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Archives and Libraries

• 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

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. Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Holborn Library 32-38 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PA UK Telephone: 020 7974 6342 Email: localstudies@camden.gov.uk Website Collections Deposited archives including church records Hackney was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. Hackney Archives and Local History Dalston CLR James Library and Hackney Archives Dalston Square Hackney, London E8 3BQ UK Telephone: 020 8356 8925 Email: archives@hackney.gov.uk Website Collections 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. Islington Local History Centre Finsbury Library 245 St John Street London EC1V 4NB UK Telephone: 020 7527 7988 Email: local.history@islington.gov.uk Website Local history collections Catalogue

Kensington and Chelsea was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington. Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies and Archives Phillimore Walk London W8 7RX UK Telephone: 0207 361 3038 Email: centrallocalenquiries@rbkc.gov.uk Website Catalogue Tower Hamlets was formed from the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney. Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives 277 Bancroft Road London E1 4DQ UK Telephone: 020 7364 1290 Email: localhistory@towerhamlets.gov.uk Website Catalogue 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 10 St Ann's Street London SW1P 2DE UK Telephone: 020 76415180 Email: archives@westminster.gov.uk Website Search the Archive collection

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)

Barnet Local Studies Centre The Burroughs Hendon London NW4 4BQ UK Telephone: 020 8359 3960 Email: library.archives@barnet.gov.uk Website Brent Archives The Library at Willesden Green 95 High Road Willesden, London NW10 2SF UK Telephone: 020 8937 3600 Email: museum.archives@brent.gov.uk Website Ealing Local History Centre Central Library 103 Ealing Broadway Centre The Broadway London W5 5JY UK Telephone: 020 3700 1055 Email: ealing.localhistory@carillionservices.co.uk Website Enfield Local Studies Library & Archive Thomas Hardy House (1st floor) 39 London Road Enfield, London EN2 6DS UK Telephone 020 8379 2724 Email: local.history@enfield.gov.uk Website

Haringey Archive and Local History Haringey Archive and Museum Service Bruce Castle Museum Lordship Lane London N17 8NU UK Telephone: 020 8808 8772 Email: museum.services@haringey.gov.uk Website Harrow Local History Centre Headstone Manor Pinner View Harrow, London HA2 6PX UK Telephone: 020 8863 6720 Email: harrow.museum@harrow.gov.uk Website 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. 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. In 1995, the village of Poyle was transferred from Spelthorne to the Berkshire borough of Slough. 5. Additionally, the Greater London boundary to the west and north has been subject to several small changes since 1965.

Libraries

Libraries in London

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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.

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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.

Museums

• For a long list of London museums, go to List of museums in London in Wikipedia.

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

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.

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

The Museum of London documents the history of London from prehistoric to modern times. The museum is located on London Wall, close to the Barbican Centre as part of the striking Barbican complex of buildings created in the 1960s and 1970s as an innovative approach to re-development within a bomb-damaged area of the City of London.

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.

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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 UKBMD: Registration Districts in London.

Ordering Certificates and Individual Office Information

• Family History Certificates for Greater London includes contact information for registration offices around Great London.