Listed below are a range of online resources about local archives and history which you may find of interest. The Archives and Local History Centre is not responsible for the accuracy of information contained on external websites. If any links are out of date or otherwise inaccurate, please let us know.

Catalogues

• A2A - Access 2 Archives is part of the UK archives network. The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
• Archives Hub - A major national gateway to archive collections held in UK universities and colleges. The Archives Hub enables you to search across descriptions of archives held at over 220 institutions across the UK.
• AIM25
• Scottish Archive Network

Other local and national archive services

• Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
• Walsall Local History Centre
• Wolverhampton City Archives
• Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
• Staffordshire Archive Service
• The National Archives
• Community Archives and Heritage Group - National directory of community archives in the UK
• MACE (Media Archive for Central England) - regional film archives

Local History

• Black Country History
• Local History Online
• Black Country Connections
• Black Country Prints
• Cradley Links
• Sedgley Local History Society
• Distinctly Black Country
• Historic mapping

Family History

• Genuki
• Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
• Genealogy Research Service - Guide to burials and cremations in the seven cemeteries that are under the control of Dudley Council these are Stourbridge, Lye/Wollescote, Cradley, Halesowen, Gornal, Dudley and Brierley Hill Cemeteries as well as Stourbridge Crematorium and Gornal Wood Crematorium.
• West Midlands BMD
• Black Country Churchyards
• Black Country War Memorials
• Black Country Genealogy and Family History

Other heritage organisations

• Black Country Living Museum
• Dudley Canal Trust
• Dudley Libraries
• Dudley Museums