Whether you’re interested in finding out about your family tree, your community’s history, the vast range of historical documents held in the County, or events and exhibitions to commemorate the First World War, there will be something for you during the Staffordshire History Festival.

Choose from over 100 events run or hosted by Staffordshire’s Libraries, Arts, Archives and Heritage services. Exhibitions, talks, history walks, history and heritage open days, family history sessions and activities for children will be running throughout September and October.

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For all general local studies interest, our libraries hold a range of useful material, such as newspapers, trade directories and parish registers.

A few libraries have collections of local photographs.

Find out more about what we offer for anyone interested in local or family history here

Library members also have free access at all library computers to Ancestry Library Edition, a top genealogy resource, Find My Past and NewsBank.

Contact your local library for details of events in your area, or view online at:

www.staffordshire.gov.uk/libraries or keep an eye on the Staffordshire Libraries Facebook Page or Twitter StaffsLibraries for regular updates and events listings with the hashtag #SHF2017

You can also discover what the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service have to offer at their website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/

You can find out more about Staffordshire’s Great War experience or look at details of commemorations in Staffordshire and latest news at:

www.staffordshiregreatwar.com  Staffs Great War Facebook page or @StaffsGreatWar