Links
- TWAS learning resources
- Record offices and archives
- Online catalogues and finding aids
- Local studies libraries
- Registrars
- Local genealogy
- Genealogy – other useful sites
- Maritime history (including shipbuilding)
- Local museums
- Local interest
- Publications
- Other
TWAS learning resources
- Amy’s War
- An Infantryman's Diary - William Falcus, World War I
- Legacy history of black and etnic minority groups in Tyne and Wear
- Lice Hunter
- Mauretania, Pride of the Tyne
- Walks on the Wild Side
- Westall's War
Record offices and archives
- Archives North East Submit an enquiry to a participating archives service
- Details of other archives and record offices (ARCHON)
- Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office
- Durham County Record Office
- Durham University Archives and Special Collections
- Newcastle University, Special Collections
- The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)
- Northumberland Fusiliers
- Northumberland Collections Service - Archives (formerly Northumberland Record Office)
- Northern Region Film & Television Archive
- Teesside Archives
- UNESCO Archives Portal
Online catalogues and finding aids
- Access to Archives (A2A) Search many repository catalogues - includes some TWAS material.
- Archives Hub Search the catalogues of universities and colleges
- Durham County Record Office
- National Register of Archives (NRA)
- Northumberland Collections Service - Archives (formerly Northumberland Record Office)
- Northumberland Fusiliers
- Seven Stories The Centre for Children's Books
- Teesside Achives (Link to A2A)
- Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Local studies libraries
- Gateshead Local Studies
- Newcastle Local Studies
- North Tyneside Local Studies
- Sunderland Local Studies
- South Tyneside Local Studies
Registrars
- Gateshead Registration Service Includes online database (incomplete)
- Newcastle Register Office Includes online database (incomplete)
- North Tyneside Registrars
- South Tyneside Register Office Includes online database (incomplete)
- Sunderland Registration Service Includes online database (incomplete)
Local genealogy
- Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne
- GENUKI - Co. Durham
- GENUKI - Northumberland
- Northumberland and Durham Family History Society
- The National Archives - merchant seamen: officers' service records, 1845-1965 (information sheet)
- War Dead - Gateshead (Names from Gateshead War Memorials and Rolls of Honour)
- War Dead - Jarrow (Names from Jarrow War Memorials)
- WW2 Civilian Deaths in Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire (an alphabetical index)
Genealogy – other useful sites
- 1901 census
- Ancestry.co.uk
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Cyndi’s List a gateway to genealogical resources on the internet
- Federation of Family History Societies
- Findmypast.com
- FreeBMD
- International Genealogical Index (Also known as the IGI and Family Search)
- Recollections of World War II
- Society of Genealogists
- The National Archives – family history pages
Maritime history (including shipbuilding)
- Guildhall Library, London, Manuscripts - Guide to Lloyd's captains registers
- Lloyd's register of shipping
- Lloyd's register of shipping – classification information sheet
- Lloyd's register of shipping – using early editions
- Maritime History Archive (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Online crew lists
- Mauretania, Pride of the Tyne
- The National Archives - merchant seamen: officers' service records 1845-1965 (information sheet)
- The National Archives - passenger lists
- National Maritime Museum
Local museums
- Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum
- Discovery Museum, Newcastle
- Hancock Museum, Newcastle
- South Shields Museum and Art Gallery
- Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields
- Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
- Tyne and Wear Museums
Local interest
Publications
- Tyne Bridge Publishing (Publications arm of Newcastle City Libraries)
Other
- English Heritage
- Examination certificates
- The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle
- MLA North East The regional strategic development body for Museums, Libraries and Archives in the North East of England.
- Seven Stories The Centre for Children's Books
- thenortheast.com