The Foreword to this publications starts off saying: 'With its appearance the South Humberside Area Office has joined the ranks of those archive offices which have produced a comprehensive guide and I am sure that a wide readership will benefit. Its paragraphs may be concise, but the archives describes are immense and span nearly eight centuries. Their age and bulk alone impress; so does the quality of their contents. They open a curtain on the life of communities as they went about their daily work - sometimes struggling, occasionally at war - and played their part in a corner of the national scene.'
'... In the foreground may stand councillors, seamen, and traders, but other citizens and workers are there - children, men and women - and from time to time the spotlight of the archives falls on them each in turn.'
In a review written by Paul Miller in 1997 he says that: 'the name of this institution has changed from the South Humberside to the North East Lincolnshire Archive Office. The area covered includes: Scunthorpe municipal borough; Glanford Brigg rural district; Barton upon Humber urban district; Brigg urban district; Grimsby rural district and county borough and Cleethorpes municipal borough.'
'The book is divided up into records for the Borough of Grimsby, Statutory Authorities, Public Records and unofficial deposited archives. There are many records listed here, but the majority are without any explanation of what information they might include. Information and collections of many individuals are included, all mentioned in the index.'
'This depository is not the diocesan record office; therefore, do not look here for parish registers, bishop's transcripts or wills proven before 1858. There are however some church related documents such as membership lists, minutes, Sunday school books, attendance registers, year books, accounts, etc.'
'Grimsby is particularly well known for its fishing industry. The archives has a good collection of appropriate materials including: Customs and Excise Registers; Board of Trade crew and apprentice lists; Borough Council papers and minutes; Reports and records for dock companies, fish merchants, mariner institutions, fishing companies, shipping, ship suppliers, repairers, agents and owners and salvage companies. The apprenticeship records are also indexed.'
'For researching the Humberside area, this guide is a must. Unfortunately for most of us, the material can only be seen in Grimbsy. The Archives will answer short direct question for those who send two International Reply Coupons. For more involved work, they will provide the names of local researchers for hire.'
Contents:
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Map of South Humberside
Introduction
Borough of Grimsby
- Charters and Grants
- Administrative Archives
- Judicial Archives
- Financial Archives
Statutory Authorities
- Lighting Inspectors
- Local Board of Health
- Rural and Urban Sanitary Authorities
- Burial Authorities
- School Boards
- Education Boards
- Education Committees
- School Managers and Schools
- Grimsby Board of Guardians (1890-1930)
- Grimsby Public Assistance Committee (1930-48)
- Rural and Urban District Councils
- Parish Councils
Public Records
- Quarter Sessions
- Petty Sessions (Magistrates' Courts)
- Coroners
- HM Customs and Excise
- Board of Trade
- Hospitals
- Board of Inland Revenue
Unofficial Deposited Archives
- Religious Congregations
- Parliamentary Inclosure
- Manorial Documents
- Estate and Family Archives
- Business and Trade
- Solicitors' Collections
- Institutions and Societies
- Composite and Antiquarian Collections
- Personal Papers
- Maps (Additional pre-1880 only)
- Photographs
- Sound Recordings
- Miscellaneous
Addenda
Special Indexes
General Index to Guide
