Family History

For those who are interested in finding out about the past, discovering how people lived or tracing their family history, your library can provide resource materials on:

Focus on Family History gives information on books, websites, organisations and activities to help you find out how to research your family history

How to trace your family history (Word doc) -  A guide created by the Record Office which contains links to useful websites.

Online access to Ancestry Library Edition gives you an opportunity to trace your ancestors in the UK, US and other international territories by accessing Census, BMD indexes, Passenger Lists, Military Records and many other records

LeicestershireVillages.com has local village information and available Church and Burial Records

Larger libraries have early town and trade directories, census returns, parish registers, and old telephone directories which will all help you trace your family history.

The International Genealogical Index can be used in person, or by the staff at the Leicestershire Record Office to trace your family name, or visit the Reference and Information Library in Leicester to trace your ancestors at the touch of a button on the Family search database.

For more detailed research into local history contact the Record Office.  

 

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