We have a range of services that can help you trace your family history:
- Newspaper Search Services
- Electoral Register Search Service
- India Office Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Search and Copy Service
Our collections also include numerous books, pamphlets and journals on family history. Please refer to our catalogues for full details.
Newspaper Search Service
We will search up to four newspapers of a specified date for:
- birth marriages and death notices and obituaries;
- reports of weddings and funerals;
- court reports;
- crime reports;
- miscellaneous news items.
There is a fixed price of £51.12 inclusive of VAT per search for a report which will include:
- a list of the newspapers investigated;
- a list of the articles and items found;
- a list of the articles we are able to supply with instructions for ordering copies.
To order a search please complete a newspaper order form, you can find a link in our related content panel.
If you want to find out more about the service, please contact:
Email: newspaper@bl.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7356
Find out more about our Newspaper collections.
Electoral Register Search Service
We can check one address in one register and supply a copy of the entry. Due to recent legislation we are unable to supply information from Electoral Registers published in the last 10 years. The most recent Electoral Register from which we can supply information is 1998.
There is a fixed price of £39.90 inclusive of VAT for this service.
To order a search please complete the Electoral Registers order form, you can find a link in our related content panel.
If you want to find out more about this service, please contact:
Email: research@bl.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7903
Find out more about our Electoral Register collections.
Please note
Electoral Registers are to be used for "research purposes" as set out in section 33 of the Data Protection Act 1998, subject also to compliance with the "relevant conditions" referred to in that section. Section 33 of the Act defines "research purposes" as including statistical or historical purposes. The "relevant conditions" are that the data is not processed to support measures or decisions with respect to particular individuals, and that the data is not processed in such a way that substantial damage or substantial distress is, or is likely to be, caused to any data subject.
India Office Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Search and Copy Service
We hold a unique collection of ecclesiastical returns: copies of births / baptisms, marriages and burials of European and Eurasian Christians in South Asia (including Burma, but excluding Ceylon) and other territories controlled by the English East India Company, from 1698 to the 1960s. They are not 100% complete.
We can search for a specific return and supply you with a copy of the entry. Certified copies, i.e. an official copy with the seal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, can also be provided.
There is a fixed price of £36.00 inclusive of VAT per search for enquirers of EU countries and £30.00 per search for enquirers of non-EU countries. Certified copies are £18.00 per copy. All prices are payable in GBP only.
More information is available on India Office Records Family History Sources.
To order a search, please contact:
Email: apac-enquiries@bl.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7873
