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Island Archives
St Barnabas, Cornet Street
St Peter Port, Guernsey
Channel Islands GY1 1LF

Telephone: 01481 224512
Email: archives@gov.gg
Website

The main resources held by the Archive for genealogical research are:

*Register of Stranger Poor (1892-1914), listing non-locals of limited means arriving in Guernsey between 1833 (registration could be retrospective) and 1914.

*Foulon Cemetery Registers (1856 onwards)

*States' records from the period of the German Occupation of Guernsey 1940-1945 are also available for public viewing, including:

*Identity Registration Forms

*Ledgers which give details of evacuees making application to return to the island in 1944-45;

*Administrative records from all of the ten civil parishes in Guernsey. Records in these collections which may be useful for researching family history :::*Including deeds and tax books.

*St Peter Port Constables' Collection, including a list of Registered Persons sent from the island (1842-80), which gives details of people's names, ages, occupation and reason for being sent away.

*Procureur of the Poor/ Outdoor Assistance

*Funeral Remembrance Cards

*School records

*Deeds, etc. relating to property transactions

*Military Records

*Ecclesiastical Records

*Anglican parish records of St Andrew, Castel, Forest, St Martin, St Pierre du Bois, St Saviour and Vale and also the other Anglican churches of Holy Trinity, St James' Church, and St Peter's, Sark.

*Baptist Chapel records, including those of Siloë, Bethesda and Bethel (now Shiloh);

*Methodist Church collection, relating to both French and English circuits from the 18th century to the present;

*Roman Catholic Church records for St Joseph's, Notre Dame du Rosaire, St Yves, La Chaumière, St Magloire and Delancey.

*Clubs and Societies

*Family Trees and Research

*Special Collections

The Island Archives is open weekdays 9.30am - 4.30pm, by appointment only. To book your visit please call the team on 01481 224512 or email archives@gov.gg.
The Island Archives welcomes all enquiries by email, phone or via our online contact form. Please provide as much detail as possible about your enquiry. This will help you make the most of your research and ensure the records you would like to see are available.
There is no charge for consulting records at the Island Archives, or for staff advice on available resources.

Libraries

Priaulx Library

Priaulx Library
Candie Road
St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1UG
Channel Islands

Telephone:+44 1481 721998
Fax: 01481 713804
Email:info@priaulxlibrary.gg
Website
A guide to Civil and Parish Registers and Census records at the Priaulx Library

The Priaulx Library's extensive paper and microfilm records can be browsed at the Library free of charge.
Visitors and overseas researchers can make use of the library's paid research services.

The library's records include:

Civil and parish microfilm records: The Priaulx Library holds Guernsey civil records beginning in 1840, civil records for Alderney (part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey) beginning in 1850, and parish registers for the Bailiwick of Guernsey beginning in 1570.
Selected Alderney records
Census returns for Guernsey and Jersey, 1841-1901
Local newspapers from 1791 to the present day
Almanacs and trade directories
Army lists
Elizabeth College registers
Prints, portraits and photographs
Family research files. A full list of the family names already researched

Guille-Allès Library

Guille-Allès Library
Market Street
St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1HB

Phone:+44 1481 720392
Email: ga@library.gg
Website
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Record Office

Registrar General
The Royal Court House
St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 2NZ
Telephone: +44 (0) 1481 725277
Email: registrar@guernseyroyalcourt.gg
Website

The Royal Court House holds Guernsey's original civil registration records.