Civil Servants

Civil servants are people who work either for Central or Local Government.

Records of employment were always kept in respect of these employees.

What records can you find?

Records of most people employed by Central Government up until the early 1900's will be held by the National Archives.

More recent than that will be held by the relevant department.

Tracking the relevant department down may require a little detective work as many departments will have changes of name in recent years.

Local Government records are likely to be with the County Records Office or the modern local government unit.

Once again this may well have changed in one of the re-organisations of local government.

Records of people who were born under 100 years ago may be more difficult to access as they will be covered by data protection and you may require consent from the next of kin if access is to be provided.

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Online sites such as find my past have some records of civil servants.

Of particular use is the civil servants evidence of age database.

From 1855 onwards this index lists the name and ages of civil servants what sat promotional examinations.