SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGY & HERALDRY SOCIETY INC. Guide to Microform records in the SAGHS Library Part 2 – British Isles Current to 31 December 2019 Compiled by Robert D Blair 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society Inc. Index to Contents Introduction Page 2 British Isles 3 England 6 England by County 16 Wales 198 Wales by County 201 Scotland 220 Scotland by County 223 Ireland 236 Ireland by County 239 Channel Isles 242 Isle of Man 242 Appendix England & Wales BDM Information 244 1 INTRODUCTION This guide includes records in the SAGHS Library relating to Scotland in microform (microfiche and microfilm) formats. Acquisitions since this guide was compiled are listed in the Acquisitions section of the Society journal (The South Australian Genealogist). The Society Library has a number of microfiche and microfilm (16mm and 35mm) viewers. There is no charge for the use of the equipment. Reader-printers are available for taking prints from the microform, both from microfiche and 16mm and 35mm microfilm. Staff assistance may be required where microfilm is involved. The cost of prints is currently $0.70 each. Some records are marked (in storage) which indicates that they are not in the fiche/film drawers in the library area but may be retrieved if required. These records should also be accessible on the internet on one or more of the subscriptions sites the Society subscribes to. COPYING OF SOME RECORDS, OTHER THAN BY HAND, IS NOT PERMITTED. Records for which copying restrictions apply are: Ireland Index to 1901 Census Library staff will advise of any other records in this category. Abbreviations used in this guide are as follows: [16mm]/[35mm] 16 mm/35mm microfilm [mf] Microfiche B Birth Bapt Baptist BR Burial Register BL Leases (Burial) BT Bishops Transcripts C Baptism CMB Baptisms, Marriages and Burials CofE Church of England D Death I Index Ind Independent M Marriage MB Marriage Banns Meth Methodist MI Monumental Inscription ML Marriage Licenses Pres Presbyterian RC Roman Catholic Wes Wesleyan Chapman Codes are used for countries in the British Isles 2 BRITISH ISLES APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1774 Indexed by Apprentice and Master BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES BOOKS Gazetteer of England & Wales 1841 CEMETERIES DEFENCE RECORDS The Deserter Index 1828-1840 An index to soldiers of the British Army Regiments, Royal Marines and the Honourable East India Company’s Service who deserted their units and whose names were published in the Police Gazette between 1 January 1828 and 31 December 1840. The index gives the name of the deserter and details of their regiment, age, birthplace, trade at enlistment and date the name was listed in the Gazette. The Index is divided into 6 parts: Part 1 Soldiers born in England Part 2 Soldiers born in Wales Part 3 Soldiers born overseas Part 4 Soldiers born in Scotland Part 5 Soldiers born in Ireland Part 6 Soldiers whose birthplace is not certain Over 36,000 names are listed with nearly half being persons born in England and over 12,000 born in Ireland. DIRECTORIES - RESEARCH FFHS Big R - British Isles Genealogical Register: 1994, 1997, 2000 A directory of the British Isles research interests of members of Societies in the Federation of Family History Societies. The 1994 edition has 288,156 entries from 17,313 contributors. The 1997 edition has 219,739 entries. The 2000 edition has 215,520 entries from 8,630 contributors. 3 DIRECTORIES - TELEPHONE Telephone Directories (White & Yellow Pages) for parts of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Section District Issue Date 101 London Postal Area Oct 1992 106 Outer London - South Herts. & North Middlesex Jan 1991 107 Outer London - West Middlesex Nov 1992 108 Outer London - North West Kent Aug 1992 109 Outer London - North East Surrey Jul 1992 206 Southend-on-Sea Feb 1992 212 Derby & District Jan 1992 214 Mansfield, Newark & Districts Nov 1992 214/215 Mansfield, Newark & Districts May 1991 226 Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford & Crew Feb 1992 227 Wolverhampton, Dudley & Walsall May 1992 234 Cleveland & Whitby May 1992 238 Hull Apr 1992 241 Northern Ireland Jan 1993 245* South Humberside & North Lincolnshire Mar 1992 247 York & District Jun 1992 248 Harrogate & District Sep 1992 252 Cumbria & North Lancashire Feb 1992 253 Isle of Man Mar 1992 264 North East Manchester Feb 1993 266 South Manchester Sep 1992 271 Aberdeen & North East Scotland Feb 1993 275 Glasgow Mar 1992 276 Clyde Valley Mar 1993 278 Lomond & Argyll Sep 1992 279 Central Scotland & Trossachs Nov 1992 283 * Guildford Area Jul 1992 284 Portsmouth Jul 1992 285 Isle of Wight Sep 1992 287 Tunbridge Wells Aug 1992 291 Bournemouth Feb 1992 295 Plymouth, South West Devon, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Apr 1992 296 Southampton Aug 1992 312 Fife & Kinross Mar 1992 313 Edinburgh & Lothian May 1992 317 Durham & Wearside Sep 1992 320 Oxford & District Jan 1992 321 Banbury & District Aug 1992 326 Hemel Hempstead Nov 1992 327 Hitchens, Stevenage & Letchworth Feb 1993 328 Luton, Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard Jan 1993 329 Milton Keynes Feb 1992 330 Birmingham Feb 1993 337 Cambridge & District Mar 1992 338 King's Lynn & District Apr 1992 339 Chester & North Wales May 1992 340 North West Wales May 1992 341 Leicester & District Aug 1992 4 Section District Issue Date 342 Burton upon Trent, Tamworth & District Nov 1992 360 Mid & South Glamorgan Nov 1992 361 Cardiff & South East Wales Nov 1992 362 Gwent, Brecon & Lower Wye Valley Nov 1992 367 Ipswich & District Sep 1992 603 Rotherham & Dearne Valley Mar 1993 * after Section number indicates an incomplete directory. 5 ENGLAND (ENG) APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1774 Indexed by Apprentice and Master The indexes include the name of the apprentice, name and description of the father of the apprentice, name of the master and the consideration. Company of Watermen and Lightermen of The River Thames Apprenticeship Bindings 1692-1908 Register of Contract Licences for over-aged boys Articled to a Freeman 1865- 1926 Apprenticeship Binding Dates & Affidavit Birth Proofs 1898-1949 Dates granted for Contract Licences 1926-1971 Information given includes the name of the apprentice, binding date and location, name of the master or mistress and date free. BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES GRO Indexes, formerly St Catherine's Indexes) Indexes to the Civil Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England & Wales 1837-1875 [16mm] (in storage), 1876-1994 [mf] (Deaths: June quarter 1859 on microfiche) There are separate quarterly indexes for births, deaths and marriages. The quarter is that in which the event was registered. The certificate book number may be used to identify the county in which the registration district is located. From 1837-1851 the code identifying the certificate volume used Roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.) and thereafter it changed to Arabic (1,2,3, etc.) with letters used for subdivisions. While registration of an event was compulsory there were no penalties for failing to do so until 1874, and many events, particularly births, may not have been registered. The indexes commence in July 1837 and state the name of the person, registration district and the certificate folio reference. Death indexes from June 1866 include the age of the deceased. Birth Indexes from September 1911 include the maiden surname of the mother. Marriage Indexes are cross referenced with the spouse’s surname from March 1912. GRO Indexes of Overseas Births, Deaths & Marriages These microfiche indexes relate to British subjects abroad and to persons serving in the armed forces. Events included are ONLY those that were registered with the British Consul in the country in which they took place or with the authorities in the armed services. The various indexes making up the GRO Overseas Indexes and the type of information to be found in them is as follows: Air Deaths 1947-1965 Name, age, place (or aircraft missing), year and register reference number. Births, Deaths & Marriages Abroad 1966-1994 Births Name, mother’s maiden surname, date or year, place of registration, register reference number Deaths Name, age, place of registration and register reference number. Marriages Name, place of registration and register reference number. 6 Army Records Army Chaplains BDM 1796-1880 Name , station, year (usually a 2 year period, but sometimes the exact year), and register reference number. Army BDM 1881-1965 Name, station, year and register reference number For deaths the age is added from 1886, and the surname of the spouse is added from 1911 for marriages. Marriages within British Lines 1914-1925 Name, spouse’s surname, consulate and register reference number. Regimental BDM 1761-1924 Name, place, year, regiment and register reference number. Ionian Islands (Regimental) BDM 1818-1864 There are no years given in this index which only includes name, place, register reference number in one sequence covering the whole period. Consular Returns - BDM 1849-1965 Births Name, consulate of registration, year and register reference number Deaths Name, consulate of registration, and register reference number From 1901 the age of the deceased is also given Marriage Name, consulate of registration and register reference number Commencing in 1906 the surname of the spouse is given UK High Commission Births Name, consulate of registration, year and register reference number Deaths Name, age of deceased, consulate of registration, and register reference number Marriage Name, spouse’s surname, consulate of registration and register reference number Ionian Islands (Civil) BDM 1818-1864 There are no years given in this index which only includes name, place, register reference number in one sequence covering the whole period.