St Michael

Chester History and Heritage is a valuable resource if you want to discover your Chester ancestors or find out about the history of Chester City and District. They host a wide variety of family and local history sources to help you in your search. These include:


 * General Register Office Index for England and Wales, 1837-1969 (The Civil Registration Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages on microfiche) - £1 per hour charge
 * Census for Chester District, 1841 1901 (on microfiche and microfilm)
 * 1881 census for UK (on CD Rom)
 * Also on CD Rom: Ormerod, 1851 census for Cheshire, Holy Trinity Church Chester Parish Registers, Betram Merrall Marriage Index and the National Burial Index
 * Electoral Registers for Chester (on microfiche)
 * International Genealogical Index for Cheshire and surrounding counties (on microfiche)
 * Parish Registers for Chester City parishes (on microfilm)
 * Local newspapers (cuttings, full papers on microfilm)
 * Map collection
 * An excellent local studies library
 * Chester Archaeological Society Library
 * Chester Image Bank
 * Chester Photographic Survey - street by street documentation of Chester District from 1960s onwards
 * Past CHH exhibitions available to browse and to loan to groups.
 * Oral Histories on CD
 * Archive films on DVD