Family History
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- How to trace your family history
How to trace your family history – This is a guide created by the Record Office which contains links to other useful sites.
- Available Church and Burial Records
This lists available records for baptisms, marriages, burials and cremations.
- More Available Church Records
This provides access to the handlist of parish registers held by the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
- Census
The census transcripts have been compiled by Ken and Linda Brockway.
- Trade Directories
There are transcripts from eight trade directories between 1861 and 1932, compiled by Ken and Linda Brockway.
- War Memorial
To the memory of men who died during the 1914 - 18 war and during the 1939 - 45 war. provided by Ken and Linda Brockway
- Dating old documents
Some guidance developed by the Record Office for working with historical documents dating back to the period of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1752.