4th April 2017
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Dear Sir,
I am trying to obtain a certified copy of my wife’s grandmother’s birth certificate or a page of the 1881 Census return showing her name and date of birth. Her name was Mary Elizabeth Rowles. Her date of birth was in 1874 and her name appears in the 1881 Census. Her address was Cowburns Building, Hollinbank Lane, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I need documentary proof of her birth to try and obtain a British Passport for my wife. If someone needs to collect the certified copy I will ask one of brothers to collect it as they both live in Huddersfield. I am a former student of Huddersfield College of Technology.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Eric Spencer.
Unfortunately, as a University archive we are not the place of deposit for general registration or census records. We were able to re-direct Paul to the nearest local authority archive, West Yorkshire Archive Service at Kirklees, who do hold those records. We also made the suggestion that he might contact the General Register Office https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ who provide an online ordering service for copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.
Good Morning
For some time I have been trying to locate a book which I believe you may hold:-
The Frobisher Story : the armorial bearings of Sir Martin Frobisher, Knight / George Frobisher, 1978
As you are off/line I’m not sure if you are a selling agent or a library.
Would you please advise if you hold this publication and if so is there some way I would be able to purchase a copy?
Many thanks
The University Archive can make material available for research to those visiting our research room but we do not provide any sales services. We were able to provide Deanne with a couple of photocopied pages from the book referred to, relevant to her research, which were of interest to her.