Roger E Nixon - Military & Historical Searches


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PROFESSIONAL LONDON BASED INDEPENDENT
HISTORICAL RESEARCHER & RECORD SEARCHER

Services for the Family Historian

Roger E Nixon, Military & Historical Searches
Society of Genealogists Library at Charterhouse Buildings, London

For people trying to discover their family genealogy, The National Archives UK (PRO) alongside other London repositories offer extensive diversity in genealogical and historical records. TNA alone has several hundred thousand military and naval records of genealogical significance. This includes indexed and unindexed records of births, marriages and deaths of army people at home and abroad, from 1761 and 1796 respectively.

There are a number of very specific areas that can be consulted sometimes with quite amazing results. Here are a few examples of the records available:

Army (service records from 1760)
Navy (various from 1688)
Marines (from 1664)
Medals & Awards
Military Operational Records
Merchant Seamen (from 1835)
Masters, Mates & Engineers etc. (from 1845)
Coastguard (from 1822)
Police and RIC (from 1829 and 1836)
Births, Deaths and Marriages of Britons Abroad
(covers over 50 countries) various sources and dates

Court Martial Records
Emigrants (criminal from 1616)
Emigrants (voluntary from 1634)
Immigrants (Naturalisation & denization records 1801-1935 approx)
Changes of Name (1760-1901)
Indentures
The Militia, Yeomanry, Rifle Volunteers, Fencibles & Home
Probate Records (to 1858)
Death Duty Registers
Criminal Trials: Sessions, Assizes, Higher Courts