Family History Information
Birmingham Archives and Heritage is now CLOSED until 3 September 2013 when the Library of Birmingham on Centenary Square will open.
Staff are working on our collections to check, document and repackage thousands of items ready for their transfer to the new building during this time. This work will be our major task and consequently we are not able to respond individually to enquiries until after September 2013.
However, if you are specifically requesting personal information held about yourself, a member of staff will contact you to discuss this further:
Email: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
For all other enquiries, please contact us again once we open in the new Library of Birmingham.
We regret the inconvenience this is likely to cause to our users. A new Library of Birmingham website will be launched soon. Details of the services we will be providing from September will appear in due course as well as contact details for the new Library.
Meanwhile to keep in touch with us, please follow our blog at: http://theironroom.wordpress.com/ and to follow the progress of the new library please see:
Researching your family history is fascinating and complex. We have put together some information sheets to help you with your family history.
New ! Family History Helpsheets
Census records |
Church records |
Civil registration |
Electoral registers |
Wills in A & H |
A Guide to Tracing a Burial
Useful Links
Ancestry is available on computers in Birmingham Libraries.
race your family history using records from England, Scotland and Wales censuses from 1841 to 1911, birth, marriage and death records and UK parish and probate records.
Ancestry now includes the National Index of Wills and Letters of Administration (Probate Calendar) from 1861 to 1941. Find out how much your ancestors left in their will and to whom.
You can visit to the BBC web site to find material from their series Who Do You Think You Are?
Please note We are not responsible for the content of other organisations' websites.