Public libraries gather a wide variety of materials to build a local history reference collection (LHRC), everything from cemetery records to hand-tied flies for anglers’ poles to whatever patrons ...

Find out what has already been written and published locally, about your area or your topic. See what other people have done already and examine their work with a critical eye - does it ring true, are ...

Top tips that help you approach writing about local history in the best way. See how themes, context and an open mind are the building blocks of a good historian and how vital it is to organise your ...