Discover the history of Southampton. The Local History Collection has material on Southampton’s history from the Saxon period to the present day. You can find out about any period of the city’s history using books, maps, historical records, illustrations and newspapers.
You can even find out something of the history of your house. You can trace your family tree using our collection of local censuses, parish registers and street directories, and use our computers to access remote genealogical databases, e.g. Familysearch and the 1901 Census Website.
A Maritime collection of national importance celebrates Southampton’s importance as a merchant shipping port. You can research the history of ships using our excellent collection of marine registers. Find out about the Titanic using books, journals, newspapers and films. The Portcities Southampton website gives access to thousands of images and hundreds of pages of information on Southampton and on ships and shipping.
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