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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Kendal Library
Stricklandgate
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4PY
Tel: 01539 773520 / 773525
Fax: 01539 773530
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Local Studies Librarian
Opening hours:
Monday: 0930-1900
Tuesday: 0930-1700
Wednesday: 0930-1900
Thursday: 0930-1200
Friday: 0930-1700
Saturday: 1000-1600
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Yes
Provided by local Record Office?
Cumbria 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
5. Census returns
1841-1891 Westmorland
*Free access to Library edition of Ancestry.co.uk
(*Normal computer charges and concessions apply)
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Various dates for Westmorland from 1829-1938
A few for Furness and Cumberland
6(b) City and Town Directories
Kendal 1953, 1963, 1965, 1974
6(c) Telephone Directories
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
None
7(b) Poll Books
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1992 edition. Microfiche held in Kendal Library
9. Unpublished Indexes
Card index for ephemeral files and photographs
10. Parish Registers
Small number of transcripts
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
13. Other material
Maps: 1st edition O.S. series 6" and 25" to 1 mile (incomplete sets) Westmorland
2nd edition O.S. series 6" and 25" to 1 mile (incomplete sets) Westmorland
Plus later maps.
Photographs.
Newspapers on microfilm.
14. Guides to Collections
15. Local Record Offices
Cumbria Record Office
County Offices
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4RQ
Tel: 01539 773540 / 773542
email: [email protected]
Other information
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