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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	David	Report	10 Feb 2009 19:33
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	Has anybody been to Westminster archives? If so, how easy is it to access baptism records, particullarly St Clement Danes and Liberty of the Rolls?
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	10 Feb 2009 19:44
	As said, the staff are helpful and show you where things are. I searched for my ancestral family, and did a look up for someone else. I didn't do any photocopies but make copious notes.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	David	Report	10 Feb 2009 19:51
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	Thanks, I will need to spend a day there sometime. Can one take a laptop? David
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	10 Feb 2009 19:54
	It's always best, I have found, to ring first to explain what you want to do and ask if you need to book a film / fiche viewer, and if you can take a laptop. Here is their site http://www.westminster.gov.uk/archives/