Annual report for year ending March 2023 now available

The Trust is aiming to raise funding to create two posts, an Archivist and Assistant, to work for a two-year period on cataloguing some of the backlog of collections that has built up over several years. A scoping exercise was carried out recently to establish the scale of the backlog and to get an idea…

The Trust has recently published its Second Annual Report, charting the Trust’s development during the year to the end of March 2022. You can access the Report through the following link below. The report shows that, in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Trust has continued to make steady progress in fulfilling…

For many years the Archive Service has worked with The Genealogical Society of Utah [GSU] who have microfilmed and latterly digitised records in their care that includes names. This relationship has allowed users access to surrogate copies of archival sources in the public search rooms. More recently the Service has been working with GSU on…

This new module presents fascinating material from the Harriet Carr collection and now available on the Archives Service website.

Between 1 February 2022-20 April 2022 the Service accessioned 51 new collections at Woodhorn.  There is a list of a further 72 accessions awaiting deposit with potential new deposits being added to the list each week. Efforts are made to try to catalogue as many of the new deposits upon receipt as possible.  During the…

Volunteers sought to help with oral history interviews and research

Setting up a new charity is a considerable challenge at any time. Doing this in the middle of a global pandemic is even more so. The Trust’s Chair, Sir Philip Mawer, tells the story of the first challenging year. When the Trustees of the Northumberland Archives Trust met for the first time towards the end…

Now that the Trust is up and running, and with a website to allow contact with the outside world, it highlights our need for volunteers to help publicise the work of the Trust using modern means of communication. Do you have experience of social media platforms like FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp that you could…