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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Islington Local History Centre
Finsbury Library
245 St. John Street
London
EC1V 4NB
Tel: (020) 7527 7988
Email: local.history@islington.gov.uk
Website: http://www.islington.gov.uk/localhistory
Opening hours:
Mon & Thurs 9.30am - 8.00pm
Tues, Fri & Sat 9.30am - 5.00pm
We close every day between 1pm and 2pm
Wed & Sun Closed
An appointment is necessary.
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Research service is £12 per 30 minutes work. If research will take over 30 minutes then we recommend independent research services.
Our research service is provided by staff at the Centre.
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
No indexes to these records held by the library service
5. Census returns
This Centre holds census records for Islington and Finsbury areas for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and
1901. No census records are now kept at (Islington's) Central Library.
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex (1874 only)
6(b) City and Town Directories
Post Office London Directories - incomplete files
Islington Street Directories 1852-1905 (incomplete)
Holloway 1898-1915 (incomplete)
6(c) Telephone Directories
None
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Islington 1860, 1885+ (some gaps)
Finsbury: Finsbury Parliamentary Borough and Metropolitan Borough 1842, 1873-1885, 1901+ (some gaps)
7(b) Poll Books
None
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1981, 1992
9. Unpublished Indexes
Card indexes, some obituaries indexed
10. Parish Registers
St Mary Islington (microfilm)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Many short files including parish magazines. Includes Backhill (St. Peter's, Clerkenwell) and Il Punto
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Harleian Society transcripts of St. James, Clerkenwell early registers
13. Other material
14. Guides to Collections
15. Local Record Offices
London Metropolitan Archives
Other information
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