HALSHertfordshire Archives and Local Studies.
County Hall
Hertford
SG13 8EJ
Telephone 01438 737333 (or 01923 471333 from area codes 01923 and 020)
Email:
hertsdirect@hertscc.gov.ukhttp://www.hertsdirect.org/services/leisculture/heritage1/hals/OPENING HOURSMon 0900-1730,
Tuesday 1000-2000
Wednesday/Thursday 0900-1730
Friday 0900-1630
Saturday 0900-1300
Sunday closed.
HOLDINGSAll surviving Hertfordshire Parish Records
Parish Register Transcriptions. Not all years have been transcribed.
Also:
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· Indexes to most Hertfordshire wills, 1415 to 1858
· The Allen Index to marriages in Hertfordshire before 1837
· Militia Lists 1758-1801
· Hearth tax (1662-1673) and Land tax (1711-1832) assessments
· Poor Law records – apprenticeship, settlement and removal papers (indexed)
· Hertfordshire newspapers from 1816
· Hertfordshire trade directories
· Manorial court rolls and rentals
· Maps including tithe, enclosure, estate and Ordnance Survey (sixteenth to twentieth century)
· Some land records, including deeds and sales documents (indexed by parish only)
· General indexes, including surnames, obituaries, places and subjects
· Hertfordshire census returns, 1841-1901
· Hertfordshire electoral registers (these can only be searched if an address is given)
· The International Genealogical Index
· UK-wide index to the 1881 census
· Index to the General Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1837-2000
· Index to National Probate records, 1858-1943
Some of these Indexes inlcuding the
ALLEN INDEX, REMOVAL/SETTLEMENT ORDERS and APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS are now available online on a searchable database.
https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?esessionid=2&formid=HALS_INDEXESHALS Research Service.
There is a minimum charge of £7.00 for enquiries and copy requests made by telephone, post, fax or email.
Research is carried out in 15 minute units at £7.00 per unit, up to a maximum of two hours (£56.00) in any one transaction. This includes up to two copies per unit and postage and packing. Additional copies will be charged at the rate shown. Additional postage will be charged for larger orders.