Link Scheme (GFHS Members Only)
The Link scheme is a service offered by members who volunteer to undertake a small
amount of research for other society members. This benefits both those members who
want to research Gloucestershire records but do not live in the County and those
who live here but need information elsewhere.
Could you spare an hour or two at a Record Office or library in your area to help a fellow
member on a reciprocal or expenses only basis? If so, please send details of the Libraries, etc.
you could cover, to the address at the bottom of this article.
(The more who volunteer, the better coverage we have).
When you send in a query to the Link Scheme, you must quote your membership number
(this service is for Members Only),
also a contact telephone number or e-mail address and state precisely the work
required and remember it should take no more than 1-2 hours. (This is not a service to
provide a complete family tree - there are researchers who will do this for a fee)
Enclose two stamped envelopes - one self-addressed and one should be left blank.
(If you live abroad - 2 International Reply Coupons or you may e-mail the address below).
And please do say 'thank you' to your fellow researcher.
Also remember that the Society is only acting as the 'middle man' and cannot enter into
any complicated correspondence with enquiries. We only put you in contact with another
Link member.
Places covered by Volunteers
- Australia
- The State Library of Victoria - with access to many Australian Records
Library of the Genealogical Society of Victoria
Queensland State Archives
Library of the Genealogical Society of Queensland
Queensland Shipping Records
New South Wales Shipping Records
some records in Tasmania, Victoria & South Australia
Prominent People & Early Photos 1859-1909
Goldfield & Mining Records at Bendigo & Ballarat, Victoria
Victoria Births to 1920, Marriages to 1940, Deaths to present
Public Records Office of Victoria
South Australia BMD approx 1842-1930, some Cemetery Records
- Berkshire
- Berkshire CRO
- Cambridgeshire
- Cambridgeshire CRO
- Cleveland
- Teesside Archives, Middlesbrough
- Cornwall
- Cornish Studies Library at Redruth, Truro Record Office (A charge of £3 is made at this Office), Bodmin Studies Centre.
- Cumbria
- Kendal Reference Library
- Derbyshire
- Derby Local Studies Centre - Derbyshire Census & Derby Electoral Registers
- Devon
- Parishes around Honiton & East Devon
All Hallows Museum, Honiton
Devon Record Office & Studies Library
- Dorset
- Bournemouth Reverence Library
Dorchester Record Office
- Essex
- Essex Record Office
Saffron Walden area local studies
- East Sussex
- CRO, Lewes - Non urgent reciprocal research in Glos or Wilts
Brighton Local Studies Centre
- Glamorgan
- Rhondda Council Cemetery Records
Rhondda Leader newspaper (no index)
Rhondda Electoral & School Admission Registers
- Gloucestershire
- Cheltenham Library
Glos CRO
GFHS Resource Centre
Gloucester Library
The Ancient Parishes of Minchinhampton
Cirencester, Stow on the Wold including Photos of MIs within 20 miles
- Hampshire
- Winchester RO if non-urgent
Portsmouth Diocesan Records
Naval Collection at Portsmouth Central Library
Southampton Maritime Library & Archive
Southampton Reference Library
- Kent
- Tunbridge Wells Library Archives - Village Parish Registers
Rochester, Kent FHS Centre
- Lancashire
- Lancs CRO
Preston - Chorley Library & LDS Temple
Blackpool Central Library (which has good coverage of Blackpool and Fylde, plus an index of show business personalities who appeared at the Blackpool Theatres
Chorley Library & Preston LDS Temple
- Leicestershire
- Wigston Record Office - Census, Parish, Wills, etc
Leicester FHS Research Centre
- Lincolnshire
- Lincoln Record Office
- London
- FRC, PRO, LMA, Kew all if non-urgent
Camden Local Study Centre, Society of Genealogists
- New Zealand
- South Island - Canterbury, Dunedin & West Coast
North Island - Hawkes Bay Area
New Zealand Electoral Roll 1893 (included Women)
Births, Deaths & Marriages
Electoral Rolls 1881
N25G Index
- Norfolk
- Norfolk CRO
Norwich Library
- Nottinghamshire
- Archives
- Rutland
- Wigston Record Office - Census, Parish, Wills, etc
- Shropshire
- Shropshire Record Office
- Somerset
- Somerset Record Office
Bath Library
- Wales
- 1841, 1851, 1851 1871 Census for Breconshire, Glamorgan, Montgomeryshire, Radnor
- West Midlands
- Birmingham Reference Library - Local Studies & Archives
Coventry
- West Sussex
- Chichester Family Records Office
- Wiltshire
- Wiltshire Record Office
National Monuments Records, Swindon
- Worcester
- Worcester Family History Centre
- Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire County Library
West Yorkshire Archives
Leeds, Wakefield & Huddersfield Local Studies Centres and Church Records
Doncaster Archives (South Yorkshire)
- Malaysia, Penang & Singapore
- USA
- Library of Congress
National Archives & Records Administration
Family History Library, Salt Lake City
Daughters of the Revolution Library
Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland
Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Ohio, West Virginia
Reciprocal research required for the following places:
Cornwall, Devon, Lincolnshire, Yorksire, USA, West Indies
A big 'Thank You' to the people who have already volunteered.
- Barbara Osborne, Link Co-ordinator, 1 Redpoll Way, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4TH
- Email: link@gfhs.org.uk
Updated 04 Jun 2008
