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  • Greater Manchester County Record Office - One of the largest UK provincial record offices. Stores historical records relating to the Greater Manchester area, and to make them available for members of the public for research.
  • CityArk: Medway Council's (UK) Archives - Descriptions and images of the municipal, parish and other records held by Medway Council for Rochester, Strood, Chatham, Gillingham, the Hoo Peninsula and north west Kent, England.
  • Somerset Archive and Record Service - Holds many millions of original documents ranging in date from the eighth century AD to the present day. Online catalogue in progress, some online documents.
  • Welsh Archives Council - The council represents institutions and organisations from all parts of Wales involved with the administration of archives. Contains details of archive repositories in Wales and elsewhere.
  • Cheshire and Chester Record Office - The Record Office based in Chester holds records useful for tracing the history of family, house or locality in Cheshire.
  • Anglesey County Record Office - Holds of records of Anglesey County Council, the Rural District Councils of Aethwy, Dwyran, Twrcelyn and Valley and the Urban District Councils of Amlwch, Llangefni and Menai Bridge and Parish Councils.
  • Glamorgan Record Office - Collects, preserves and makes available to the public, documents relating to the historic county of Glamorgan and the ecclesiastical records of parishes in the Diocese of Llandaff. It has over five miles of records, dating from the twelfth century to the
  • Powys County Archives - The official repository for the records of the modern county of Powys and the three former counties of Brecon, Montgomery and Radnor. Opening times, a message board and guide to sources for genealogists.
  • West Glamorgan Archive Service - Is responsible for locating, preserving and making accessible documents relating to all aspects of the history of West Glamorgan. Guide to collections, publications, user information.
  • Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service - Promotes and makes available the written and pictorial archive heritage of the county of Bedfordshire. Guide and samples online.
  • The Hackney Archives Department - Looks after the administrative records of the borough council and its predecessors back to 1700, and of organisations and individuals within the borough. Browse through Hackney's past online, including thousands of images.
  • Cumbria Archive Service - Cares for parish regisisters, other ecclesiastical records, wills, electoral registers, maps and plans, poor law records, title deeds, and photographs. Record Offices in Barrow, Carlisle,Kendal and Whitehaven.
  • Devon Record Office - Exists to collect and preserve the historical records of Devon and to make them available to all who wish to study them. Outline of the records held at offices at Exeter, Barnstaple and Plymouth.
  • Tyne and Wear Archives Service - Lists the holdings which may be of value to family and local history researchers.
  • Suffolk Record Office - Aims to identify, preserve and catalogue the raw materials of the history of the county for public use. Outline of the holdings of the three branches, research service, regulations.
  • Staffordshire Record Office - Gives details of the many documents held relating to the county, which are available to local and family history researchers. Online catalogue, opening hours, with links to other archive offices in the county.
  • Dundee City Archive and Record Centre - Holds the official records of The City of Dundee District Council, the former Corporation of Dundee and the core records of the former Tayside Regional Council.
  • Edinburgh City Archives - Most aspects of Edinburgh history are illuminated by these political, administrative, judicial, business, personal, domestic, criminal, religious, social, legal and commercial archives.
  • Friends of Dundee City Archives - An organisation which supports the work of the archivists in Dundee. Activities, talks. Wesleyan Register of Baptisms.
  • North Highland Archive - Established in 1995 to cover the former Scottish counties of Caithness and Sutherland and has records from the 17th century to the present day. Services, holdings, news and family history sources.
  • Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies - Acquires historic material about the local area including Bilston, Penn, Tettenhall, Wednesfield and Wolverhampton. Site contains 100,000 online surname entries.
  • Bedford and Luton Records and Archives Service - Holds the records of local government. Includes location, public services, and searchable database of transcripts of entries from the gaol registers 1801-1879.
  • Angus Local Studies Centre - Houses and preserves 800 years of the area's written heritage. It contains royal charters, letters, diaries, plans, minute books, school log books, and sasines. A genealogy service is also provided.
  • Southampton City Archives - Collects, catalogues and conserves archival material for the City of Southampton. Description of the collections, opening hours.
  • York City Archives - Hold York civic records over 500 years, records of a few manors, mostly near to the city of York, civic and private charities and some family and business records. Outline of collection.
  • Bath and North East Somerset Record Office - Stores written records relating to the history of Bath and North East Somerset, derived from local government and private sources. Outline of records held.
  • Berkshire Record Office - Established to locate and preserve records relating to the county of Berkshire and its people, and to make them available for research to anyone who is interested in the county's past.
  • Cornwall Record Office - Its remit is to acquire through gift, deposit or transfer historical records pertaining to the history of Cornwall and its populace, preserving them and making them available for public consultation.
  • Essex Record Office - Collects and preserves the county's written heritage. Online catalogue. Also outline of holdings, services, branch offices and access points. Leaflets on specific types of source in pdf format.
  • Northumberland Archive Service - An introduction to the Record Offices at Melton Park, Morpeth and Berwick-upon-Tweed and the records they hold.
  • Shropshire Records and Research - Hold over 5½ miles of material relating to Shropshire past and present. Guide with brief descriptions of the sources most likely to help the family historian, visitor information.
  • Worcestershire Record Office - Holds the records of county administration. The History Centre caters especially for family historians. Outline of the collection, news, events.
  • Gwent Record Office - Visitor information and services.
  • East of England Museums, Libraries and Archives Council - Describes its remit and gives news and information about funding and awards, research, policies, plans, learning and access, including ICT development.
  • London Borough of Croydon Archives - For information on Croydon and its people - past, present and future. Overview of the records and potted history of Croydon.
  • AIM25 - A project to provide electronic access to collection level descriptions of the archives of over fifty higher education institutions and learned societies within the greater London area.
  • East Riding of Yorkshire Archives - The archive holds over 10,000 linear feet of documents dating from the 12th century to the present day. Services, visitor information and online catalogue.
  • Plymouth and West Devon Record Office - The archives service for Plymouth and the West Devon area. Search room plan. A selection of indexes and catalogues are available online.
  • Hull City Archives - Holds records relating to all aspects of life within the City of Hull, but the core collection is the records of local government. Collection outline, publications and visitor information.
  • Borthwick Institute for Archives - A research institute specialising in the study of ecclesiastical history, in particular that of the Province of York. It acts as the diocesan record office for Yorkshire and is a recognised place of deposit for public records.
  • Society of Archivists - Promotes the care and preservation of archives and the better administration of archive repositories to advance the training of its members and to encourage relevant research and publication.
  • Coventry Archives - Collect, preserve and make available for research historical and modern archives relating to the city and its citizens.
  • The Dorset History Centre - Unites Dorset's Archives and Dorset Local Studies. Aims to care for Dorset's records and to encourage their use. Guide to the records held, including Dorset Parish Register Guide On-line, news, opening hours.
  • Corporation of London Records Office - CLRO holds the official archives of the Corporation of London, containing records that document the government of the City spanning eleven centuries.
  • London Metropolitan Archives - The largest local authority archive in the UK, covering the whole of Greater London (former counties of London and Middlesex). Large range of downloadable leaflets on London record sources.

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