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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Rochdale Local Studies Library
Arts and Heritage Centre
Esplanade
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 1AQ
Tel: 01706 864915
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Julian Jefferson (Local Studies Access Officer)
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 10am - 5.30pm
Saturday 11am - 4.30pm
Other Libraries:
Heywood Local Studies Library
Heywood Library
Church Street
Heywood
Lancashire
Tel/fax: 01706 368683
Contact:
Opening hours: Monday: 1000-1930; Monday, Thursday, Friday: 1000-1730; Wednesday: 1000-1230; Saturday: 0930-1300, 1400-1600
Middleton Local Studies Library
Middleton Library
Long Street
Middleton
Lancashire
Tel: 0161 643 5228
Fax: 0161 654 0745
Contacts: Mrs P. Elliott, Mrs M. Payne (Job share)
3. Research Service
Service available?
Limited; no trawls or extensive searches
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
Greater Manchester 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
Rochdale
5. Census returns
Rochdale/Middleton/Heywood. 1841-1891 for all~See attached sheets for coverage$
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
~See attached sheets for coverage$
6(b) City and Town Directories
~See attached sheets for coverage$
6(c) Telephone Directories
Rochdale and District: 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
Manchester NE (including Rochdale): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
~See attached sheets for Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood$
7(b) Poll Books
1832, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1841, 1850, 1852, 1857
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
1994 - Lancashire
1988 - All of England
1984 - All of England
9. Unpublished Indexes
~See attached sheets$
10. Parish Registers
Rochdale St Chad's Parish Church
~See attached sheet$
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Family Tree
Practical Family History
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Nil. Archive lists (in house) available for consultation at the Library (Rochdale)
13. Other material
Rochdale wills; various pedigrees, monumental inscriptions
1851, 1841 census with name indexes,
1881 name index for Lancashire
14. Guides to Collections
In preparation
15. Local Record Offices
Greater Manchester County Record Office
56 Marshall Street
Ancoats
Manchester
Tel: 0161 832 5284
Other information
Free Internet access available to the Local Studies Centre.
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