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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Central Reference and Information Library
Humanities and Local Studies Section
Bishop Street
Leicester
LE1 6AA
Tel: 0116 299 5401
Fax: 0116 299 5444
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Community History
Opening hours:
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
No.
Fee-based?
Provided by local Record Office?
Yes.
Contact:
Leicestershire Genealogical Research Service,
Leicestershire Record Office
Long Street,
Wigston Magna,
Leicester. LE18 2AH.
Tel: 0116 257 1080
Fax: 0116 257 1120
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
Not held.
5. Census returns
1851 Leicestershire (index on fiche)
1871 Leicester area (film)
1881 Leicester area (film) and Leicestershire Index (on fiche) and Rutland
1891 Leicester area (fiche)
1901 Leicester and Leicestershire (on fiche)
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Small selection of County directories for Leicestershire and Rutland from 1846 - 1941 (incomplete).
6(b) City and Town Directories
Spencer's Almanack for Leicester 1861 - 1907.
Selection of Leicester City Directories 1920 - 1969 (incomplete).
6(c) Telephone Directories
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
None held.
7(b) Poll Books
Leicester 1883
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition - microfiche.
FamilySearch CD-ROM - license for updates.
9. Unpublished Indexes
None.
10. Parish Registers
Leicester City Parish Registers - microfiche copies from originals (from 16th Century to date, as available).
Leicester Marriage Index (on microfiche) 1801 - 37.
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Air Force List. 1939 to date. Incomplete.
Annual Register 1758 - 1857 and 1926 to date.
Army List. 1935 to date. Incomplete.
Burke's Landed Gentry. 1894 - 1965. Incomplete.
Burke's Peerage. 1876 - 1978. Incomplete.
Crockford's Clerical Directory. 1858 to date.
Debrett's Peerage. 1889 to date. Incomplete.
Family Tree Magazine. 1991 to date.
Genealogists' Magazine. Dec. 1981 to date.
Gentlemen's Magazine. 1732 - 1829.
Navy List. 1935 to date. Incomplete.
Who's Who. 1910 to date. Incomplete.
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
None.
13. Other material
Federation of Family History Societies Publications.
Leicestershire Family History Society Publications.
Derbyshire Family History Society Publications.
Nottinghamshire Family History Society Publications.
14. Guides to Collections
General guides available - in process of being updated. Guide to FamilySearch database.
15. Local Record Offices
Leicestershire Record Office
Long Street
Wigston Manor
Leicester
LE18 2AH
Tel: 0116 257 1080
Fax: 0116 257 1120
Other information
Public access at Central Reference Library to 27 Internet terminals
Access also available to Internet at all 21 City Libraries. Telephone 0116 299 5401 for further details.
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