Cumberland Archives and Libraries

Archives
Cumbria Archive Service has four Archive Centres. The Cumbria Archives Service map shows areas of Cumbria covered by each office. The Archive Service cares for parish registers, other church records, wills, electoral registers, maps and plans, poor law records, title deeds, and photographs. The archives of many families, businesses, local authorities, solicitors, societies and schools also help form a fascinating record of all aspects of life in the county.
 * Cumbria Archive Services Map

Carlisle (Cumberland) Archive and Local Studies Centre Lady Gillford's House Petteril Bank Rd Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 3AJ UK Telephone: 01228 227 284 Email:carlisle.archives@cumbria.gov.uk@undefined Website

Whitehaven Archive and Local Studies Centre Scotch St. Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 7NL UK Telephone: 01946 506 420 Email:whitehaven.archives@cumbria.gov.uk@undefined Website

Cumbria Libraries
Cumbria Libraries 11 Globe Lane Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8NX UK Telephone 01228 606060 Email: [mailto:libraries@cumbria.gov.uk libraries@cumbria.gov.uk] Website: Cumbria Libraries


 * The Carlisle Library is located within the Lanes, a pedestrian shopping area about half a mile from the Castle. It's a modern, well equipped facility with good general holdings. They have microfilm census returns for most of the available years, and they are adding additional film readers. Most of the interesting material is not on open shelves but can be asked for at the 2nd floor desk across from the microfilm readers.

Tullie House Museum
Tullie House Museum Castle Street Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8TP UK Telephone: 01228 618718 E-Mail: [mailto:enquiries@tulliehouse.org enquiries@tulliehouse.org] Website: Tullie House Museum


 * The Tullie House is a museum and art gallery with an emphasis on the area's Roman and turbulent border history. If your family was involved with the reivers, it's worth a visit. It is immediately across from the Castle and they also have a postal research service which seems to specialize in researching reivers and outlaws.

For a long list of Cumbria museums, go to List of museums in Cumbria in Wikipedia.