.
 
=== Ealing Local History Centre ===
 
'''Ealing Local History Centre'''<br>Central Library<br>103 Ealing Broadway Centre<br>The Broadway<br>London W5 5JY UK<br>Telephone: 020 3700 1055<br>
Email: [mailto:ealing.localhistory@carillionservices.co.uk ealing.localhistory@carillionservices.co.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.ccslibraries.com/libraries/ealing-libraries/local-history-centre Ealing Local History Centre]
 
:Based in Ealing Central Library, the Local History Centre is the archive of the London Borough of Ealing.  Our focus is on making Ealing’s past more readily available and understandable to people in the present.  We assist researchers of all kinds and hold over 45,000 archival items and 20,000 photographs, plus many books and microfilms to help you learn about the rich and forgotten history of the borough.
 
=== Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive ===
 
'''Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive'''<br>Thomas Hardy House (1st floor)>br>39 London Road<br>Enfield, London EN2 6DS UK<br>Telephone 020 8379 2724<br>
Email: [mailto:local.history@enfield.gov.uk local.history@enfield.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [https://new.enfield.gov.uk/services/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-heritage/about-the-local-studies-and-archive-centre/ Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive]
 
:Our Local Studies library and archive identifies, acquires, and preserves materials that document the history of Enfield. You can visit and discover a unique collection of historical documents dating back to the 13th century.
 
=== Hackney Archives and Local History ===
 
'''Hackney Archives and Local History'''<br>Dalston CLR James Library and Hackney Archives<br>Dalston Square<br>Hackney, London E8 3BQ UK<br>Telephone: 020 8356 8925<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@hackney.gov.uk archives@hackney.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/archives Hackney Archives and Local History]
 
:We collect, preserve and provide access to records that contribute to Hackney's socio-economic and cultural identity to help everyone understand Hackney's past and present.  We're the official repository for the historic records of the London Borough of Hackney and its predecessors, including minutes and reports. Our reference collections support research into Hackney, Stoke Newington and Shoreditch, providing contextual information about the local area and its residents.
 
=== Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies ===
 
'''Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies'''<br>Hammersmith Library<br>Shepherds Bush Road<br>Hammersmith, London W6 7AT UK<br>Telephone: 020 8753 3850<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@lbhf.gov.uk archives@lbhf.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies]
 
:We hold the archives and local history collections for Hammersmith & Fulham, including documents, books, maps, photographs and paintings, old newspapers and other sources for family and house history. These records come from the council and its predecessor bodies, local institutions such as hospitals, churches and schools, and from members of the local community.
 
:Are you interested in tracing your family history or house history, or looking at how your neighbourhood has changed over the years? Maybe you want to learn more about notable local residents or local pottery works? Whatever your interests, staff and volunteers will be happy to assist your research, either in person or through email.
 
=== Haringey Archive and Local History ===
 
'''Haringey Archive and Local History'''<br>Haringey Archive and Museum Service<br>Bruce Castle Museum<br>Lordship Lane<br>London N17 8NU UK<br>Telephone: 020 8808 8772<br>
Email: [mailto:museum.services@haringey.gov.uk museum.services@haringey.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/haringey-archive-and-local-history Haringey Archive and Local History]
 
:Haringey Archive Service is based at Bruce Castle Museum. The service holds the archives and the local history library and collections of the London Borough of Haringey.
 
=== Harrow Local History Centre ===
 
'''Harrow Local History Centre'''<br>Headstone Manor<br>Pinner View<br>Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK<br>Telephone: 020 8863 6720<br>Email: [mailto:harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200070/museums_and_galleries/183/harrow_local_history_centre Harrow Local History Centre]
 
:If you are tracing your family history, researching the history of a building, or just have an interest in the local area, please come in and use our resources.
 
=== Hillingdon Local History and Heritage ===
 
'''Hillingdon Local History and Heritage'''<br>Uxbridge Library (Level 6)<br>14-15 High Street<br>Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HD UK<br>Telephone: 01895 250702<br>
Email: [mailto:archives@hillingdon.gov.uk archives@hillingdon.gov.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/history Hillingdon Local History and Heritage]
 
:The local studies collection began in the 1930s with the encouragement of Mr H T Hamson, then editor of the Middlesex Advertiser and Gazette. For that reason the collection is slightly biased towards Uxbridge material although since 1965 great efforts have been made to comprehensively cover the whole of the borough of Hillingdon.
 
=== Islington Local History Centre ===
 
'''Islington Local History Centre'''<br>Finsbury Library<br>245 St John Street<br>London EC1V 4NB UK<br>Telephone: 020 7527 7988<br>Email: [mailto:local.history@islington.gov.uk local.history@islington.gov.uk ]<br>Website: [https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/local-history-centre Islington Local History Centre]
 
:Our centre has a wide range of resources on the history of the borough, including books, maps, illustrations, newspapers, trade directories and archive material.
 
=== Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies and Archives ===
 
'''Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies and Archives'''<br>Phillimore Walk<br>London W8 7RX UK<br>Telephone: 0207 361 3038<br>Email: [mailto:centrallocalenquiries@rbkc.gov.uk centrallocalenquiries@rbkc.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/local-studies-and-archives/local-studies-and-archives Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies and Archives]
 
:The Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies collection is housed at Kensington Central Library. It contains all the borough's material on the history of both Kensington and Chelsea, including books, newspapers, illustrations (these include prints, photographs, paintings and drawings: we also hold a large collection of maps including Ordnance Survey, parish and general maps of London), census returns, electoral registers, manuscripts, ephemera and other archive material.
 
=== London Metropolitan Archives ===
 
'''London Metropolitan Archives'''<br>40 Northampton Road<br>City of London EC1R 0HB UK<br>Telephone: 020 7332 3820<br>E-mail: [mailto:ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk]<br>Website: [https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/Pages/default.aspx London Metropolitan Archives]
 
:We are home to an amazing range of documents, images, maps, films and books about London.  London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is free to use and open to everyone. Whether you're tracing your family history or researching the history of your neighbourhood, if you're interested in London or Londoners, LMA is the place to visit!
 
=== Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives ===
 
'''Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives'''<br>277 Bancroft Road<br>London E1 4DQ UK<br>Telephone: 020 7364 1290<br>
Email: [mailto:localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives]
 
: Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives covers the area created from the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney – the heart of London’s world famous East End.
 
=== Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library ===
 
'''Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library'''<br>Vestry House Museum<br>Vestry Road<br>Walthamstow, London E17 9NH UK<brTelephone: 020 8496 4381<br>
Email: [mailto:vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/waltham-forest-archives-and-local-studies-library Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library]
 
:The Waltham Forest archives and local studies library are based at Vestry House Museum.  We can help you if you are interested in researching your family history, the history of your house or street, the development of the local area and local communities, or subjects for a school project or for academic research.


== Libraries ==
== Libraries ==
*[https://www.better.org.uk/library/london '''Libraries in London''']
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'''Guildhall Library'''<br>Aldermanbury<br>London EC2V 7HH UK<br>Telephone: 20 7332 1868/1870<br>Email: [mailto:guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/guildhall-library Website]<br>[https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/guildhall-library/family-history Family history]<br>[https://col.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/ghl/search/results?qu=parish+register&te= Parish registers]<br>[https://col.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/ghl Online catalogue]
:Guildhall Library holds parish records for the '''ancient city of London.'''
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'''The British Library'''<br>96 Euston Road<br>London NW1 2DB UK<br>Telephone:  0843 208 1144<br>Email: [mailto:Customer-Services@bl.uk Customer-Services@bl.uk]<br>
[https://www.bl.uk Website]
:The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the second largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. It holds well over 150 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK.


=== Kensington Central Library ===
:The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. In addition to receiving a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland (approximately 8,000 per day), the Library has a programme for content acquisitions. The Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) of new shelf space.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "British Library," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library, accessed 20 June 2017.</ref>
 
'''Kensington Central Library'''<br>Phillimore Walk<br>London W8 7RX UK<br>Telephone: 020 7361 3010<br>Email: [mailto:libraries@rbkc.gov.uk libraries@rbkc.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries/your-library/find-library/kensington-central-library Kensington Central Library]
 
:This library is affiliated with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The collection of the library contains 640,000 volumes.
 
=== Middlesex Library London ===
 
'''Middlesex Library London'''<br>Middlesex University Hendon campus<br>The Burroughs<br>London NW4 4BT<br>Telephone: 020 8411 5000 (main switchboard)<br>
Email: [mailto:info@mdx.ac info@mdx.ac]<br>Website: [http://www.mdx.ac.uk/life-at-middlesex/facilities/libraries/libraries-in-london Middlesex Library London]
 
:Middlesex provides extensive, flexible library services that can be accessed on-campus, or wherever you are in the world. The Sheppard Library houses an enormous collection of hard copy resources, and the vast majority of our 30,000 full text journals are available online.
 
== Museums ==
 
=== Brent Museum ===


==Museums==
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=middlesex+museums+england&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=middlesex+museums+england&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l3.20893j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google listings for "Museuns/England/Middlesex"''']
*For a long list of London museums, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_London '''List of museums in London'''] in Wikipedia.
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'''British Museum'''<br>Great Russell St<br>Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG UK<br>Telephone: 20 7323 8299<br>Email: [mailto:info@britishmuseum.org info@britishmuseum.org]<br>
[http://www.britishmuseum.org Website]
:The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "British Museum," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum, accessed 20 June 2017.</ref>
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'''Museum of London'''<br>150 London Wall<br>London EC2Y 5HN UK<br>Telephone: 020 7001 9844<br>Email: [mailto:access@museumoflondon.org.uk access@museumoflondon.org.uk]<br>
[http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london Website]
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'''Brent Museum'''<br>The Library at Willesden Green<br>95 High Road<br>Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK<br>Telephone: 020 8937 3600<br>
'''Brent Museum'''<br>The Library at Willesden Green<br>95 High Road<br>Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK<br>Telephone: 020 8937 3600<br>
Email: [mailto:museum.archives@brent.gov.uk museum.archives@brent.gov.uk]<br>
Email: [mailto:museum.archives@brent.gov.uk museum.archives@brent.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.brent.gov.uk/museum Website]
Website: [https://www.brent.gov.uk/museum Brent Museum]
 
:Brent Museum has been collecting material about the history of Brent for over 50 years and we have over 10,000 objects in our collection.  We have items which are thousands of years old but we also collect from the people living and working in Brent today so that our collection represent all communities, past and present.
:Brent Museum has been collecting material about the history of Brent for over 50 years and we have over 10,000 objects in our collection.  We have items which are thousands of years old but we also collect from the people living and working in Brent today so that our collection represent all communities, past and present.
 
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=== Bruce Castle Museum ===
 
'''Bruce Castle Museum'''<br>Lordship Lane<br>Haringey, London N17 8NU UK<br>Telephone: 020 8808 8772<br>Email: [mailto:museum.services@haringey.gov.uk museum.services@haringey.gov.uk]<br>
'''Bruce Castle Museum'''<br>Lordship Lane<br>Haringey, London N17 8NU UK<br>Telephone: 020 8808 8772<br>Email: [mailto:museum.services@haringey.gov.uk museum.services@haringey.gov.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.haringey.gov.uk/bruce-castle-museum Bruce Castle Museum]
[http://www.haringey.gov.uk/bruce-castle-museum Website]
 
:Bruce Castle is now a museum, holding the '''archives of the London Borough of Haringey''', and housing a permanent exhibition on the past, present and future of Haringey and its predecessor boroughs, and temporary displays on the history of the area.
:Bruce Castle is now a museum, holding the archives of the London Borough of Haringey, and housing a permanent exhibition on the past, present and future of Haringey and its predecessor boroughs, and temporary displays on the history of the area.
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'''Gunnersbury Park Museum'''<br>Gunnersbury Park<br>Popes Ln<br>London W3 8LQ UK<br>Telephone: 20 8992 1612<br>Email: [mailto:gunnersbury@ealing.gov.uk gunnersbury@ealing.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.hounslow.info/arts-culture/historic-houses-museums/gunnersbury-park-museum Website]
=== Hackney Museum ===
:The museum was opened in 1929. Since then it has collected a wide range of objects, paintings and photographs which reflect life in '''Ealing and Hounslow Boroughs''' from prehistory to the present day.  It still continues to collect material to make sure that visitors in the future will be able to see how we lived today.
 
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'''Hackney Museum'''<br>Technology and Learning Centre (Ground Floor)<br>1 Reading Lane<br>Hackney, London E8 1GQ UK<br>Telephone: 020 8356 3500<br>
'''Hackney Museum'''<br>Technology and Learning Centre (Ground Floor)<br>1 Reading Lane<br>Hackney, London E8 1GQ UK<br>Telephone: 020 8356 3500<br>
Email: [mailto:hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk]<br>
Email: [mailto:hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.hackney.gov.uk/museum Website]
Website: [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/museum Hackney Museum]
:Learn about the fascinating stories of people who have moved to Hackney and made it their home, from Anglo-Saxon settlers to early Victorian villas and recent refugees
 
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:Learn about the fascinating stories of people who have moved to Hackney and made it their home, from Anglo-Saxon settlers to early Victorian villas and recent refugees.
'''Harrow Museum'''<br>Headstone Manor<br>Pinner View<br>Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK<br>Telephone: 020 8863 6720<br>Email: [mailto:harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk]<br>[http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200070/museums_and_galleries/190/harrow_museum Website]
 
=== Harrow Museum ===
 
'''Harrow Museum'''<br>Headstone Manor<br>Pinner View<br>Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK<br>Telephone: 020 8863 6720<br>Email: [mailto:harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk]<br>Website: [http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200070/museums_and_galleries/190/harrow_museum Harrow Museum]
 
:The four remarkable buildings which make up Harrow Museum are all located in the beautiful grounds of Headstone Manor, records of which date back to 825AD. All the buildings are listed by English Heritage, and the site as a whole is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
:The four remarkable buildings which make up Harrow Museum are all located in the beautiful grounds of Headstone Manor, records of which date back to 825AD. All the buildings are listed by English Heritage, and the site as a whole is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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'''Islington Museum'''<br>245 St John Street<br>London EC1V 4NB UK<br>Telephone: 020 7527 2837<br>Email: [mailto:islington.museum@islington.gov.uk  islington.museum@islington.gov.uk]<br>[https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/islington-museum Website]


=== Islington Museum ===
==Civil Registration Offices==
 
The [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''General Register Office'''] holds a central copy of all birth, marriage, and death registrations in England. These certificates can be ordered from their [https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ '''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.
'''Islington Museum'''<br>245 St John Street<br>London EC1V 4NB UK<br>Telephone: 020 7527 2837<br>Email: [mailto:islington.museum@islington.gov.uk islington.museum@islington.gov.uk]<br>Website: [https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/islington-museum Islington Museum]
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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 [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/LND.html UKBMD: Registration Districts in London].
:From free exhibitions, talks and events to vibrant learning programmes, explore Islington's past with us.
 
=== Ragged School Museum ===
 
'''Ragged School Museum'''<br>46-50 Copperfield Road<br>London E3 4RR UK<br>Telephone: 20 8980 6405<br>Email: [mailto:pauline@raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk pauline@raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk Ragged School Museum]
 
:The Ragged School Museum is housed in a group of three canalside buildings which once formed the largest “ragged” or free school in London.  The museum was founded to make the history of the Ragged Schools and the broader social history of the Victorian East End accessible to all. Within the original buildings, an authentic Victorian Classroom has been set up where each year some 16,000 children experience a school lesson as it would have been taught more than 100 years ago.


:We have also recreated a Victorian East End Kitchen from the 1900s, demonstrating what life would have been like in a simple, one-room home with no electricity or running water. The museum has several gallery areas, a reconstructed Victorian Classroom and a Victorian East End Kitchen displaying its own collection of historical objects, all designed for hands-on inspection. This is a museum where you can sit at the school desks, use the tin bath and experience what life was like for the Victorian poor of the East End of London.
===Ordering Certificates and Individual Office Information===
*[https://www.ukofficialrecords.co.uk/family_history/district/family-history-greater-london.asp '''Family History Certificates for Greater London'''] Includes links for copying certificates, and contact information for registration offices around Great London.


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Middlesex Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Middlesex Background
Local Research Resources
  • Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
  • If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
  • Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

London Metropolitan Archives

London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
City of London EC1R 0HB UK

Telephone: 020 7332 3820
E-mail: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Website
Family History at London Metropolitan Archives
Parish Registers at London Metropolitan Archives (Information on history, content, etc.)
Index to church parishes in London

  • Our Anglican parish records cover the ancient City of London and the old Counties of London and Middlesex. These are areas that were considered a part of London prior to 1965 and in terms of modern local London Boroughs include the following, Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, parts of Richmond Upon Thames (north of the River Thames), Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster.

New London Boroughs formed from ancient county of Middlesex[1]

Eighteen of London County Council Metropolitan Boroughs were part of the ancient county of Middlesex. In 1965 these merged to form seven of the twelve current boroughs of Inner London.

  • Camden was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras.
  • Hackney was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
  • Hammersmith (known as Hammersmith and Fulham from 1979) was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.
  • Hammersmith & Fulham Archives and Local Studies
    Hammersmith Library
    Shepherds Bush Road
    Hammersmith, London W6 7AT UK

    Telephone: 020 8753 3850
    Email: archives@lbhf.gov.uk
    Website
    Catalogue
  • Islington was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Finsbury and Islington.
  • Kensington and Chelsea was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington.
  • Tower Hamlets was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.
  • The City of Westminster was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington and St Marylebone and the City of Westminster.

New London Boroughs from former Middlesex County Council area

In April 1965, nearly all of the area of the historic county of Middlesex became part of Greater London, under the control of the Greater London Council, and formed the new outer London boroughs of Barnet (part only), Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames (part only)[2]

  • Hillingdon Local History and Heritage
    Uxbridge Library (Level 6)
    14-15 High Street
    Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HD UK

    Telephone: 01895 250702
    Email: archives@hillingdon.gov.uk
    Website

Middlesex Areas transferred to Surrey, Hertfordshire, and Berkshire

1. Potters Bar Urban District became part of the administrative county of Hertfordshire.
2. Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District and Staines Urban District became part of the administrative county of Surrey.[3]
3. In 1974, the three urban districts that had been transferred to Hertfordshire and Surrey were abolished and became the districts of Hertsmere (part only) and Spelthorne respectively.[4]
4. In 1995, the village of Poyle was transferred from Spelthorne to the Berkshire borough of Slough.[5]
5. Additionally, the Greater London boundary to the west and north has been subject to several small changes since 1965.[6]

Libraries

Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury
London EC2V 7HH UK
Telephone: 20 7332 1868/1870
Email: guildhall.library@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Website
Family history
Parish registers
Online catalogue

Guildhall Library holds parish records for the ancient city of London.

The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB UK
Telephone: 0843 208 1144
Email: Customer-Services@bl.uk
Website

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the second largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. It holds well over 150 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK.
The British Library is a major research library, with items in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. In addition to receiving a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland (approximately 8,000 per day), the Library has a programme for content acquisitions. The Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) of new shelf space.[7]

Museums

British Museum
Great Russell St
Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG UK
Telephone: 20 7323 8299
Email: info@britishmuseum.org
Website

The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.[8]

Museum of London
150 London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN UK
Telephone: 020 7001 9844
Email: access@museumoflondon.org.uk
Website

Brent Museum
The Library at Willesden Green
95 High Road
Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK
Telephone: 020 8937 3600
Email: museum.archives@brent.gov.uk
Website

Brent Museum has been collecting material about the history of Brent for over 50 years and we have over 10,000 objects in our collection. We have items which are thousands of years old but we also collect from the people living and working in Brent today so that our collection represent all communities, past and present.

Bruce Castle Museum
Lordship Lane
Haringey, London N17 8NU UK
Telephone: 020 8808 8772
Email: museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Website

Bruce Castle is now a museum, holding the archives of the London Borough of Haringey, and housing a permanent exhibition on the past, present and future of Haringey and its predecessor boroughs, and temporary displays on the history of the area.

Gunnersbury Park Museum
Gunnersbury Park
Popes Ln
London W3 8LQ UK
Telephone: 20 8992 1612
Email: gunnersbury@ealing.gov.uk
Website

The museum was opened in 1929. Since then it has collected a wide range of objects, paintings and photographs which reflect life in Ealing and Hounslow Boroughs from prehistory to the present day. It still continues to collect material to make sure that visitors in the future will be able to see how we lived today.

Hackney Museum
Technology and Learning Centre (Ground Floor)
1 Reading Lane
Hackney, London E8 1GQ UK
Telephone: 020 8356 3500
Email: hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk
Website

Learn about the fascinating stories of people who have moved to Hackney and made it their home, from Anglo-Saxon settlers to early Victorian villas and recent refugees

Harrow Museum
Headstone Manor
Pinner View
Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK
Telephone: 020 8863 6720
Email: harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk
Website

The four remarkable buildings which make up Harrow Museum are all located in the beautiful grounds of Headstone Manor, records of which date back to 825AD. All the buildings are listed by English Heritage, and the site as a whole is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Islington Museum
245 St John Street
London EC1V 4NB UK
Telephone: 020 7527 2837
Email: islington.museum@islington.gov.uk
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 London.

Ordering Certificates and Individual Office Information

References

  1. ↑ Saint, A., Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889–1965), (1989)
  2. ↑ Office of Public Sector Information – London Government Act 1963 (as amended) Archived 17 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Middlesex
  4. ↑ The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2038)
  5. ↑ Office of Public Sector Information – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994 Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  6. ↑ Office of Public Sector Information – The Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved 23 February 2008. Office of Public Sector Information – The Greater London and Surrey (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 4) Order 1993. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "British Library," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library, accessed 20 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "British Museum," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum, accessed 20 June 2017.
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