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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.

General summary of what we hold (link to external website)

 

Museums,archives and local studies catalogue

Newspapers

 

Original Parish Registers on Microfilm

Parish Register Transcriptions

 

Sources Available for Local and Family History


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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Adobe Acrobat documents can be converted back to plain text using Adobe's Web-based conversion service.

 

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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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