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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Oldham Local Studies and Archives
84 Union Street
Oldham
OL1 1DN
Tel: 0161 911 4654
Fax: 0161 911 4654
Email: [email protected]
Contacts: Roger Ivens (Local Studies Officer), Mrs M. Sienkiewicz (Archives Officer)
Opening hours:
Monday: 10.00-19.00
Tuesday: 10.00-14.00
Wednesday: 10.00-17.00
Thursday: 10.00-19.00
Friday: 10.00-17.00
Saturday: 10.00-16.00
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
No
Fee-based?
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Provided by local Record Office?
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4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
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5. Census returns
1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 - covering Oldham Metropolitan Borough.
All holdings are in Oldham Local Studies and Archives
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
~see attached leaflet, p.4$
Held in Oldham Local Studies and Archives
6(b) City and Town Directories
Oldham 1814-1965
Saddleworth 1814-1851
6(c) Telephone Directories
Oldham 1923, 1963 to date
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Oldham 1850-1915 Burgess Rolls
Oldham Electoral Registers: 1869-1939, 1945 to date
Saddleworth Electoral Registers: 1973 to date
Crompton and Royton: 1973 to date
Failsworth: 1937, 1956 to date
Chadderton and Lees: 1949-1959, 1961-1963, 1966 to date
7(b) Poll Books
Oldham 1835-1865
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Lancashire. Microfiche. March 1992
Yorkshire. Microfiche. March 1992
Cheshire. Microfiche. March 1992
Derbyshire. Microfiche. March 1992
9. Unpublished Indexes
Obituaries published in local newspapers
Census: street indexes to all census returns; surname indexes to all census returns (except the 1901 census)
Index to photocopied wills collection
Index to wills proved at Chester (Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society)
Index to newspaper cuttings collection
10. Parish Registers
~See attached list$
Microfilm/printed
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
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12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
Memorial inscriptions ~see attached list$$
Maps
Newspapers
14. Guides to Collections
Guide: Tracing your family history at Oldham Local Studies and Archives
Parish Registers
Burgess Rolls and Electoral Registers
Maps
Newspapers
Archive Collections
15. Local Record Offices
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Other information
Newsletter produced annually
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