Calderdale Register Office
Our Register Office has documents that can help you trace your family history.
For more details, see: Family history research.
Halifax Antiquarian Society
The Halifax Antiquarian Society have made informative and invaluable articles about the local area and people since 1901.
A full set of their transactions and an index is kept in the Local Studies at Central Library. (Halifax).
Our libraries at Brighouse, Elland, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden also have large collections of transactions for reference.
Certain copies can be loaned to you via the library service.
Local history societies
Calderdale has a thriving network of local history societies.
To find details of many of these, see: Clubs and societies (select 'Local history and heritage').
Calderdale archives
West Yorkshire Archives (Calderdale) offers a wealth of resources for the researcher and historian. Find it on the same floor as the local studies collection.
For more about this, see: Archives.