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Family Research


Online Catalogue | Ancestry | Research Service | London Signatures | London Generations

We have a number of resources available to on-line users who wish to access our records and catalogues.  You can use these resources to see what records we hold, to find out more about our collections, and to plan what you'd like to look at if you come to visit us. 

You'll find a summary of what is available on-line below, so feel free to explore!  If you put all the shelves of our collections end to end it would stretch over 105km!  With that volume of material, we can't hope to have everything available on-line, so if you can't find what you're looking for or if you have any other questions, please email us at ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk or phone 020 7332 3820 to talk to one of our enquiries team.


Catalogue folders at LMA Search our online catalogue

You can now look through our collections catalogue online. This catalogue is available at LMA online, or as a paper list. You can use this facility to plan which documents you want to see when you visit us in person.

You can also register for our new History Card, which will enable you to use more of our services when you visit LMA. Try searching the catalogue to find out more!


Ancestry.co.uk Logo LMA Records digitised on Ancestry

London Metropolitan Archives are delighted to announce a new partnership with Ancestryâ„¢ to digitise genealogical sources.

The first sets of indexed records are available on the ancestry.co.uk website now. To find out more please visit our digitisation page, or alternatively you can go straight to the Ancestry.co.uk website for the very latest information.


Family History Research Service

If you are unable to visit the archives in person, you may wish to use our Family history Research Service. One of our enquiry team members will be able to research our records to find out about your family history! To find out more, please visit our Family History Research Service pages.


London Signatures

London Signatures is an index of 10,000 wills from the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex, and 23,500 marriage bonds from the Commissary for the Archdeaconry of Surrey have been added to the index, which is searchable for free online.

If you find a document which is of interest, you can purchase images directly from this site. Find out more by looking at our London Signatures section


London Generations

London Generations is a database compiled from genealogical sources held at London Metropolitan Archives.

London Generations includes Anglican Parish Registers of Baptism, Marriage and Burial, Anglican Parish Poor Law Registers, varioius records of local Boards of Guardians and much more. Visit the London Generations page to start using the database.



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