CATALOGUE of ARCHIVES
Looking for a photograph of your ancestor?
Were they mentioned in a newspaper cutting?
Want to know if we have a cannon ball from the civil war?
It is easy to find out - search our catalogue. From Summer 2007 to Summer 2008, almost singlehandedly, Chris Gosling catalogued over 2,500 items: documents, postcards, photographs, artefacts, newspaper cutting. And he is still doing it!
To access our catalogue click on SEARCH THE ARCHIVES.
When searching remember that the system is designed for searching by keyword. To be sure of returning the maximum number of results, keep your phrase short – e.g. try searching on only the surname rather than the full name if you are looking for archives relating to a person. For example James Seymour, the cricketer, could be referred to as "J Seymour", "Jas Seymour" or "James Seymour" - only a search of "Seymour" would find all the records.
If you are researching broad topics. You might find it helpful to use one of the History Group’s “standard” keywords, which will catch at least 99% of items within each topic. They are:
- Agriculture
- Buildings
- Carnivals
- Commerce
- Communication
- Education
- Farming
- Hopping
- Impact
- Leisure
- Maps
- Organisations
- People
- Photos
- Pubs
- Religion
- Roads
- Social order
- Sport
- Transport
- War