Copies can be made from items in
the archives and local studies library collections in many formats,
as long as the original is in good physical condition and
suitable in size and format. There may be copyright
restrictions, from statutory requirements or from
decisions of the owner.
Finished work may be collected or sent by post; unless special
arrangements are
made,
advance payment on all orders is necessary.
Photocopies can be made on A3 or A4 sized paper,
these can be enlarged or reduced in scale as appropriate on
request, to correspond with the available paper sizes.
Items which are too large, too heavy, too frail, too tightly bound,
or too awkward in format to be placed on the copier without risk of
damage can not be photocopied but such material may be
suitable for photography (especially maps) or microfilm (especially
volumes).
Other items that can not be photocopied are Parish registers, Will
registers copies, bound newspaper volumes, Inclosure awards, Tithe
maps (but photocopies can be made from reduced-scale photographs),
Tithe awards (except for printed awards already detached from
maps), more than 10% of the sheet area of Ordnance Survey maps
within the last 50 years.
Reader-printer copies can be made from
microfilm or microfiche. Self-service machines are available for
fiche and film. Please give full and accurate references
including date, page and column for newspaper articles otherwise
you may incur a
research charge; staff cannot search for wrongly or
inadequately cited material.
Parish registers, Will registers, Register Bills and Bishop's
Transcripts, transcripts of parish registers, monumental and
churchyard inscriptions, newspapers, census returns, pre-1837
nonconformist registers, certain manuscript volumes have been
microfilmed for the express purpose of supplying reader-printer
copies in place of photocopies can all be copied in this way.
International Genealogical Index (except for individual surnames),
certain microfilms from British Library or other institutions
(though permission is held from the National Archive) can not be
copied.
Photographic Prints are often a practicable
means of reproducing documents, especially maps, which cannot be
photocopied; they are also more durable and of a higher quality.
Copies of photographs will be supplied where copyright allows.
Orders usually take 2-3 weeks to complete. Negatives made in
the course of fulfilling orders remain the property of the Record
Office.
35mm
microfilm is particularly suitable for
volumes or lengthy series of documents. The normal current scale of
charges applies to new filming but a reduced quotation will be made
where a copy can be taken from an existing stock negative. Please
contact us for further details.
New/master
microfiche can be
supplied. Copies can be made for a reduced fee where a
master microfiche is already held, e.g. of parish registers.
All reproductions are supplied for the purposes of private study
and research only in the first instance. Copying these
provided is not allowed without prior permission.
Publication in any form requires our
permission, it may be necessary for the document owner or copyright
owner to be consulted. A charge may be payable on publication;
please
contact us for further details.