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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
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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
Updated: 24 April 2008