The Swindon Collection of local studies and family history material can be found on Floor 2 of the Central Library. So if you are looking to start researching your family tree, or would like to know more about the history of your area, then please get in touch.

The Swindon Collection
Central Library
Regent Circus
Swindon
SN1 1QG

Tel: 01793 463238
Fax: 01793 541319
Email: central.library@swindon.gov.uk

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Key resources:

• Complete GRO index of Births, Marriages & Deaths, for the whole of England and Wales (1837-1999)
• GRO Overseas index
• International Genealogical Index (The LDS or Mormon Index)
• Census records (1841-1901) with surname and street indexes where available
• Parish registers, bishops transcripts and surname transcriptions where available (from 1538)
• Free access to Ancestry.com Library Edition
• All available parish magazines, newsletters and journals, including staff magazines for the Great Western Railway, Wills Tobacco, Garrards and Vickers.
• Complete microfilm run of all local newspapers, including the Swindon Evening Advertiser (from 1854) and the North Wilts Herald (from 1861).
• Complete microfilm run of The Times (from 1785) and access to The Times Digital
• 3 microfiche readers and 4 microfilm/fiche readers with self-printing
• Large collection of all available books, scrapbooks, leaflets, reports, and other ephemera, relating to Swindon and the surrounding area
• Voters lists & electoral rolls for Swindon and Thamesdown (from 1945 to date)
• Street, trade and telephone directories (including Kellys 1848-1939)
• Local authors (28Kb downloadable PDF file) collection with an emphasis on Alfred Williams and Richard Jefferies.
• Extensive collection of local maps (including earliest Ordnance Survey maps, geological maps and street maps)
• Large historical photographic collection (over 6000 items)
• Fully searchable catalogue

Archivist Consultation Dates

An archivist from the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre will be available for free consultations to advise reseachers in local and family history. They will be at the Swindon Help Point on the second floor of the Central Library on the following Mondays between 10.00am to 12 noon:

Dates for 2010

24 May 2010
28 June 2010
26 July 2010
23 August 2010
27 September 2010
25 October 2010
29 November 2010
20 December 2010

Wiltshire & Swindon Archives
Contact details

Wiltshire & Swindon Archives
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Cockleberry Road
Chippenham
SN15 2QN

Tel: 01249 705500
Email:  archives@wiltshire.gov.uk
Web: www.wshc.eu

Addtional Information Sources  (25Kb downloadable PDF file)