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Solihull Heritage & Local Studies Service at The Core Library is the Borough's memory bank and collects local history resources relating to all of the places within the present Solihull Metropolitan Borough and within the former Solihull Rural District. | Solihull Heritage & Local Studies Service at The Core Library is the Borough's memory bank and collects local history resources relating to all of the places within the present Solihull Metropolitan Borough and within the former Solihull Rural District. | ||
An [http://www.calmview.eu/solihull/ online catalogue] is available, although this is not yet a complete listing of | An [http://www.calmview.eu/solihull/ online catalogue] is available, although this is not yet a complete listing of all of the archives and local studies collections so please email [mailto:heritage@solihull.gov.uk heritage@solihull.gov.uk] if you are looking for anything in particular and can't find it listed. | ||
As a Family Search Affiliate Library, The Core Library has a number of Family Search microfilms available for reference, including the largest collection of Caribbean microfilms in the UK outside London. Further details about Caribbean family history research and the main records available from within Solihull are on [https://www.solihull.gov.uk/caribbeanfamilyhistory Solihull Council's website]. | |||
==Services== | ==Services== | ||
The Core Library and all of the community libraries in Solihull have subscriptions to Ancestry, Find My Past, The Genealogist (Diamond subscription) and the British Newspaper Archive. Library members may have two hours' free access per day, whilst non-library members may pay a fee for 30 minutes' internet access. | The Core Library and all of the community libraries in Solihull have subscriptions to Ancestry, Find My Past, The Genealogist (Diamond subscription) and the British Newspaper Archive. Library members may have two hours' free access per day, whilst non-library members may pay a fee for 30 minutes' internet access. | ||
Many informal family history groups meet at libraries within Solihull, including specialist groups researching Irish, Caribbean and Jamaican ancestors. Further details are on [https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Resident/Libraries/Local-family-history/familyhistory/familyhistorygroups Solihull Council's website]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||