Information gathered and created will be accessible through computer networks to schools and libraries and through the Internet over the World Wide Web.  

This will create a major regional history database including maps, photographs and text information, with links to library and archive catalogues and to indexes of archaeological sites.  The project is currently digitising over 30,000 images and pages of text.  Mapping will include for the whole region, by permission of the Ordnance Survey, current Ordnance Survey maps in two scales, and historic Ordnance Survey mapping in three early editions (from about 1860 onwards).

Input for To-morrow’s History is not, however, only coming from libraries, archives and museums, but from local communities, giving people a chance to research and tell the true stories of their own lives and those of their parents, grandparents and ancestors – in their own words and pictures – in the way they want to tell it!

To-morrow’s History is providing the resources and funding to allow 100 individual local heritage projects to happen between April and December 2001.  These may vary from a small scale community history day in a local hall, school or library, to larger projects involving a number of partners and innovating in the areas of community history content, use of Information Technology, and skills development.

For further information contact The Local Studies Centre on 
(0191) 514 8439