It’s now near the end of October, and FRPC must take inventory on December 26. We’ve still got several large cases of Moulton’s Genealogical Resources in English Repositories on hand. We need to unload them and make warehouse space for new titles. For this reason, we’ve decided to sell them for just 1 Cent. Just pick up the p&h of $8.00. So – for $8.01 you can have what is most likely the best overall list of British resources in print. The book initially sold for $45. If printed today, it would more than likely be $75 or more. The book is now over 20 years old, and the PRO in England has had many changes in where you’ll find their resources. So you might have to use Google to search for the exact location of any particular PRO resource (A tiny minority of overall resources). The book will tells what resources are available – and it’s worth a lot more than the p&h cost…
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Following is a review written several years ago:
While the information so nicely gathered into this single book,
Genealogical Resources in English Repositories, can be found in many other locations; sometimes, it is nice to have this type of information in one place, as a quick and easy reference. This book represents an exhaustive listing of available genealogical resources available in Britain. Listed in these pages are major national archives and libraries, repositories in the greater London area, and county by county listings. This book is also the winner of the National Genealogical Society’s 1993 Book Award for Excellence in Genealogical Methods and Sources.
Genealogical Resources was designed to provide “genealogists and historians with…information on resources in the key repositories in England. It categorizes manuscript records, as well as printed, transcribed and microfilm materials, with respect to their contents, and in most instances, lists covering dates.” Originally intended to help Americans find ancestral information.
County listings represent the bulk of the information. Each county opens with a short review of local geographical and political/administrative boundary changes made over the years. The listing of each library, archive, records office, or other repository is complete with address (mostly likely not changed over the years), phone number (possibly changed over the years), and holdings of genealogical value (which most likely have only expanded over the years). Publications of possible interest are also listed.
Please note that there have been significant changes in the PRO over the years, and it might be necessary to use Google to locate the exact location of some records listed within this volume.
While this book predates web usage as we know it today (including Google), is still serves as a great one-stop listing for finding genealogically important holding in England. Think of running a search at Google for English repositories, then reducing the results to an accurate, non-repeating listing of resources and then printing those results with a listing of holdings at each repository. That pretty well describes Genealogical Resources in English Repositories.
Each book comes with a 1992 and 1996 update supplement. Just having the names of the various repositories gives the reader the name to search for when using the Internet.
Get a copy of Genealogical Resources in English Repositories for yourself or your favorite society’s library.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
List of Symbols
Part I: Greater London Repositories
Baptist Church House
British Library, Department of Manuscripts
British Library, India Office Library and Records
British Library Newspaper Library
College of Arms
Corporation of London Record Office
Guildhall Library
House of Lords Record Office
Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Lambeth Palace Library
LDS Hyde Park Family History Centre
National Army Museum
National Maritime Museum
Principal Registry of the Family Division, Somerset House
Public Record Office, Chancery Lane
Public Record Office, Kew
Public Record Office, Portugal Street
Religious Society of Friends
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Society of Genealogists
Unitarian Historical Society
Untied Reformed Church History Society
United Synagogue, Archives of
Wesley Historical Society Library
Westminster, Diocesan Archives
Dr. Williams’ Library
Part II: County Repositories (summarized)
Each county listing includes:
Record Office(s)
Other Repositories
Genealogical and Family History Societies
A few counties and metropolitan areas include sections for:
Metropolitan District Archives and Local History Libraries, OR
District Archives and Libraries
Counties are listed alphabetically as follows:
Avon
Befordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cleveland
Cornwall
Cumberland
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon(shire)
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Hereford and Worcester
Hereforshire
Hertfordshire
Humberside
Huntingdonshiore
Kent
Lancashire
Leicstershire
Lincolnshire
London, County of Manchester, Greater
Meseyside
Middlesex
Midlands, West
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Suffolk, East
Suffolk, West
Surrey
Sussex
Sussex, East
Sussex, West
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wight, Isle of
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire, East Riding
Yorkshire, North Riding
Yorkshire, West Riding
Yorkshire, North
Yorkshire, South
Yorkshire, West
Part III: London Borough Repositories
Greater London
Barking and Dagenham
Valence Reference Library
Barking Central Library
Barnet
Local History Library
Chipping Barnet Library
Church End (Finchley) Library
Bexley
Bexley Libraries and Museum Department
Brent
Grange Museum of Local History
Bromley
Bromley Central Library
Camden
Swiss Cottage Library
Holborn Library
Croydon
Croydon Public Libraries
Ealing
Local History Library
Enfield
Local History Unit
Greenwich
Greenwich Local History and Archives Centre
Hackney
Hackney Archives and Local History Department
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham Archives
Haringey
Haringey Libraries
Harrow
Harrow Civic Centre Library
Havering
Havering Central Library
Hillingdon
Hillingdon Local History Collection
Hounslow
Chiswick Public Library
Brentford Public Library
Hounslow Public Library
Feltham Public Library
Islington
Islington Central Library
Finsbury Library
Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of
Kensington Central Library
Chelsea Library
Kingston upon Thames, Royal Borough of
Kingston upon Thames Heritage Service
Lambeth
Lambeth Archives Department
Lewisham
Lewisham Library Service
Merton
Mitcham Library
Morden Library
Wembledon Reference Library
Newham
Local Studies Library
Redbridge
Redbridge Central Library
Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames Central Reference Library
Twickenham Reference Library
Southwark
Southwark Local Studies Library
Sutton
Sutton Central Library
Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Central Library
Waltham Forest
Vestry House Museum
Wandsworth
Battersea District Library
City of Westminster
Westminster City Archives Department
Marylebone Library Archives Department
Other Repositories
LDS Family History Centre (Staines)
Genealogical and Family History Societies
Central Middlesex Family History Society
North Middlesex Family History Society
West Middlesex Family History Society
Waltham Forest Family History Society
Woolwich and District Family History Society
Appendix: Useful Addresses
Index
Maps (enlarged)
Pre-1974 Counties of England
Post-1974 Counties of England
Post-1965 London Boroughs
Supplements
Supplement to Genealogical Resources in English Repositories (1992)
1996 Supplement Update: Genealogical Resources in English Repositories