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Description: | A collection of family and local history resources as follows:
1. Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855.
Locations Not held
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2. Census returns
1841-1891 Kingston Borough area
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3. Directories
3a) County and Regional Directories
National 1794
National 1811
Surrey 1823-1938
3(b) City and Town Directories
Kingston 1864-1971
Surbiton 1939-1971
3(c) Telephone Directories
Kingston 1969 to date
London SW Yellow Pages 1972 to date
Thompson Directory Kingston 1984 to date
Yellow Pages: Kingston Local 1995 to date
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4. Electoral registers and polls books
4(a) Electoral Registers
Kingston & Surbiton 1918 to date
4(b) Poll Books
None held
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5. International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Surrey 1988 and 1992 (microfiche)
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6. Unpublished Indexes
Kingston Censuses
Card index to 1841 census
Computerised indexes to 1851, 1861 and 1871 censuses
(Work is in progress to turn these indexes into a large 19th Century database)
Surrey Comet Newspaper indexes
c.1890-c.1930 and 1970 to date
Kingston parish registers card index: 1541-c1800
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7. Parish Registers
Kingston Parish (All Saints)
1541-1870 (Typescript)
1541-1875 (Microfilm)
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8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers)
East Surrey Family History Society Journal, 1977 to date
Family Tree Magazine, March 1987-October 1997
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9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material
Surrey Record Society (A large run with some gaps)
Teaching packs (all with some facsimile archives and transcripts from the collection)
Kingston in maps
Theatres and cinemas
Market place
Road, rail and river
Kingston children
Inns and hotels
Tudors and Stuarts
Victorians
Living in Kingston in the 20's and 30's
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10. Other material
Surrey 1881 census index (microfiche)
(see also Section 9 for other indexes to the censuses)
Surrey Comet newspaper 1854 to date
Kingston Borough News newspaper 1963-1980
Large local history collection of the Kingston area: books, maps, photographs, etc
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11.Guide to Borough archives,1974. Available from Emma Rummins at Kingston Local History Room. (See Section 2 or Section 15 for address).
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12. Local Record Offices
Kingston Local History Room
North Kingston Centre
Richmond Road
Surrey KT2 5PE
Tel: 0181 547 6738
Fax: 0181 547 6747
Email: king.mus@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Contact: Emma Rummins, Local History Officer
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Other information:
Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): SRY | Subjects: | Registration of birth Registration of death Population censuses Registration of marriage Local history Electoral registers Genealogy Parish records Poll books | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 44 (0)20 8547 6738 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8519 | Go to resource |
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