Northamptonshire Record Office
England Northamptonshire
Rutland
Northamptonshire Record Office
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]
E-mail: Please use the online Archive Service Enquiry Form
Address:
- Northamptonshire Record Office
Wootton Hall Park
Northampton
NN4 8BQ
United Kingdom
Telephone:
Fax:
Hours and holidays: T-Th 9-5; Fri 9-4; 1st Sat of each month 9-4[1]
Directions, maps, and public transportation: accessible by car, bus, and taxi. For further details, see: How to find Northamptonshire Record Office.
Internet sites and databases:
- Internet site
- This record office has uploaded its catalogue to Access to Archives
Collection Description[edit | edit source]
- Marriage Licence Card Index (mainly Northamptonshire and Rutland residents)
- Parish registers and printed transcripts
- Poor Law records
- Wills
Tips[edit | edit source]
- There are no entrance fees
- CARN card is required for admission
- An Archive Research Service is available for a fee
- Digital cameras are permitted; cameras must be registered at the price of £5.50 per day or £15.00 per week
- Laptops are permitted, but you must hire a circuit breaker for £2.00 per day, or £5.00 per week
Guides[edit | edit source]
Several guides to the record office's collections are available on their website:
- Adoption records
- Anglican parish registers
- Black History
- Cemetery records
- Electoral registers
- Non-Conformist registers
- Police records
- Poor Law unions - workhouses
- Prison and Reform School records
Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]
Similar Collections
- Family History Library, Salt Lake City
- Society of Genealogists Library, London
Neighboring Collections
- Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland Record Office, Wigston Magna
- Northamptonshire Family History Society Library, Wellingborough Museum, Wellingborough
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'Opening times for the Northamptonshire Record Office,' Northamptonshire County Council, http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Community/archives/Pages/Openingtimes.aspx, accessed 19 February 2014.
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