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2. Principal Libraries with Family History resources
Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre
Central Library
Townley Road
Bexley
Kent
DA6 7HJ
Tel: 020 8301 1545
Fax: 020 8303 7872
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Oliver Wooller (Archivist)
Opening hours:
Monday: 0930-1730
Tuesday: 0930-1730
Wednesday: 0930-1730
Thursday: 0930-2000
Friday: 0930-1730
Saturday: 0930-1700
Sunday: 1000-1400
Other Libraries:
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3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes. Limited to approximately 15 minutes' research time.
Fee-based?
SAE + cost of photocopying
Provided by local Record Office?
Yes and also provides list of private reseachers for more lengthy enquiries
4. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages for the whole country 1900-1942.
Locations
Not held
5. Census returns
1841-1901: areas now within London Borough of Bexley
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Kent directories from c.1834 (incomplete)
Local directories from 1871 to 1939 (incomplete and varies between areas)
6(b) City and Town Directories
Local directories from 1892 (incomplete)
6(c) Telephone Directories
Local area 1950s to present day
7. Electoral registers and polls books
7(a) Electoral Registers
Varies according to area but earliest is for Erith in 1906
7(b) Poll Books
8. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
British Isles 1988 and 1992 on both CD-Rom and microfiche (please ring to book)
9. Unpublished Indexes
1881 Census Index for S.E. Counties and various unpublished indexes to Censuses
10. Parish Registers
Diocesan Record Office: non-current parish registers for most churches within the Borough (Rochester and Southwark Diocese). Many on microfiche/film
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Wide range of local magazines
12. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
13. Other material
1881 Census nationally on CD-Rom
Index to First World War Roll of Honour on CD-Rom
Index to Second World War Roll of Honour on CD-Rom
UK Info Disk 2002
National Burial Index
Mormon Immigration Index
Please ring in advance to book PC time for all of the above.
14. Guides to Collections
Reilly, Len. Family history in Bexley
(downloadable copy available via the website http://www.bexley.gov.uk then under libraries)
15. Local Record Offices
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Other information
Please ring for leaflet covering collections and address and opening hours or consult the web site under libraries at http://www.bexley.gov.uk
- also for information on a wide range of publications, events, exhibitions, walks, talks etc
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