Our experienced and knowledgeable volunteers are always on hand to help and guide you  no matter what your level of expertise; be you just starting out on your family history journey or more advanced. We are here for all, with suggestions, advice and expert local knowledge.

The Research Centre is located at Units 3 & 4, Brierley Business Centre, Mirion Street, Crewe, CW1 2AP. The rooms are on the ground floor so there are no accessibility issues, there is free on-site parking, with a small number of  disabled parking spaces. On arrival visitors need to press the doorbell button for FHSC on the left-hand side of the main entrance, one of our volunteers will come to the door and let you in, or you may be simply 'buzzed' in.

The Centre is open to members and visitors between 10am and 4pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, with one Saturday opening a month. That date is advertised in the monthly newsletter from the Crewe & Nantwich Group, for more details of how to join the group, click HERE 

The telephone number is 07352 454501, please leave a message outside opening hours and we will return your call as soon as possible. 

We would normally ask that you book if you are travelling any distance so that we can be sure that you have the equipment, resources and a volunteer available to help you. Please contact Margaret Spate with requests for either day on   adding "Research Centre" in the subject line.

Tea and coffee making facilities are available within the centre, with refreshment outlets within a short walking distance.

Additional charges are made for any copying or printing, which can only be undertaken within copyright law.

There is no set admission charge, but we welcome donations to help with the running expenses.

We look forward to welcoming both current and new members to the Crewe Research Centre, not forgetting any new volunteers.

                                       

   Resources that are available include 

FREE access to Ancestry, FindMyPast, British Newspaper Archive and The Genealogist

Books: General and specific to local area to aid genealogical research

Microfilms: Parish Records local to our area, LNWR Engineering staff records

Microfiche: BMD 1900 -1950, some Parish records and Monumental Inscriptions.

CDs: FHSC  publications  etc.

Wills: A collection of indexed wills

Maps: Local to area, included OS maps

Computers: with full internet access

Newspapers: Crewe Chronicle, Nantwich Guardian and Sandbach Chronicle, copies from 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s

 An extensive library of books and ephemera from the Crewe Collection

(formerly Crewe and District Local History Archives)

In order to widen our archive we welcome donations to our collection and can arrange to scan photographs.

We also have duplicate books for sale at very reasonable prices and take payment both by cash or card - the current list of books for sale can be downloaded HERE. 

              Ongoing Projects  

Baptised in Crewe Vol 2 - further transcription of baptism records.  Preparing to publish. 

 Transcribing of St. Michael's Coppenhall Burial Registers  1858 - 1970

Indexing of Crewe Chronicle obituary pages, this project so far can be searched HERE

Crewe Works Accident Books, 1919 & 1921 

Cheshire Teacher Training College, Crewe Students 1908-1921 

 

Baptised in Crewe, Vol 1

A CD which will aid any family historian researching Crewe has been released, it contains transcribed entries for approx. 43,000 records from various churches within Coppenhall and present day Crewe 1799 - 1951. The CD has images of these churches as well as a brief history which will be of interest to international as well as local researchers.  A surname search facility is included.