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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Archives & Local Studies Service
Cheshire Record Office
Duke Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 1RL
Tel: 01244 602574
Fax: 01244 603812
Email: [email protected]
Contact:
Opening hours:
Monday: 0100-1700
Tuesday: 0900-1700
Wednesday: 0900-1700
Thursday: 0900-1700
Friday: 0900-1700
Saturday: 3rd Saturday in each month 0900-1600
Other Libraries:
Chester Library
Northgate Street
Chester
CH1 2EF
Tel: 01244 312935
Fax: 01244 315534
Email:
Ellesmere Port Library
Civic Way
Ellesmere Port
South Wirral
Cheshire
Tel: 0151 357 4685
Fax: 0151 355 6849
Macclesfield Library
Jordongate
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1EE
Tel: 01625 422512
Fax: 01625 612818
Crewe Library
Prince Albert Street
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 2DH
Tel: 01270 211123
Fax: 01270 256952
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Yes
Provided by local Record Office?
Research consultant charges �20 per first hour; �18 thereafter
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
We don't hold a copy of the GRO index, but copies are held at:
Chester History and Heritage,
St Michael's Church,
Bridge Street Row East,
Chester
CH1 1NW
Tel: 01244 402110
5. Census returns
Full county coverage at Cheshire Record Office on microfilm/microfiche.
Partial coverage 1841-1891 on microfilm/microfiche at 17 largest County Libraries: Chester, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Nantwich, Northwich, Winsford, Macclesfield, Widnes, Runcorn Shopping City, Warrington, Congleton, Poynton, Wilmslow, Neston, Sandbach, Alsager, Knutsford
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Main set at Cheshire Record Office (hard copy)
Range 1780 Broster to 1939 Kelly's
A selection available in some libraries on microfiche, i.e. Cheshire: 1789, 1850, 1857, 1864, 1874, 1883, 1892
Lancashire: 1834, 1869, 1887, 1891, 1898, 1905, 1913, 1924
6(b) City and Town Directories
Some town directories held at Chester, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Crewe and Warrington Libraries
6(c) Telephone Directories
Short runs in some libraries
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Complete set at Cheshire Record Office.
Some libraries have runs of more recent registers for their own locality.
7(b) Poll Books
Partial coverage at the Cheshire Record Office
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Current edition for whole of UK kept at Ellesmere Port, Macclesfield and Warrington Libraries on microfiche
9. Unpublished Indexes
Local studies database of over 20,000 entries available online at the Cheshire Record Office and at 17 libraries (listed above). Coverage includes: books, pamphlets, maps, holdings of census returns, parish registers, journals, illustrations, holdings of local newspapers
10. Parish Registers
Originals and transcripts available at the Cheshire Record Office.
Copies of some registers available on microfilm at some of the larger libraries.
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Cheshire Life, Cheshire History, Cheshire Sheaf, Chetham Society, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. Main sets at Cheshire Record Office. Shorter runs in some libraries.
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
Large collection of printed books and pamphlets and printed maps relating to Cheshire held at the Cheshire Record Office.
14. Guides to Collections
Cheshire Record Office Guide. Cheshire C.C. 1991. ISBN 0 906762 02 2 �8.50 + �1.25 postage. List of publications available on request, including Township Packs, which provide useful source material on many Cheshire townships.
15. Local Record Offices
Cheshire Record Office
Duke Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 1RL
Tel: 01244 602574
Fax: 01244 603812
Email: [email protected]
We now have an online catalogue (ms and printed), an online wills database
and railway staff database (with more to come...):
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/catalogue.htm
Other information
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