Whilst all London archives and most County Record Offices in the south of England and south Wales can be readily accessed for research, if for offices further afield or if the research does not warrant the travelling time, in most cases a locally based researcher can be contracted to do the required record searches.

Family Records Centre (London)

• Civil registration certificates back to July 1837 for births, marriages and deaths
• Census records 1841-1901
• Non Conformist church records
• Death Duty Registers

National Archives (Public Record Office)

• Army, Non Conformist church records, PCC wills (pre 1858), all available government records

London Metropolitan Archives

• London parish and other miscellaneous London records

National Library of Wales (Aberystwyth)

• Welsh parish and national records

Guildhall Library

• Parish records of the City of London parishes
• Probate records for the Archdeaconry Court of London (1393-1807), the Commissary Court of London (1374-1857) and the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral (1535-1837)
• Apprenticeship and membership records of most of the City livery companies (mainly 17th- 19th centuries; some earlier and later records)
• Marriage licence records for the Diocese of London (1597-20th century) and for the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral (1670-1841)
• Other tax and land records for the City of London

Principal Registry of the Family Division

• Wills from 1858

Selected free and pay-to-view research web sites

• Subscriptions maintained to all relevant pay-to-view sites for English genealogy

County Record Offices

• Miscellaneous parish, land and other records held at county level.