Chester History and Heritage
Chester History and Heritage is the first
place to contact when you want to discover your Chester ancestors
or find out about the history of Chester City and
District.
Contact info and location
Chester History and Heritage
St Michael's Church
Bridge Street Row
Chester
CH1 1NW
Email: chh@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Tel: (01244) 402110
Fax (01244) 312243
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 10am- 4pm
Temporary lunch time closure from 2 February 2012 -
closed between 12noon - 1pm
Please note that we will be closed between 1pm - 4pm on Friday 11 May and Wednesday 1 August due to events.
Resources
We have a variety of family and local history sources to help you in your search:
- 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
- Local Studies Library
- Chester Archaeological Society Library
- Visit the Chester Image Bank for thousands of pictures of Chester and the surrounding area. Our collection includes historic photographs, postcards, sketches and prints from collections held in the Chester City Archives (now Cheshire and Chester Joint Archive Service)
- 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
- Use of the Internet - £1.50 per hour
- Family History tutorials to help you get started on researching your family tree - £7.75 for one and a half hours (£5.15 concessions)
If you have any enquiries as to what we can offer please feel free to contact us.
Access
Due to the historic nature of St Michael's church there is, unfortunately, no access for wheelchair users. However, if notified in advance it will be possible to make other arrangements to see material that we hold. If you can not visit us in person, we can carry out research on your behalf.