Sheffield Archives is the main repository of original records relating to Sheffield, but don’t forget that for various reasons records end up in lots of different places. Check out the page of links to regional and national record repositories as well.
Sheffield Local Studies Library is the main repository of all kinds of printed material relating to Sheffield. The extensive collection includes books, published records, maps, newspapers, poll books, electoral registers, trade directories, pamphlets, hand bills, programmes, notices, other ephemera, etc. Basically anything in print that concerns Sheffield.
There are other organisations in Sheffield that hold specialist archives of records relating to a specific place or activity or institution.
- Bradfield Archives – over 40,000 records reacting to the parish of Bradfield
- Cutlers Company Archives – records dating from 1624 relating to the local cutlery industry
- GENUKI Sheffield pages – virtual reference library of where to find different types of genealogical information
- Hawley Tool Collection – internationally important collection of Sheffield cutlery – tools and knives,
- Name of a Knife Blade – online directory of Sheffield knife makers
- Sheffield Archives – main collection of original records relating to Sheffield
- Sheffield Assay Office – records of items of precious metals assayed in Sheffield, archives include makers’ marks, offers a research service
- Sheffield Cemeteries – manages the cemeteries that are in use today
- Sheffield General Cemetery Trust – holds transcribed records of burials in Sheffield’s oldest cemetery
- Sheffield Flood Claims Archive – details of insurance claims following the flood of 1864
- Sheffield School of Art Archives – based at Sheffield Hallam University is one of several special collections
- Sheffield Local Studies Library – main collection of printed material relating to Sheffield including municipal records
- Sheffield Register Office– original registers of births, marriages and deaths from 1837
Many local history groups gather and transcribe records specific to their area of interest so check out Sheffield history groups and societies.