John Harvard Library

Collections

The library contains the following collections (subjects are in brackets)

Local Studies Collection
The collection includes items of use on local and family history: * Copies of most printed books on the history of the area * Pamphlets and periodicals produced by local organisations * An extensive run of directories * On microfilm, local newspapers from 1856 to the present * Press cuttings and ephemera Illustrations There are some 20,000 photographs and prints, a collection of slides and also of watercolours. Maps The collection contains over 600 maps, ranging from copies of 16th century London maps to the most up to date large scale ordnance survey plans. Videos, tapes and cd roms on life in the borough from the 1920s to the present. Family history On CD rom is the Mormon Church's International Genealogical Index, a nationwide index to parish registers. Archives The core of the collection is the local government records of the area, the civil parishes and the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some of the records of the former civil parishes go back to the 16th century. They include vestry minutes, taxation records and poor law records. We also hold copies of London County Council, and London School Board minutes. Some local organisations have also deposited their records including businesses, some non conformist churches and early schools. We also hold, on microfilm, copies of records held elsewhere, most notably census returns and parish registers. ,
(Genealogy, Local history)

Southwark Family and Local History Resources
A collection of family and local history resources as follows: 1. Births, Deaths and Marriages Registrar General's Indexes from 1837 (microform), or Registrar General for Scotland's Computerised Index from 1855. Locations Nil -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Census returns London Borough of Southwark area 1841-1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Directories 3(a) County and Regional Directories London 1790-1841 (intermittent) London 1841-1990 (annually; some on microfilm) 3(b) City and Town Directories Dulwich: 1884, 1891, 1899-1901, 1903-6, 1911-16, 1918-20, 1922-26, 1928 3(c) Telephone Directories London: 1972- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Electoral registers and polls books 4(a) Electoral Registers Borough: Southwark: 1839-40, 1862-63, 1865-66, 1887-88, 1889-90, 1894-95, 1896-7, 1898, 1899-1900, 1900-1901, 1901-2, 1914-15 Lambeth (for St Mary Newington): 1833-1884 Newington: 1885-1914 Metropolitan Boroughs Southwark: 1918-1939; 1945-1964 Bermondsey: 1918-1939, 1945-1964 Camberwell: 1913-15, 1918-23, 1926-39, 1945-52, 1955-56, 1958, 1960-64 London Borough of Southwark: 1965 to date- 4(b) Poll Books -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. International Genealogical Index (IGI) 1988. Microfiche. Surrey, London, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, Hants Family Search CD-ROM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Unpublished Indexes Census: 1841: Christ Church 1851: All London Borough of Southwark area 1861: St Saviour, St Thomas, Christ Church 1881: All London Borough of Southwark area (Church of Latter Day Saints) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Parish Registers Microfilm copies of the 10 ancient parishes from earliest date of register to terminate between 1941 and 1837, generally to c.1850 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Periodicals (excl. newspapers) Many church and in-house business magazines generally 1920s to date Full runs of journals of Family History Societies local to the area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Published Transcripts of Archival Material -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Other material -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Guides to Collections Family History in Southwark and Guide to Tracing your Southwark Ancestors, by Leonard Reilly. London Borough of Southwark 1996. £1.95. 0 905849 20 5 Guide to the Archives in Southwark Local Studies Library by Stephen Humphrey. London Borough of Southwark 1992. £2.50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Local Record Offices Southwark Local Studies Library 211 Borough High Street London SE1 1JA Tel: 0171 403 3507 Fax: 0171 403 8633 Greater London Record Office 40 Northampton Road London EC1R 0AB Tel: 0171 332 3820 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other information: More information on the Library, its holdings and its search services is available from the London Borough of Southwark's Web site. Chapman County Codes (BS 6879): LND, SRY ,
(Electoral registers, Genealogy, Local history, Parish records, Poll books, Population censuses, Registration of birth, Registration of death, Registration of marriage)