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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Walsall Local History Centre
Essex Street
Walsall
WS2 7AS
Tel: 01922 721305
Fax: 01922 34954
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Ruth Vyse (Archivist/Local Studies Officer)
Opening hours:
Mon: Closed
Tue: 9.30 - 5.30
Wed: 9.30 - 7.00
Thur: 9.30 - 5.30
Fri: 9.30 - 5.00
Sat: 9.30 - 1.00
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
No
Provided by local Record Office?
WLHC is a combined record office and local studies library. Telephone email and written enquiries are done if the information sought is specific and can be done in 30 minutes. Otherwise a list of record agents is sent to the enquirer
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations
G.R.O.
Births 1837-1973
Marriages 1837-1973
Deaths 1837-1973
Overseas indexes
5. Census returns
1801-1831 Walsall (Ancient) Borough (i.e. the town of Walsall)
1841-1901 modern Walsall M.B.C. area
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Staffordshire 1770-1865. Various compilers
Kelly's Staffordshire 1870-1940
6(b) City and Town Directories
Walsall Red Book 1873-1939; 1957-1963
6(c) Telephone Directories
1954-date
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Walsall 1832-date
(Walsall North and South since 1955; Aldridge Brownhils since 1974)
Parts of Wednesbury -Willenhall & Darlaston 1931-1955
7(b) Poll Books
Walsall 1832-1847
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
IGI England 1992 microfiche
Wales, Scotland, Ireland 1988 microfiche
9. Unpublished Indexes
IGS 1881 census index England and Wales
Walsall Borough name indexes 1841-1871 and 1891-1901
1861 and 1871 census name index - modern Borough area
In preparation and available 1841 and 1851
Planned 1891
Births, Marraiges & Burials at St. Matthew's Church Wallsall 18th century - 1840
10. Parish Registers
Parishes within Walsall M.B. Copies of film of records deposited at Stafford Record Office only St Matthew's Walsall later than 1900
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
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12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Staffordshire historical collections 1880s to date
13. Other material
The archive collections of Walsall Borough
Over 10,000 photographs
Over 700 oral history recordings
Large map collection
14. Guides to Collections
No comprehensive guide available
15. Local Record Offices
Walsall Local History Centre
Essex Street
Walsall
WS2 7AS
Tel: 01922 721305
Email: [email protected]
Other information
Booking essestial for microfilm ad microfiche bookings
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