Each of the five Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland maintains a Local Studies Service.
The aims are to collect, conserve and to make accessible information about Ireland in general and Northern Ireland in particular.
Staff in each of the Local Studies Departments are trained to help clients by providing information about local history, genealogy and local trends and developments. A wide variety of traditional and more modern resources is held in each department and staff will be pleased to help visitors learn how to use the resources to advance their research.
Staff work in partnership with relevant community groups and societies to further aims of the Local Studies Services.
The five Services work closely with the Centre for Migration Studies which is based in the Ulster American Folk Park, just outside Omagh.
To find out more about what each Service has to offer, click onto the links below.
Belfast Education and Library Board (BELB)
North Eastern Education and Library Board (NEELB)
South Eastern Education and Library Board (SEELB)
Southern Education and Library Board (SELB)
Western Education and Library Board (WELB)
Centre for Migration Studies (CMS)
