Archives and Local History

Trafford Local Studies Centre
Sale Waterside
Sale
M33 7ZF

Phone: 0161 912 3013

Email: trafflocals@trafford.gov.uk

Opening times

Trafford's Local Studies Centre holds an archive of preserved material relating to the towns and rural areas which now make up the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford.

In addition to general local historic material, the Local Studies Centre also houses a great deal of information which is of interest to anyone researching their own family tree.

• Local Studies catalogue
• Local Studies fees and charges 2019/2020

Some of the services available include:

• Free access to the Ancestry website and the findmypast website.
• General Register Office births, marriages and deaths indexes from 1837 to 2005.
• National Probate indexes from 1853 to 1943.
• Directories.
• Family tree research.
• Microfiche and microfilm.
• Newspapers.
• Digital resources.
• Trafford Lifetimes - historic photographs of Trafford.
• The locations of Blue plaques in Trafford.

Policies

• Collection policy
• De-accessioning policy

Other links

• Follow us on Twitter
• Bridging the Years - Canal website
• Manchester Lives - combined catalogue for all Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies.
• Art UK