Warwickshire

Family History & Parish Records

Warwickshire is well served for online genealogy records, with parish registers beginning as early as 1535. The county covers Birmingham, Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon, and each has its own dedicated record collections and local history resources.

Archives

  • Birmingham Archives

    Holds a large collection of archive material, historic photographs and books for tracing Birmingham ancestors and local history. Items are kept in the Wolfson Centre for Archival Research; book a session in advance and bring an Archives Card.

  • Coventry Archives

    Holds Coventry's archive collections from medieval times to the present, including records of local people and businesses, maps, newspapers and books covering Coventry and Warwickshire. Free to visit, with a searchable online catalogue.

  • Warwickshire Record Office

    See what documents and archives they have and how to access them.

Births, Marriages, Deaths & Parish Records

Warwickshire parish records and registers available online, including baptisms, marriages and burials.

Records from Warwickshire cities, towns and villages.

Burials & Cemeteries

  • Birmingham Burials

    Over 1,500,000 records from 12 cemeteries and crematoria in and around Birmingham. You can search by cemetery or name.

    Birmingham cemeteries included
    • Brandwood End cemetery
    • Handsworth cemetery
    • Key Hill cemetery
    • Kings Norton cemetery
    • Lodge Hill cemetery and crematorium
    • Quinton cemetery
    • Sutton Coldfield cemetery
    • Sutton Coldfield crematorium
    • Sutton New Hall cemetery
    • Warstone Lane cemetery
    • Witton cemetery
    • Yardley cemetery and crematorium
  • Find a Grave Warwickshire

    Search burial records and memorial photographs for cemeteries across five Warwickshire districts: North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick.

  • Warwickshire Gravestone Photos

    A free volunteer-run directory of photographed and indexed grave monuments across Warwickshire, including cemeteries and churchyards in Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Kenilworth.

Census Records

  • Census 1841–1921

    Search the complete census records from 1841–1921. Plus the 1939 Register with over 1,400,000 records in the Warwickshire collection. Search by person or address.

  • FreeCen

    Has a good, but not complete, selection of free records to search and view.

  • Warwickshire Census Data

Criminals & Convicts

Electoral Registers

There are millions of records for those eligible to vote. The lists were created annually and will tell you how a person is qualified to vote — this could be by residence or ownership of property.

Historical Directories

Historical directories of Birmingham can add important address and occupation information to your family history.

Local History

Maps

Military Records

Occupations

Photos & Postcards

Schools & Education

Rugby School was founded in 1567 by Lawrence Sheriffe. Until very recently it was a boys' school, so the records contain only boys' names, plus the names of the headmasters. There are different versions of registers that cover the same years; they're included because some contain more information about the students.

Societies & Forums

Workhouses & Poor Law

Additional Records