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Home Leisure and culture Derbyshire Record Office Visiting us Registering to use the Record Office

Registering to use the record office

If you want to use the search room to look at original documents, including maps, you'll need an Archives Card. If you want to use a computer you'll need a Derbyshire library card or to register with us as a guest user.

Archives Card

If you already have an Archives Card, please bring this into the search room with you.

If not, please follow these steps:

  1. Sign up online for your new card in advance of your visit.
  2. Bring 2 forms of acceptable ID, for example, passport, driving licence, recent utility or council tax bill, recent bank statement. View a full list of acceptable ID or find out what to do if you do not have the required documents.
  3. On arrival, we will check your online registration and ID and take your photograph if you did not upload one as part of your registration.

Once you have an Archives Card, it can be used at all participating archives across the UK.

Derbyshire library card

The books in the local studies collection are all for reference only but if you want to use any of our computers please bring along your Derbyshire library card. You can also reserve a computer online.

If you're not already a library member and live, work or study in Derbyshire you can join the library, online or in person at the record office. If you use either method please bring in a form of ID showing us your name and address to get your library card.

If you're not a Derbyshire resident then please show us some ID with your name and address and we can give you a guest ticket.