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CHELTENHAM LIBRARY
The first port of call for family research is your local library, where you can find various resources. Cheltenham reference library has the following:
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index to the 1881 census for Gloucestershire
census enumerators' returns for Cheltenham from 1841 to 1901
International Genealogical Index for Gloucestershire
Return of Owners of Land for Gloucestershire, 1873
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These are available on microfiche or microfilm. You'll need to arrange a session on a film or fiche reader to view the information. For a fee you can print out the relevant information you need.
Other useful family history resources are available in a book form:
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Cheltenham street directories and annuaires, 1837-1975
County directories on microfiche, 1820 to 1939
Cheltenham electoral rolls from 1892
Borough Council minutes from 1896
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Once you've found out specific dates and stories from your ancestors' lives, you can check whether they had been recorded in the local newspapers. Newspapers available in Cheltenham reference library include:
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Cheltenham Chronicle 1809 - 1983
Bath & Cheltenham Gazette 1812 - 1844
Cheltenham Journal 1824 - 1868
Cheltenham Looker-On 1833 -1920 (hard copy)
Cheltenham Free Press 1834 -1908
Cheltenham Examiner 1839 - 1899 - Index available on CD ROM
Cheltenham Express 1869 -1875
Gloucestershire Echo from 1884
Cheltenham Circular 1933 -1940 (hard copy)
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Newspapers are mostly available on microfilm. Some runs are interrupted and titles may vary over time.
To find out where your ancestors lived and how those streets looked like in their time you can explore old maps and photos of Cheltenham:
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maps and plans of Cheltenham dating from 1810 to the present
local Ordnance Survey maps, c. 1880, at 25 inches to the mile, on microfiche
selection of Ordnance Survey maps of various dates for town and county
photos of architecture, aerial views, Second World War bomb damage, small collection of early prints, 1930s views by Hugo Van Wadenoyen
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