Printable short guides
We’ve created a series of short guides to our most popular series of records and topics. Find out background information, key dates, types of documents and how to find relevant documents at Shropshire Archives.
Types of documents
short guide to catholic records
short guide to civil registration
short-guide-to-electoral-registers
short guide to non conformists
short guide to non-conformist registers
short guide to parish registers
short guide to poor relief after 1834
short guide to poor relief before 1834
short guide to taxation records
short guide to trade directories
Also, check Shropshire Maps – for all things relating to local maps, with plenty of examples from our collections.
Researching ancestors who were….
short guide to researching criminal ancestors
short guide to researching lawyers
short guide to medieval family history
short guide to researching medical professionals
short guide to researching members of the clergy
short guide to tracing servants
tracing your first world war ancestors
tracing your second world war ancestors
Other guides
short guide to sources for rights of way
short guide to tracing the history of a public house