As part of the rebuilding of City Library the Local Studies section has moved to the Exhibition Hall at Newcastle Civic Centre.
Established in 1884 this is the largest collection of local and family history material in the North East. We also collect current local material and index articles from newspapers about local people, places and events. Everyone is welcome to visit us and look at any of the collection but, as many items are rare or irreplaceable most of the collection is not on public display. To see anything just make your selection from our catalogues or ask a member of staff.
Phone 0845 002 0336
Fax 0191 277 4168
Email information@newcastle.gov.uk
Monday 9 am – 8 pm
Tuesday 9 am – 8 pm
Wednesday 9 am – 8 pm
Thursday 9 am – 8 pm
Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm
We now have an annual subscription to the Gale/Cengage database of 19th Century Newspapers. There is access to it via every People’s Network computer in the service. There is also a facility for remote access at home if you have a Newcastle library ticket. Please enter all 10 digits including the capital 'D'. The database includes three northern titles; The Newcastle Courant (Daily and Weekly), The Northern Liberator and the Northern Echo. It also includes a wide range of regional and some national titles, for example, The Illustrated Police News. If you are interested in family history or general historical research we think you will find this database useful and easy to use.
Nineteenth Century Regional Newspapers (Opens in new Window)
Ancestry.com (only accessible through Peoples Network PCs)
Ancestry Library Edition is a research tool offering the most comprehensive genealogical information available online. It has more than 4 billion names in over 4000 collections. Access to historical records such as Census Returns, Birth Marriage and Death Indexes, Passenger Lists, Military Records and much more.
There are no passwords to remember and shortcuts can be found on the desktop of Peoples Network PCs.
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We now have access to the Library Edition of Ancestry through our People's Network computers at every library.