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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: [email protected]
Website: http://www.islington.gov.uk
Opening hours:
Mon & Thurs 10.00am - 8.00pm
Tues 10.00am - 5.00pm
Wed Closed
Fri 10.00am - 1.00pm
Closed daily 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Due to staff shortages an appointment is necessary.
Other Libraries:
3. Research Service
Service available?
Yes
Fee-based?
Postal search fee �12.00
Provided by local 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
Held at Family Records Centre (see section 15)
No indexes to these records held by the library service
5. Census returns
Central Reference Library: Islington for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Finsbury Library: Finsbury and Clerkenwell for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
6. Directories
6(a) County and Regional Directories
Central Reference Library: 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
Central Reference Library: 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)
Central Reference Library: 1981, 1992
9. Unpublished Indexes
Card indexes, some obituaries indexed
10. Parish Registers
St Mary Islington (microfilm)
11. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
Central Reference Library: many short files including parish magazines
Finsbury: 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
Family Records Centre
Other information
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