Are you interested in Derby's past, present and future? Do you want to look at old newspapers or photographs or trace your family's history?

Derby Local Studies library has all kinds of information about Derby and Derbyshire.

News Flash – see the earliest known photograph of an England Football Team

The earliest known photograph of an England Football Team, dating from 1876, has recently been uncovered in the newspaper collection at Derby Local Studies Library. Click here to view the photograph and article, just as they appeared in the Derbyshire Football Express on 6 March 1926. You can also view the front page of the newspaper from that date.

Postal Address: 25b Irongate, Derby DE1 3GL. Interactive location map 

Phone: 01332 255393

Minicom: 01332 380712

E-mail: localstudies.library@derby.gov.uk

Manager – Local and Family History Services: Mark Young 
Support Services Manager: Mandy Henchliffe

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Ancestry Library Edition at Derby Local Studies Library
Ancestry Library Edition is now available FREE on computers at Derby Local Studies Library.

Ancestry is a research tool offering the most comprehensive genealogical information available online, with more than 4 billion names in over 4,000 collections.

Booking is advisable.

Cornucopia  
Cornucopia is an online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries. Whether you are interested in painters or politicians, dinosaurs or space travel, the Romans or the Victorians, Cornucopia can tell you what is available and where to see it.

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The Library is accessible for wheelchair users and has an induction loop at the counter.

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