Links to other websites

 
This is a brief list of some key websites relevant to local studies.  If you would like to suggest a new link please use the Contact Us form.
 
 
 
 

Archives and Libraries

The following sites contain a wealth of information relating to local history and also contain many links to other useful sites.
The National Archives Includes the ARCHON Directory of archives, Access 2 Archives, National Register of Archives and an Archives Portal with Local History as a topic

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Scotland

Archives Network Wales

National Library of Ireland

UK Public Libraries Provides links to all main UK public libraries and their catalogues


History, Local History and Family History sites

National Archives Local History Research Group
Research findings published by a group of volunteers working at The National Archives on Home Office records, HO 47 (Judges reports on criminals and criminal petitions for mercy) for the information of family, local and other historians.

BBC Legacies site - Nearly 200 history tales from around the country

Helpers Higher Education in yours Personal Research - online guide to using resources held in London University's libraries and archives for family and local history research

Ask About Ireland - historical information presented in a thematic manner, for example "The big houses of Ireland"

Culture Northern Ireland - contains potted histories of the towns and townlands across Northern Ireland

Belfast Exposed - a photographic archive of Belfast with some material put together as learning packages


Local History Societies
British Association for Local History

Glens of Antrim Historical Society - a fine example of what a local history site should offer

IFLA Genealogy and Local History section



Publications
British History Online - digitised versions  of some of the core primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles

Historical Directories - digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919.

Local History Online - home of Local History Magazine

Victoria County History


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