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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Newbury Central Library
The Wharf
Newbury
Berks
RG14 5AU
Tel: 01635 519900
Fax: 01635 519906
NB Material listed is held in the Local Studies Collection.
Opening hours:
Mon; Tues; Thurs 9.30am - 7.00pm
Weds 9.30am - 1.00pm
Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm
Sat 9.30am - 4.00pm
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
No
Fee-based?
N/A
Provided by local Record Office?
No
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
5. Census returns
West Berkshire 1841-1901 (microfilm) (except 1891)
West Berkshire 1891 (microfiche) 1881 census name index on CD-Rom
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Small collection of county directories covering the 19th and twentieth centuries (1830-1939 with some gaps)
6(b) City and Town Directories
Blackett's, Cosburn and Kelly's directories for Newbury and District (1900-1974 with some gaps).
6(c) Telephone Directories
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Current for Newbury and District (West Berkshire)
7(b) Poll Books
None
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition, Great Britain, Ireland, Channel Islands (microfiche)
9. Unpublished Indexes
10. Parish Registers
Small collection of bound transcripts of local parish registers of Newbury and some West Berkshire towns and villages (incomplete)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
The Butty (1956 to date)
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
13. Other material
Monumental Inscriptions: small collection of local churches
Newbury Weekly News (1867 to date) microfilm
14. Guides to Collections
15. Local Record Offices
Berkshire Record Office
9 Coley Avenue
READING
Berkshire
RG1 6AF
Tel: 0118 901 5132
Fax: 0118 901 5131
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.reading.gov.uk/berkshirerecordoffice
Other information
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