Kiama Library history centre

History Week

There's no time like the present to find your past.

Our history centre, located on the ground level of Kiama Library, offers extensive resources to help you with your local or family history research project.

Our local studies reference collection is a non-lending collection of rare, unique and often self-published items accessible under supervision - now co-located with our specialist family history resources downstairs to allow better integration of our history resources.

Using the service

Our centre is open to the public every Thursday 10am-12pm, and everyone is welcome to drop in during these times to use the resources. 

If you have a specific local history inquiry, our Local Studies Librarian is available at the centre on Thursday mornings, or otherwise upstairs at the library during library opening hours, where resources can be retrieved or accessed on your behalf.

Note, Ancestry.com can be accessed on the upstairs library public PCs anytime during library opening hours, as can our local history digital databases and many other local history resources in our lending collection.

Submit a research enquiry

Local and family history research requests may be undertaken on your behalf by staff or volunteers as time permits. Research undertaken on your behalf is limited to 2 hours free research.

Research requests are placed in a queue and completed on a sequential basis. We aim to complete requests in a timely manner, where staff time and information is available. Due to the nature of some requests, this timeframe may be up to 2-3 weeks or longer.

 

Please be as specific as possible with your inquiry and include any information that may be relevant or useful for the researcher.

Book an appointment 

Do you require one-on-one assistance with your family history research from one of our experienced volunteers?

Book a FREE two-hour appointment to get started or delve deeper into your research.

Book an appointment

Please bring along any relevant documents, certificates, information, names or dates you have already compiled, and a USB stick to save any new information.

Our collections 

If you're working on a genealogical or local history project, if you need help, or would just like to discover new avenues of research, the Kiama Library history centre is the place to visit.

Our collections include:

  • books
  • manuscripts
  • oral histories
  • photographs
  • ephemera
  • microfilms
  • maps
  • databases
  • online genealogical service providers.
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