Research Services

For people unable to make a personal visit to the town, we are able to provide a research service. Research will be carried out using documents held by the     Centre and if necessary, at the Barrow Record Office.
Sources include parish registers, bishop's transcripts, wills, census returns, electoral registers, trade directories, newspapers, the International Genealogical Index,  and a series of surname indexes.
 

Search fees

The charge for this service is 15 pounds sterling per hour. The minimum charge is 15 pounds sterling, payable in advance.
Whilst every effort will be made to carry out research accurately,  no guarantee can be given that the search will produce positive results.  Normally we will          
not carry out searches of more than three hours at a time.  This permits you to control the cost of the search.

Requests for searches must be made on the official application form and must be accompanied at least by the minimum fee.  The full length of the search can be specified and paid for in advance, but if an open-ended search is requested a top limit can be specified and the final cost will be notified as soon as the search is completed.  The results of a search will not be despatched until full payment has been received. ( Overseas customers please add £3 to cover postage costs.)

Payment

Payment may be made by sterling cheque, postal order or money order, crossed and made payable to:
Heritage First.  Your order form and payment should be sent by post to:
 
 

                                The Research Officer
                                Heritage First!
                                c/o Sir John Barrow Cottage
                                Dragley Beck
                                Ulverston
                                LA12 0HA

                                e:          heritagefirst(@)hotmailco.uk

                                To email, simply remove the brackets from the address.  Thank you.