{"id":147,"date":"2018-07-16T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T09:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somerset-archives.swht.wpengine.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:44:15","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/services\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Guides<\/h2>\n<p>Somerset Archives and Local Studies provide a number of Research Guides covering the collections. These guides will help you to pursue your research and cover a wide range of subjects. They will also help you to plan your visit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Research Guides<\/h4><p>Explore the Research Guides<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/North-Somerset-main-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Research Guides\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk\/researchGuides\">Research Guides<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Indexes<\/h4><p>Indexes, compiled by a dedicated team of volunters, are now available via our online catalogue. Over 10,000 entries are now browseable, and linked with catalogue entries<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/DSC00572-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Indexes\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk\/indexes\">Indexes<\/a><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Online Resources and Indexes<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Ancestry<\/h4><p>Over seven million historical records containing centuries of details of Somerset residents published online<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/Somerset-Ancestry.jpg\" alt=\"Ancestry\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/\">Explore Ancestry<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Know Your Place<\/h4><p>Explore Somerset through old maps, archive images and linked information<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/Somerset-Know-Your-Place-West-of-England.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kypwest.org.uk\/\">Visit Know Your Place<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Manorial Documents Register<\/h4><p>Access this comprehensive list of all the manors in Somerset<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/Somerset-Manorial-Documents-Register-800x575.jpg\" alt=\"Manorial Documents Register\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/manor-search\">View the Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Exmoor Oral History Archive<\/h4><p>Oral history giving a unique insight into life on the moor during the 20th century<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/ernest_mold-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/exmoor-oha.swheritage.org.uk\/home.html\">Explore the Archive<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Somerset Voices Oral History Archive<\/h4><p>Explore this unique collection of over 500 recordings of twentieth century Somerset life<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/Somerset-Somerset-Voices.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/services\/resources\/somerset-voices-oral-history-archive\/\">Explore the Archive<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"callout clearfix\"><h4>Heritage of the Ile<\/h4><p>Explore this unique collection of over 4,000 images of life in and around Ilminster<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/somerset-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/Somerset-Heritage-of-the-Ile.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritageoftheile.co.uk\/ \">Explore the Collection<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Guides Somerset Archives and Local Studies provide a number of Research Guides covering the collections. These guides will help you to pursue your research and cover a wide range of subjects. They will also help you to plan your visit. 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