Information leaflets |
application forms |
self-service photography |
copying prices
The Archives adventure packleaflets
we produce are free to download and print for your own use. If you
don't find the information you require in these leaflets, please
contact our enquiry team. We have listed the leaflets under the
following headings:
Genealogists |
specific collections | City
of London collections | research
themes
Information useful
to genealogists
These are the leaflets most often used by people doing family
history research, eg Convicts Transported from Middlesex, has
greatest relevance to genealogists in the former colonies. However,
family history research can lead in many directions, and these
leaflets are not intended as a inclusive guide.
Family History in London (257kb)
Family History at LMA (240kb)
Convicts transported from Middlesex
(258kb)
Wills in London Metropolitan Archives and
elsewhere (666kb)
Poor law records in London and
Middlesex (640kb)
Huguenot Society of London (612kb)
Jewish Genealogy sources (627kb)
Hospital patients (327kb)
The International Genealogical Index
(315kb)
Electoral registers (638kb)
City of London and Tower Hamlets cemetery
(609kb)
Non-Anglican register transcripts
(632kb)
Using the Internet for Family History
(237kb)
Information on specific
collections
These are leaflets either dealing with one particular archive
collection, eg the Middlesex Deeds Registry, or a set of similar
records, eg Anglo-Jewish archives.
Adoption Files Guidelines for
Enquirers (706kb)
Adoption Files Guidelines for
Counsellors (711kb)
Anglo-Jewish community (655kb)
The Middlesex Deeds registry 1709-1938
(232kb)
Middlesex Sessions Records (644kb)
Directories of London and the home counties
(638kb)
George Godwin and The Builder (616kb)
Vehicle registration and licensing
(610kb)
Licensed Victuallers records (240kb)
London school attendance medals
(539kb)
The Foundling Hospital (623kb)
Coroners records in London and
Middlesex (275kb)
City of London collections
City Freedom Archives (19kb)
Sworn Brokers' Archives (18kb)
Transportation and Emigration (25kb)
The Whitechapel or Jack the Ripper Murders
(11kb)
The City Arms (11kb)
Open Spaces (11kb)
Committee Records (10kb)
The Court of Common Council (145kb)
Records of Hospitals in CLRO (10kb)
Coroner's Inquests in CLRO (13kb)
Lists of City of London Inhabitants
(12kb)
City of London Cemetery (10kb)
Sessions Records in CLRO (12kb)
School Records in CLRO (11kb)
King's Freemen' and Their Records in CLRO
(9kb)
Sources on Lord Mayors of London in CLRO and
Elsewhere (11kb)
Read about the
history of the office of Lord Mayor or download a full
list of Lord Mayors (158kb)
Information on research
themes
These leaflets are on specific topics, eg London Theatres and
Music Halls, and give details of the range of archive and library
sources at LMA which may be of interest to someone researching in
these areas.
The Great Dock Strike 1889 (605b)
History of Education (670kb)
Evacuation of Children from London during World
War II (643kb)
Gardening and Horticulture (632kb)
The German Community in London (642kb)
History of Nursing (669kb)
Hospital Records (654kb)
Nonconformists in London (663kb)
Theatres and Music Halls (660kb)
Application forms
These are not information leaflets as such, rather the
appropriate forms for our research and copying service. You can
apply for the London Generations
family history
research service online. Information leaflets about the service
and a copy of the application form are available to download
here.
About the Family History Research Service
(681kb)
Family History Research Service application
form (15kb)
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Self-service photography
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documents. You can apply for a self service photography permit
which is valid for one day. A charge of £2.50 is payable per day
for the permit which allows the use of digital and traditional
cameras.
You need to complete the form below
Download the self service photography form
here (722kb)
and comply with all listed conditions before using the service –
please bring it along with your camera.
Copying prices
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copying services. Please note that all orders not placed in
person at LMA will incur an additional handling charge.
Reproduction fees are usually payable for publishing images of LMA
material.
Contact our enquiry team for more information.