Sunderland Local Studies Library is a well-used service, they receive enquires daily from around the world from people searching for family history or local information.
Their services are used by many different people, including those tracing their family history, students with projects and people interested in the photographic collections.
Architects, builders and those wishing to trace the history of a property also use the resources of the library, for as well as maps they hold the Building Control Index for South Shields and local directories which help to build up a picture of the area of interest.
FARNE has digitised a number of items from Sunderland Local Studies, in particular a eighteenth century book of poems by local comedian J. Cawdell.
Contact details:
Local Studies CentreCity Library & Arts Centre
Fawcett Street
Sunderland
SR1 1RE
Tel: 0191 514 8439
Email: local.studies@sunderland.gov.uk
Tel: 424 7860
Email: Local.Studies@sunderland.gov.uk
