Local History Centre

Local History Centre

John Gray Centre, 15 Lodge Street, Haddington

EH41 3DX

history@eastlothian.gov.uk

01620 820695

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4:30pm

We encourage you to make an appointment.

Facilities and services

• family history research and enquiries
• house/property history research and enquiries
• local studies research and enquiries

Customers can consult the items listed here at our centre or submit an enquiry and request for information by contacting us with as many details as possible.

Family history references

• Ancestry Library Edition
• annual county directories/registers 1820s to 1930s
• digitized East Lothian Courier from 1859 to 2015
• East Lothian census returns
• East Lothian World War One memorials database
• historical local newspapers
• microfiche indexes to East Lothian Old Parish Register baptisms and marriages
• microfiche indexes to International Genealogical Index 1992 edition for Scotland arranged by counties
• monumental inscription booklets and burial/mortcloth registers for East Lothian graveyards
• old parish registers of East Lothian baptisms, marriages and deaths on microfilm

House history references

• East Lothian censuses
• historical local newspapers
• reference books and documents on respective parishes
• statistical accounts of East Lothian
• valuation rolls for East Lothian from 1855 onwards on microfilm and microfiche

Useful links

• list of historical newspapers
• house history – a case study
• World War One memorials database
• East Lothian images
• Trove – a new e-resource bringing together Historic Environment Scotland’s diverse collections in one convenient place
• East Lothian Life index
• list of digital transcriptions of books, documents and images relating to Tranent and surrounding areas
• Haddingtonshire Histories podcast series

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