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.
British Library www.bl.uk
- 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 Officewww.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 Museumwww.ort.org/jewmusmLambeth 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 available at
http://search.lma.gov.uk/OPAC_LMA/login.html
- A digitisation project has begun for some documents held at LMA, and many can be found at www.ancestry.co.uk
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