Below are some useful guides to our archives and local collections. These include guides on prominent people and map collections. There are also guides for family history and local history.

Bradford Local Studies Collections and Guides

Bradford Local Collection : A guide to Bradford’s Local Studies Library Collections.

Local History from Maps and Plans : A guide to Maps and Plans held at Bradford Local Studies Library.

Trade and Telephone Directories : A guide to the Trade and Telephone Directories held at Bradford Local Studies.

Federer, Dickons and Empsall Special Collections : The 18th & 19th Century Publications Collections at Bradford Local Studies.

Parish & Nonconformist Registers: 1- Family History Society Publications

Parish and Nonconformist Registers 2- Printed Transcriptions

Parish and Nonconformist Registers 3 – Non-conformist Registers

Sources in Bradford Local Studies relating to Saltaire

General Guides

Finding the History of your House

Useful Websites for House History

Memory Lane Boxes for Reminiscence

The Local Studies Collection at Shipley Library

Keighley Local Studies Collections and Guides

Asa Briggs Lord Asa Briggs

Gordon Bottomley – Keighley’s Forgotten Poet

The Bronte Collection

Bronte Footsteps in Keighley

Haworth Bronte Resources

Keighley and the Brontes – A Guide to Resources

Keighley Mechanics’ Institute: a brief history

John Bradley – Keighley’s Cultural Champion

Branwell Bronte Factsheet

Keighley Library Murals

Sir Swire Smith

Lord Philip Snowden

Lady Ethel Snowden

Tracing the history of your house

Treasures of Keighley Library

Official and Administrative Records for Keighley

Bradford Family History Society have also produced a set of useful guides:

Arrangement of the Burgess Rolls and Electoral Registers

Conditions of having the vote

Family History Websites

Wills and probate