Four books laid on a flat surface - three in the background and one in the foreground. The three books in the background are titled The Streets of Brum by Carl Chinn. Each has a section of a historic photograph of Birmingham on its front cover. The book in the foreground is titled Birmingham Place Names and has a photograph of a mill by a pool on its front cover.

For our final #LocalHistoryMonth post this year- We explore how place and street names reveal a location's development and its people's history. Books by Carl Chinn and Joe McKenna can help you on your way. Reference: BCOL 89.1 #LibraryofBham #history_month

Four boxes in two piles of two resting on a white metal cabinet. Pile on the left - bottom box labelled as Yardley Cemetery Index, Reel 264, Reel 1 : 1863 – 1909. Box on top labelled as Yardley Cemetery Index, Reel 265, Reel 2 : 1910 – March 1912. Pile on the right - bottom box labelled as Witton Cemetery Index, Reel 276, 1902 – 1908 (part) and 1908 – 1929. Box on top labelled as Witton Cemetery Index, Reel 277 : 1929 – 1951 and 1951 – 1971 (part). Glass partition in the background on the left and the heads of two people on the right.

#LocalHistoryMonth highlighting resources to help local history research – this week, what lies beneath us. The Birmingham Burials Record with over 1.5 million entries.
birminghamburialrecords.co.uk. Cemetery indexes free to view in the library #LibraryofBham #history_month

Front page of an electoral register entry. Text at the top of the page reads - County Borough of Birmingham. Beneath this, the following text - Parliamentary Constituency - Birmingham, All Saints. Ward - Rotton Park. Polling District – XATX (518X). Beneath this, the words Register of Electors and Index of Streets. Beneath this, three columns showing names of people for addresses in Gillott Road.

We’re continuing to highlight resources to help your research as part of #LocalHistoryMonth – this week it’s the turn of electoral registers - really useful if you want to look at changing population diversity in your locality. #LibraryofBham #history_month

Front cover of an Ordnance Survey National Grid Seventh Series one - inch map of Great Britain. Sheet 131 : Birmingham. Fully revised 1950 and published 1955. The words Ordnance Survey in a box at the top of the front cover and a basic line drawing of Birmingham and the surrounding area in another box at the bottom of the front cover.

May is #LocalHistoryMonth tinyurl.com/LCHM2025. Maps are a great resource for exploring the history of your locality. As well as flat maps, we have an extensive collection of folded maps such as this 7th Edition one - inch map of Birmingham #LibraryofBham #history_month