Sources of Information

Your family
Family records/documents/photographs/gravestones
Civil registration records
Census returns
Parish records
Wills
Army records
Mormon sources/international genealogical index (IGI)
Newspapers - birth, death and marriage notices

Useful Contacts

Family Records Centre
1 Myddleton Street
London EC1R 1UW
Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 5300
Birth, Adoption, Marriage & Death Certificates
Historical census returns, wills, registers & indexes
Advice & information on family history research
This is an External Link Icon Family Records Centre Website

General Register Office
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road
Southport PR8 2HH
Tel: 0151 471 4800
General Register Office Website

Principal Divorce Registry
Family Proceedings Department
DA Searches Section Room 2.03
First Avenue House
42 - 49 High Holborn
London WC1V 6NP
Information Hotline Tel: 0171 936 6966

Rotherham Family History Society
Mr. B. Allott
36 Warren Hill
Rotherham
S61 3SX
This is an External Link Icon Rotherham Family History Society Website

Rotherham MBC Archives and Local Studies Service
Rotherham Central Library
Walker Place
Rotherham
S65 1JH
Rotherham MBC Archives & Local Studies

Sheffield Archives
52 Shoreham Street
Sheffield
Tel: 0114 203 9395
email : sheffield.archives@dial.pipex.com
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The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
The National Archives

York Probate
The Court Service
York Probate Sub-Registry
Duncombe Place
York YO1 2EA
Postal Applications wills/probate
Tel: 01904 624210