Genealogy Chat

alter ,have you anything for LIVERPOOL please thank you EILEEN

How long is a pece of string-its my local area !! What are you looking for?

hi alter could you find anything on bethnal green /shoreditch areas please thankyou for your offer kerry ann

LIVERPOOL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConNarrative.92 this is a link to the port cities site for starters ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- there are many history societies including the liverpool and south west lancs society>>>>>>>>> http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/home.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Record Office, Local Studies and Family History Service Central Library William Brown Street Liverpool L3 8EW Tel: 0151 233 5817 (enquiries) Tel: 0151 233 5811 (microform bookings) Fax: 0151 233 5886 (mark for attention of Record Office) Email: recoffice.central.library(AT)liverpool.gov.uk WWW: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/ Contact: The place is being refurbished soon and all records are being digitised-all the parish records -everything-the project will take a year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Genuki site is very thorough in its liverpool parish names etc. If you have a particular surname try googling the surname with the word genealogy and liverpool-you'll find that quite a few people have done their own family sites,especially centering on the Victorian era in Liverpool when shipping was strong.

BETHNAL GREEN and EAST LONDON >>>>>>>>>>> try this site for Bethnal Green http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/bethnal_green.htm If you can tell me the didtricts these places used to be in I can locate a records ofice......London is a big place !

hi alter thankyou for your help i think bethnal green and shoreditch used to be middlesex thanks again kerry ann

Ive worked out that its TOWER HAMLETS>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives Bancroft Library 277 Bancroft Road London E1 4DQ Tel: 020 7364 1290 Fax: 020 7364 1292 Email: localhistory (A T) towerhamlets.gov.uk Contacts: C.J. Lloyd (Local History Librarian); M. Barr-Hamilton (Archivist) Electoral registers>>>> Tower Hamlets Parliamentary Borough 1901-1915 Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough 1901-1964 Poplar Metropolitan Borough 1918-1964 Stepney Metropolitan Borough 1918-1964 Tower Hamlets, London Borough 1965 to date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ London Metropolitan Archives 40 Northampton Road London EC1R 0AB Tel: 0171 332 3820 Fax: 0171 833 9136

Hi Alter Ego Can you give me any help with sources for Bideford area of North Devon, especially the village around Littleham Thank you Jo

Hi This is great! My brick wall for finding resources is Huntingdonshire more specifically St Ives in Hunts. Thanks Janet

DEVON>>>>>>>>>>>>>. http://www.ffhs.org.uk/Societies/Awards/Web2005Report.htm thats the link for devon family history society website. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched# this is the government site,where they hold giudes to collections ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Devon Library and Record Office, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1EL. Tel: 01271-388607 Exeter Reference Library Castle Street Exeter EX4 3PQ Tel: 01392-384206 barnloc ( A T ) devon.gov.uk (replace the AT) -------------------------------------------------------------resources held there include ROLES>>> Devon: 1832-1915, 1918-39, 1945- (Devon Record Office, Exeter) (1832-1900 on microfiche in Devon Record Office, Exeter and Barnstaple) Devon (excluding conurbations): 1951, 1959-61, 1963-72 (Westcountry Studies Library) Exeter: 1945- (Westcountry Studies Library) East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge, South Hams districts: 1973- (Westcountry Studies Library, some in remote store) North Devon and Torridge districts 1969-70, 1973- (North Devon Library, Barnstaple) POLL BOOKS>>>>>>>>>>>> Few survive for Devon: those in libraries in Devon:- Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter: Devon 1839 Exeter 1776, 1835, 1852, 1864, 1868 Plymouth 1852, 1853 Dorset 1807 North Devon Library, Barnstaple: Barnstaple 1832, 1847, 1852, 1854, 1857, 1863, 1865, 1868 Devon Record Office holds some additional poll books DEVON RECORD OFFICE>>>>>>>>> Devon Record Office, Castle Street, Exeter EX4 3PU with branch offices at the Dean and Chapter Archives, Exeter Cathedral Library, North Devon Record Office, Barnstaple and seven part-time service points across the county. Tel: 01392-384253 Fax: 01392-384256 Email: devrec ( A T ) devon.gov.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Genuki site lists in huge detail publications relating to Bideford and where some other resources are kept including various museums. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always check curiousfox just in case -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again there seems to be quite a few family websites relating to the area-google your surnames with devon,or bideford and the word genealogy.....the surname Steer seems popular. LITTLEHAM- there are references in British Origins site and plenty in Genuki. try this snippet too>>>> http://www.alverlin.freeserve.co.uk/LITTLEHAMMIS/history.html WHEN LOOKING AT BIDEFORD REMEMBER IT IS OFTEN GROUPED WITH BARNSTABLE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is actually a Littleham Online Parish clerk- google those words-little site just started,maybe that person can lead you in the right direction.

ST IVES HUNTINGDON>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Workhouse records for St Ives (1836-1913), Huntingdon (1838-1949) and St Neots (1913-1952) on microfiche kept at............................. Huntingdonshire Collection Huntingdon Library Princes Street Huntingdon PE29 3PH Tel: 0845 045 5225 Fax: 01480 459563 Email: Caroline.Clifford ( A T ) cambridgeshire.gov.uk Contact: Mrs C. Clifford (Local Studies Librarian) other resources there include............ Huntingdonshire Poll Books: 1807, 1818, 1826, 1830, 1837, 1857, 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CRO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Huntingdonshire Record Office Grammar School Walk Huntingdon PE29 3LF Tel: 01480 375842 Fax: 01480 375842 Email: countyrecords.hunts ( A T ) cambridgeshire.gov.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the area has its own special website>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.saint-ives.org.uk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and try this >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.huntsfhs.org.uk/Huntingdonshire/StIves.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again check out in full the Genuki site -there is lots. Check out any entries on curiousfox

Thank you very much for the info on Bideford area of Devon Jo

Thank you so very much for the information on Hunts & St Ives you have given me something to work with. Cheers Janet

Hello again I have another area of interest - on a census image I have an ancestor who gives his place of birth as Balls Pond London, I think it may be an area of Islington[?]. Any info on this area? Cheers Janet

Bradford, West Yorkshire, particularly North Bierley. Thanks very much. x

BALLS POND >>>>>>>>>>>.. There is a Balls Pond Road in London N1. this is a website that relates to Balls Pond Burial Ground>>>>> http://www.apex.net.au/~tmj/balls-pond/

Hi Alter, Do you know where I would find BMDs for Brentford Middx? Is it in Hounslow now? Many thanks, Sylvia.

During Autumn 2006 West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford will be moving out of our Canal Road, Bradford premises, after the expiry of our lease. These premises have proved inadequate for a modern archive service in terms of both public access (under the Disability Discrimination legislation) and modern standards for archive storage (under British Standards: BS 5454) . We are therefore taking the opportunity to improve access for users and storage of collections by re-locating to Bradford Central Library. Co-location and increased co-operation between West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford and Bradford Local Studies Library will enable significant improvements to be made in public access to the local history and archive collections of the Bradford District. Statement on their website>>>>>>>>>>BRADFORD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/ try this link to get a picture of their resources.

Chiswick Library Duke's Avenue Chiswick London W4 2AB Tel: 020 8994 1008 Fax: 020 8995 0016 Email: Contact: Mrs C. Taylor, Arcivist Chiswick Library's local collection covers Brentford and Chiswick. Hounslow Library 24 Treaty Centre Hounslow High Street Middlesex, TW3 1ES. Tel: 0845 456 2800 Fax: 0845 456 2880 Contact: James Marshall (Librarian) and Victoria Northwood (Heritage and Tourism Manager) Hounslow Library's local collection covers the London Borough of Hounslow excepting Brentford and Chiswick. There is a Brentford Library aswell that holds census stuff.....I would phone Chiswick library to double check for specific requirements-from reading all the guff,there are collections and resources split up all over the place-you might end up having to use Westminster Records Office which is very busy.....all these places need prior appointments just in case.......

Many thanks for that info, Alter. Very handy as Chiswick is just up the road from where I live. What would we do without such helpful people as yourself on these boards. Regards, Sylvia.