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London Family History Centre

The London Family History Centre is currently located in the Reading Room of The National Archives. The National Archives has approved an extension of the current arrangements to accommodate the London Family History Centre at Kew through the early part of 2013. In the meantime, the London Family History Centre is considering a variety of alternatives for a permanent location.

Both online and microfilm resources remain at Kew.  Advanced booking of computers or films is not necessary.  Use this website to identify film numbers present in our inventory. A form to request films is available at Kew. Staff members retrieve films every 15 minutes.  Downloads from websites and digital scans or prints from films are available.

Highlights of Available Resources

Computer & Subscription Resources

Free access to the following sites:

  •  FamilySearch
  •  Ancestry (International Edition)
  • British Library Newspapers
  • Deceased Online (temp.unavailable)
  • FindMyPast
  • Jamaican Family Search
  • Origins Network
  • The Genealogist
  • TNA Records Online 
England & Wales Resources
  • Parish records from more than 9500 parishes
  • Non-conformist records
  • Parish chest and poor law records
  • Post-1858 record copy wills
  • Prerogative Court of York record copy wills
  • Probate records from hundreds of ecclesiastical courts
  • Directories, school and voting records
  • Census records from 4 different websites
  • Easy BMD searches on FindMyPast
Irish Resources
  • BMD indexes 1864-1957, register entries for many births and some marriages and deaths
  • Church records from more than 800 parishes mostly Catholic
  • Griffiths Valuation index, summary and valuation reports
  • 1901 and 1911 censuses online
  • Tithe Applotment indexes and records
  • Registry of Deed indexes and many entries
Scottish Resources
  • BMD indexes 1855-1955 and most register entries up to 1875
  • Old Parochial Register index and microfilms
  • Census indexes online
Other Resources
  • Jamaica and Barbados civil registration and church records
  • Jamaican family search website
  • Microfilm records from many other Caribbean islands
  • A significant collection of records of interest to Jewish researchers, including Jewish materials from Poland, Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, etc.
  • Records from the British in India, Goa and Sri Lanka
  • US census indexes and images from 1780 to 1930, the Canadian 1881 census, and many other US data sets.

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    London FHC News

    The Archives will be closed for Bank Holiday weekends on May 4 and May 25. 

     

    The Hyde Park Chapel on Exhibition Road has re-opened following its refurbishing, but the London Family History Centre remains temporarily at The Nation Archives at Kew for the immediate future.  Our opening hours mirror those of the Archives: Closed Sunday and Monday, open Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  The Archives are closed on the Saturdays of Bank Holiday Weekends.
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