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Gigglefest Children's Comedy Festival
Join in the fun during half term at Centre for the Child with free events every day during the Gigglefest comedy festival. Plus if you enjoyed Potted Potter - don't miss the Potted Pirates at the Library Theatre on Monday 15 February - booking now at www.birminghamboxoffice.co.uk
FREE ACCESS to Documents Online at Birmingham Central Library
From 11 January to 26 March 2010
Birmingham Archives and Heritage has been chosen by The National Archives to provide free access to Documents Online for a limited period. Documents Online provides access to a range of digitised records from the collections at The National Archives,
A special 'Girls Night In'
Tuesday 9 February 6.30pm (for 7pm start). A special 'Girls Night In ' with Carole Matthews, Annie Murray and Judy Astley (chaired by Charlie Jordan) at Birmingham Library Theatre. Free tickets via the Box Office on 0121 303 2323 Find out more about this event
Archives and Heritage Document of the Month
A letter from the Galton Papers
Swine Flu
Read our Hot Topic about swine flu.
1911 Census Online
The 1911 Census is now available online. Searching is free, but if you wish to download the digitised census records, you need to register and buy credits online or buy pre-paid vouchers. These are now available from Birmingham Central Library.
Library of Birmingham
Latest news about the Library of Birmingham, including the planning application details.
Netloan Computer Booking System
This is set up on floors 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Birmingham Central Library. You will also need to book to use the QuickNet computers in the foyer. There'll be no more queuing for computers, but please remember to bring your library card number and PIN to book a session. Netloan will be introduced in all Birmingham libraries during the next few months. We welcome your suggestions for improvement to the system.
Birmingham has one of the world's best collections of works by and about Shakespeare in the Birmingham Shakespeare Library
Get it, know it, use it ! You'll soon need a library card and PIN to use the computers in Birmingham Libraries. You'll be able to book a computer when and where you want it, so there'll be no need to queue.
Ancestry Library Edition is available FREE on computers in Birmingham Libraries. Trace your family history using records from England, Wales and Scotland censuses 1841 to 1901, UK parish and probate records and now incorporating the complete General Register Office index of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 to 2005.
Now includes British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index cards 1914 - 1920
Midlands Historical Data
www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/
This project is making digital copies of rare books, maps, photographs and documents about the West Midlands for viewing online. It's free to use on computers in Birmingham Libraries. The site has Birmingham electoral registers for 1912/13, 1918 (absent voters list), 1920, 1925, 1930/31 and 1935/36 - fully searchable by name - which makes it a useful source for family history research.
Creation Zone
This amazing website at www.creation-zone.co.ukcontains over 3,000 images from the Early and Fine Printing Collection, the Parker Collection of Children's Books and Walsall Leather Museum. Browse for hours among the beautiful pictures in the Image Bank or use the Advanced Search to choose by theme, style and texture. And don't miss such treasures as the Aubrey Beardsley illustrations for Le Morte d'Arthur.
Birmingham Box Office Online
We sell tickets for a variety of promoters, events and venues in the region through a secure networked box office system.Transactions are live, and credit card processing and seat allocation are undertaken while you are on-line.
Map prints for sale
You can now order copies, colour or sepia, of many of the historical maps of Birmingham from the Archives and Heritage Service in the Central Library.
These are A3 high definition prints on quality matte paper, cost £8 each (Postage and packing free).
Credo Reference
An online reference library that gives you access to a huge range of information, including encyclopaedias, dictionaries and books of quotations, plus a range of specialist subjects. You can search all these sources with one keyword search. Available on your home or office computer too, if you are a member of Birmingham Libraries.
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