Canterbury Circle of Libraries

The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
Library
Organisation Name: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
Organisation Address: 79-82 Northgate
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1BA
Telephone: 01227 768664
Fax: 01227 765617
Email Address: ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk
Web Address: www.ihgs.ac.uk
Head of Library: Name: Sarah Bulson
Title: Librarian
Telephone: 01227 768664
Email: librarian@ihgs.ac.uk
Additional Contacts:
(1)
Name: Jeremy Palmer
Title: Registrar
Telephone: 01227 768664
Email: registrar@ihgs.ac.uk
Opening Hours: Term Time: 10:00 - 16:30 Mon, Wed & Fri
Vacation:     10:00 - 16:30 Mon, Wed & Fri
Access: Reference only by prior appointment.
Brief Description of Library and its services: The Institute was founded in 1961 as an educational charitable trust for the study and research into the history and structure of the family. It houses an extensive genealogical and heraldic reference library, manuscript collections and specialist genealogical indexes.

An external research service is available.
Stock: Includes microfiche, CD-ROMs and periodicals
30 000
Special Holdings: Pallot’s Marriage Index 1780-1837, Sussex Collection, Crisp’s London Marriage Licences, Catholic Marriage Index.


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