Out of hours contact details

Heritage Service

Useful links

Family history

Ancestry (freely accessible in Wandsworth Libraries) - popular family history website. www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx

Free Births, Marriages and Deaths Index transcription of the General Register Office Index of Birth, Marriage and Death, which gives the year and quarter and the district of registration. Work in progress. www.freebmd.org.uk

Free Census returns - transcriptions of Census returns.  Work in progress. www.freecen.org.uk

International Genealogical Index - includes the 1881 census and many parish register entries. www.familysearch.org

BBC Family History - contains How To guides. www.bbc.co.uk/familyhistory

Scotland's People - the General Register Office Scotland site.  Pay-as-you-go. www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Archives

The National Archives - contains catalogues for material at the National Archives, research guides and many other useful search tools. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

London Metropolitan Archives - includes information on records relating to the Borough of Wandsworth held by the London Metropolitan Archives. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma

Parliamentary Archives - archives of the UK Parliament. www.parliament.uk/publications/archives.cfm

Lambeth Archives www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/Archives.htm

Merton Local Studies Centre www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/history-heritage/localstudies.htm

Richmond Local Studies www.richmond.gov.uk/local_history_and_heritage.htm

Archive catalogues online

Access2Archives - online catalogues for England. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a

Scottish Archives Network - online catalogues for Scotland. www.scan.org.uk

AIM25 - collection level descriptions of archives held in the London area. www.aim25.ac.uk

Archives Hub - collection level descriptions of archives held by UK universities. www.archiveshub.ac.uk

Local societies

Wandsworth Historical Society: www.wandsworthhistory.org.uk

Battersea Society: www.batterseasociety.org.uk

Wandsworth Society: www.wandsworthsociety.org.uk

Balham Societies: www.balham.com/community/clubs.htm

Putney Society: www.putneysociety.org.uk

Clapham Society: www.outlines.org.uk/claphamsociety/claphamsociety.html

Other useful sites

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. www.cwgc.org

Wandsworth Museum - information on the new Museum. www.wandsworthmuseum.co.uk

Thames Pilot: Battersea - Images of Battersea and the Thames

Thames Pilot: Wandsworth - Images of Wandsworth and the Thames

British Pathe Film Archive (news footage, 1896 - 1970). www.britishpathe.com

Historical Directories - online versions of trade directories, including Kelly's. www.historicaldirectories.org

Workhouses site including information on the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Workhouse. www.workhouses.org.uk

United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials www.ukniwm.org.uk

Battersea Grammar School www.oldgrammarians.co.uk


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