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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Shropshire Records and Research Centre
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
SY1 2AQ
Tel: 01743 255350
Fax: 01743 255355
Email: [email protected]
Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 1000-2100
Wednesday: 1000-1700
Thursday: 1000-1300
Friday: 1000-1700
Saturday: 1000-1600
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Yes
Provided by local Record Office?
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
GRO(England and Wales)1837-1950
5. Census returns
1841-1891 Shropshire
1881 National census on CDRom
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
County directories 1822-1941
6(b) City and Town Directories
Shrewsbury 1880-1940
6(c) Telephone Directories
1957 to date
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
1832 to date
7(b) Poll Books
Salop 1713, 1722, 1831, 1832, 1868
Shrewsbury 1734-1870
Ludlow 1727-1868
Bridgnorth 1705-1868
Bishops Castle 1754-1820
Wenlock 1820
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 (microfiche) England and Wales
FamilySearch on CDRom
9. Unpublished Indexes
Biographical information in local newspapers 1892 to present
Place index to manuscript collections
Quarter Sessions (county) name indexed 1831-1920 (database)
Index to Trade advertisements 1850-1970
10. Parish Registers
Most original Shropshire registers pre-1900 held. Most of these are available as microfiche copies. 50% of records printed and indexed pre-1812. Much of the rest transcribed and some of the transcripts indexed
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Shropshire Family History Society Journal
Shropshire History and Archaeology
Shropshire Magazine
Midland History
West Midland Studies
Gentlemans Magazine
Archaeologia Cambrensis
Montgomeryshire Collections
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
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13. Other material
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14. Guides to Collections
Shropshire family history: a guide to sources in the Shropshire Records and Research Centre. 1996. �3.50 (�4.20 by post in UK. Cheques payable to Shropshire County Council please)
See also Website above for details of holdings
15. Local Record Offices
Shropshire Records and Research Centre is the combined Local Studies Library and County Record Office covering the whole of Shropshire.
Other information
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