kew gardens and the london records office

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Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 99 Send Message	Julie	Report	31 Mar 2004 21:02
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 99 Send Message	what is the difference between kew gardens and the london records office? does one hold different records than the other? Julie
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Kevin	Report	31 Mar 2004 21:54
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	the Family Records Center in London has all the Census on microfilm and some of them have complete or patial indexes. there is also a wills index death duty registers, the original ish BMD indexes. at kew they have the medal role, ww1 service records, 1901 census on microfiche, bmd indexes on microfiche, Pcc wills. that is all of the top of my head if you go to the web sites they ll tell you more.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	Sue in Sx	Report	31 Mar 2004 22:00
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	The Public Record Office now called The National Archive is at Kew, right by the river. It holds documents. Kew Gardens holds National collections of Plants and seeds. Sue