Welcome
On these pages we will be showing you some
of the wonderful resources that are available at the library in Middlesbrough
They are arranged in a sequence which we consider
most helpful to both beginners
and those with experience in family history. You can of course dip in and
out in the way that is most comfortable and useful to you. It is crucial
to your success in using these resources that you talk to and exchange
information with all those who are engaged in front line family history
activities-librarians and archivists; members of the Cleveland Family History
Society, Friends of Teesside Archives,and the Cleveland and Teesside Local
History Society (you can join any or all of these societies); local classes,
self help or user groups in family history where the members support and
encourage each other (one such group, the Hemlington Family History Club,meets
every Thursday afternoon in the Middlesbrough Reference Library).
The Reference Library
The Reference Library is on the top floor of the Central
Library, Victoria Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AY. It has great character
and is very conducive to the study of family history.
The Library's opening hours
are :-
| Monday |
9.30am-7.00pm |
| Tuesday |
9.30am-7.00pm |
| Wednesday |
9.30am-5.00pm |
| Thursday |
9.30am-5.00pm |
| Friday |
9.30am-7.00pm |
| Saturday |
9.30am-5.00pm |
You may use the family history resources and enlist
the help of the staff at any time during these hours without prior appoinment
but you are strongly advised to book microfilm/fiche machines in advance.
Tel. 01642-729001
Email reference_library@middlesbrough.gov.uk
There are seven microfilm/fiche machines for reading
the local census returns 1841-1901; the International Genealogical Index,Boyd's
Marriage Index for Durham and Yorshire, the St Catherine's House Index
of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England and Wales 1837-2000; Soldiers
Who Died in the Great War, and a selection of local and national newspapers.
There is a book collection of 20,000 volumes on local
and family history which includes electoral registers, trade directories
and a selection of parish registers for England and Wales.
There are 14 PCs for free public use to take you out
to all those wonderful family history sites on the web.
Getting Started
Here are some very readable
books and booklets, all available in the Reference Library, to help you
get started in family history.
Daily Mail Weekend Magazine 31st January to 14th
February 2004 Meet the Ancestors, a three parter guide to tracing
your family tree
Oxford Companion to Local and Family History, edited
by David Hey. OUP, 1996. 929.1072041
Teesside Archives Leaflet no. 19: Starting Points for
Family History
Public Record Office. Getting Started in Family History.
PRO, 2000 (Pocket Guides to Family History) 929.342
Public Record Office. Using Birth, Marriage and Death
Records. PRO, 2000 (Pocket Guides to Family History) 929.342
Public Record Office. Using Census Returns. PRO, 2000
(Pocket Guides to Family History) 929.342
Public Record Office. Using Wills. PRO, 2000 (Pocket
Guides to Family History) 929.342
Public Record Office. Using Army Records. PRO, 2000
(Pocket Guides to Family History) 929.342
Public Record Office. Using Navy Records. PRO, 2000
(Pocket Guides to Family History) 929.342
Major Web Sites
Local Web Sites
Census returns
Parish
Registers - Background
Parish
Registers - Web and other resources
Parish
Registers- List of Transcripts
Civil Registration
of Births, Deaths and Marriages- Background
Civil Registration
of Births, Deaths and Marriages-GRO Indexes of Overseas Births, Marriages
and Deaths
Civil Registration
of Births, Deaths and Marriages-Web and other Resources
Directories
International
Genealogical Index
Monumental Inscriptions
Maps
Local Newspapers
Biographical
newspaper cuttings collection
Family
Histories and Pedigrees
Downloadable
resource lists for Middlesbrough Reference Library