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Local Studies

 

Opening Hours

Local Studies Department is based at Aberdeenshire Libraries Headquarters in Oldmeldrum and is open to the public, by appointment, during the following times.

Monday-Friday 9.00-5.00pm

Enquiries

For enquiries, which are undertaken by Local Studies Department staff, the first half-hour of research will be carried out without a charge for staff time. Thereafter an hourly charge will be incurred.

You can use our online enquiry form to make an enquiry or contact us by phone, email, fax or in writing

There will also be a charge for any materials photocopied (subject to copyright regulations)and postage if required.

Main Collections

Books on local subjects and by local authors:

  • bibliographies
  • histories
  • directories
  • family histories
  • fiction
  • drama
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Family history resources

A variety of resources to help with family history searches are available from our libraries. This includes records on microfiche and microfilm, discount vouchers for ScotlandsPeople, online access to Ancestry Library Edition and other resources including books, maps and newspapers.

Local newspapers

Aberdeenshire Libraries has an archive of all local newspapers currently published, both bound and microfilmed and an extensive historical archive of local newspapers. Where possible the archives of the newspaper are made available on microfilm at the nearest relevant library

Maps

Extensive but not comprehensive collection (6” and 25” to the mile) of Ordnance Survey and other maps from the late 19th century onwards . Also a complete set of 1st (c. 1870s) and 2nd (c. 1902) edition Ordnance Survey maps (6” to the mile) can be accessed using a CD-Rom facility only available in the Local Studies Department at Oldmeldrum.

Special collections

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Contact

Local Studies Department
Aberdeenshire Libraries
Meldrum Meg Way
The Meadows Industrial Estate
Oldmeldrum
AB51 0GN
Online Enquiry Form
Tel: 01651 871219
Fax: 01651 872142
Email: local.studies@aberdeenshire.gov.uk