The Library
Arrangement of the Building
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Basement: Lower Library
- On-line library catalogue
- Free access to Ancestry, Find My Past, Family Relatives, Origins & other web sites
- English, Welsh, Scottish & some surviving Irish census returns & indexes
- England & Wales indexes to births, marriages & deaths from 1837 onwards
- International Genealogical Index & British Vital Records indexes to CM 1538-c.1888
- Boyd’s marriage index of England 1538-c.1837
- National Burial Index
- Scotland indexes to births, marriages & deaths 1855-1920 & certificates for 1855
- Scottish births & marriages 1553-1855
- Will indexes 15th century to 1930
- Great Card Index & Bernau Index on microfilm
- Document Collections of family history research & original documents
- Parish registers & other sources on microfilm, microfiche & CD-ROM
Ground Floor
- Reception
- Free access area to Ancestry, Find My Past, Family Relatives, FreeBMD, FreeCEN & UKBMD web sites
- Bookshop
- Locker room
- Common room
- Lecture room
First Floor: Middle Library
- On-line library catalogue
- Main library enquiry desk & Librarian’s office
- English, Welsh, Scottish, Channel Islands & Isle of Man sources in book form
- Local histories, registers, monumental (tombstone) inscriptions, census indexes, directories, poll books, family history & record society publications
- Textbooks & finding aids
- Audio cassettes of lectures
Second Floor: Upper Library
- On-line library catalogue
- Genealogy officer, Research assistant, Events secretary & Membership secretary
- Irish sources in book form
- Multi-county will indexes, marriage licences, directories & periodicals
- Peerages, heraldry, biographical dictionaries
- Family histories & one-name studies
- Schools, universities, colleges & apprenticeships
- Armed forces, professions & occupations, Church of England & nonconformists
- State papers (TNA sources) & Historical MSS Commission reports
- Overseas sources