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Following is a basic list of what historical sources are available in the A.N.Palmer Centre. For more detailed information, please contact the Centre in person. Staff are available during opening hours to answer research enquiries.
Newspapers
 Holdings of Local Newspapers at Wrexham Library
The list of holdings is available to download in the following formats:
Holdings of Local Newspapers at Wrexham Library - MS Word format 41Kb 
Holdings of Local Newspapers at Wrexham Library - PDF format 73Kb 
Holdings of Local Newspapers at Wrexham Library - Plain Text format 331Kb 
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Original Parish Registers on Microfilm
Original Parish Registers
The list of original parish registers on Microfilm is available to download in the following formats:
Original Parish Registers - MS Word format 72kb
Original Parish Registers - PDF format 56kb
Original Parish Registers - Plain Text format 1Mb
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Parish Register Transcriptions
Parish Register Transcriptions
The list of parish register transcriptions is available to download in the following formats:
Parish Register Transcriptions - MS Word format 69kb
Parish Register Transcriptions - PDF format 53kb
Parish Register Transcriptions - Plain Text format 1Mb
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Sources Available for Local and Family History Research
MICROFILM/FICHE
- Census returns 1841-1901 for Wrexham County Borough
- Census returns 1891-1901 for Denbighshire and Flintshire
- Census indexes 1881 for Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Shropshire
- National Probate Indexes for England and Wales 1858-1943
- Newspapers from 1850
- Parish registers for parishes in Wrexham County Borough
PRINTED SOURCES
- Burgess rolls and Electoral Lists from 1857 (incomplete)
- Monumental Inscriptions
- Parish Register transcriptions
- Trade directories 1818-1974
- Books on the history of Wrexham County Borough
COMPUTER SOURCES
- 1881 British Census and National Index for England, Wales and Scotland
- Cemetery Databases for Wrexham Cemetery 1876-2000 and Gresford Cemetery 1917-2000
- Internet access to genealogical sites and historical sites
MAPS
- Ordnance Survey Maps dating from 1872 -1970s
- Tithe maps for parishes in Wrexham County Borough
- Alan Godfrey old maps covering NE Wales
ARCHIVES
There is a small collection of original records including documents, plans and photographs relating to the history of Wrexham County Borough collected since the service was formed in 1996.
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