As a Council, we have a a wide range of resources to help you find out more about your family history. This page also contains a list of relevant websites which may help with your research.
Copies of certificates for births, marriages or deaths that have taken place in Leicester since 1 July 1837 can be obtained from:
Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Leicester, LE1 9BG.
Tel: 0845 045 0901
www.leicester.gov.uk/registration
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The Record Office holds archives and local studies centre for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, with extensive collections including books, newspapers, archives of the Borough and City of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland County Councils, parish and probate records, maps, photographs, and sound recordings.
Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester, LE18 2AH.
Tel: (0116) 257 1080
Email: recordoffice@leics.gov.uk
Record Office website
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Research Centre and Library at Unit 48, Pilot House, King Street, Leicester.
Tel: (0116) 285 7211
LRFHS website
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The Ancestry* website is available free to members of Leicester Libraries at the following four libraries:
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Learning & Information Library, Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AA
Tel: (0116) 299 5401
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Evington Library, 200 Evington Lane, Leicester LE5 6DH
Tel: (0116) 2211286
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Hamilton Library, 20 Maidenwell Avenue, Leicester LE5 1BL
Tel: (0116) 221 2790
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Westcotes Library, Narborough Road, Leicester LE3 0BQ
Tel: (0116) 299 5510
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A selection of some key sites, many of which contain links to other sites.
Please note: Leicester City Council is not responsible for the content and services provided on external websites.
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Ancestry
Family History website includes 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901 Census data for England and Wales. Free to search but pay-to-view specific records.
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Archives Online
Details of archives throughout the UK, searchable by name, place, etc.
from 1837 to present, England & Wales Census 1841 - 1911.
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Federation of Family History Societies.
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Family Search
FamilySearch website - searchable by name.
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Genfair
Online “family history fair” - details of Family History Society publications.
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Genuki
UK and Ireland genealogical Information Service - hundreds of links arranged by counties and subjects.
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Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies
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Moving Here
Contains useful information on family history records and resources for Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian ancestors.
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Census Online
Census for England & Wales 1901, 1891, 1871, 1861, 1851, 1841, and birth, marriage & death indexes 1837-2004.
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General Register Office
GRO site - information about obtaining birth, adoption, marriage and death certificates.
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English record offices and archives
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National Archives
How to use public records, leaflets for family historians.
- library, bookshop, courses, leaflets and online journals.
Military Records
Personal and service details and places of commemoration for members
of the forces in the two World Wars.
Religious Records
Local Sites
Genuki’s Leicestershire site provides links to specific data, library catalogues
and other key sites.
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