Using local studies resources

at Derbyshire libraries

Cultural and Community Services

Find old photographs on Picture the Past

Find old photographs of Bolsover buildings, people and industries

Look at photographs of people to find out how people dressed in the past

Find out about local industries through photographs

Use Ancestry to find historical records about people

www.ancestrylibrary.com

Find descriptions of your local area

Find out the names and ages of people who lived in your area in the past…

…discover what they did for a living…

…and see where they were born

Find old news articles, advertisements and picture in our newspaper archives

www.derbyshirelibraries.gov.uk/24hrlibrary

Find information about your local area in old newspapers using the Infotrac database

Other sources of information

• Historical Directories – Derbyshire libraries hold original copies of these. You can find digital versions at www.historicaldirectories.org

• Maps – These can be viewed at Derbyshire libraries. You cans see some old maps online at www.old-maps.co.uk

• Books – Derbyshire libraries have a vast collection of local studies books covering places, people and industries

• Websites – to find out about mining in the past visit www.cmhrc.co.uk