Archives
- We will do research at any of the following London archives, libraries, and record offices as part of
- our standard research.
- If you require research at any other archives in London, or in different parts of the UK, please
- contact us and we will try to accommodate you.
Archives
British Library (www.bl.uk) - Oriental and India Office Collections www.bl.uk/collections/oriental
- See partial online search engine at http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/
- For more British Families in India resources online, please see www.search.fibis.org
- Telephone directories dating back to 1880
Catholic Central Library(www.catholic-library.org.uk)
- Many records pertaining to Catholic family history
City of London Police Record Office (www.cityoflondon.gov.uk)
- 1832 onwards
Corporation of London Records Office (www.corpoflondon.gov.uk)
- Currently at LMA
Divorce Registry (www.courtservice.gov.uk)
Dr. Williams' Library (www1.rhbnc.ac.uk/hellenic-institute/Drwilliams's.html)
- Nonconformist records
Fawcett Library(www.lgu.ac.uk/fawcett/main.htm)
French Protestant Church of London (www.egliseprotestantelondres.org/english)
Guildhall Library (www.cityoflondon.gov.uk)
- Apprenticeship records
- Boyd's Marriage Index
- Occupational Listings
- Old Bailey Session Papers
- Guild records
- Trade Directories
HM Land Registry (www.landreg.gov.uk)
Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Huguenot Library (www.huguenot society.org.uk)
Imperial War Museum (www.iwm.org.uk)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies (www.sas.ac.uk)
Institute of Historical Research (www.history.ac.uk)
Irish Genealogical Research Society Library (www.igrsoc.org)
Jewish Museum(www.ort.org/jewmusm)Lambeth Palace Library(www.lambethpalacelibrary.org)
Library and Museum of Freemasonry (www.freemasonry.london.museum/)London Metropolitan Archives - LMA (www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/)
- The largest local authority record office in the United Kingdom (formerly the Greater London Records Office)
- Catalogue on London Generations http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/family-research/registerSearchForm.asp
- A digitisation project has begun for some documents held at LMA, but it will not be complete for several years
Metropolitan Police Archives(www.met.police.uk/records/history.htm)
National Army Museum (www.national-army-museum.ac.uk)
Post Office Archives and Record Centre (www.postalheritage.org.uk)
Principal Registry of the Family Division (www.courtservice.gov.uk)
- Wills and Grants of Administration from 1858
Religious Society of Friends
(www.quaker.org.uk/library)
Royal Air Force Museum (www.rafmuseum.org.uk)
Royal College of Physicians Library(www.rcplondon.ac.uk)
Society of Genealogists (www.sog.org.uk)
- British, English, and worldwide genealogy
- Large collection of genealogical publications, including Family Tree magazine
The National Archives - TNA(www.nationalarchives.gov.uk)
- Military Records
- Criminal Records (including ancestors transported to Australia)
- Death Duty records
- Manorial Records
- Railway Records
- Divorce Records
- Ancestors magazine