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Research Enquiry Form

The Society's Resource Centre in Devizes contains various indexes, documents and finding aids, mostly relating to Wiltshire. It is open periodically to members by prior arrangement as explained in our journal. Additionally, teams of volunteers from our branches carry out research using the records in the Resource Centre.
If you wish to make use of the volunteer research facility, please print this form and provide the information requested. Post it to: The Research Coordinator, WFHS, Unit 3 Bath Road Business Centre, Devizes, SN10 1XA, UK
In particular, please identify your sources as this will greatly assist the volunteers to provide the help you want. We normally reply by post, as photocopies are more reliable than manual transcriptions.

Date:
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If a member please quote membership number:
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Enquirer's Name:

e-mail address:

Postal Address:
Name & occupation of person whom information is sought:

[Show details of any known birth, baptism, marriage or burial.]




Please include any relevant dates, the sources of these and details of any children relevant to the enquiry.
Area in which family member lived:

[Indicate any relevant source of information which provides evidence of this, especially known census addresses and dates and details of parents/siblings (with ages) at those addresses]

Information which you are seeking:

[Please read the notes overleaf before sending this enquiry.]

Enquirer's Name: Membership Number:
Please read these notes before submitting your enquiry.
Our researchers often find that information requested could have been found in sources available to most enquirers. For example, details sought can often be found in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) which is available on www.familysearch.org and in many UK reference libraries. Similarly, where a birth, marriage or death is known to have occurred after the introduction of civil registration (1st July 1837), it may be worth obtaining a certificate (via www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/certificates.asp or www.1837online.com) before asking our volunteers for Wiltshire information.