This was posted by the Federation of Family History Societies. Birmingham Archives and Heritage CLOSURE OF THE ARCHIVES SEARCHROOM IN PREPARATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF STOCK TO THE NEW LIBRARY OF BIRMINGHAM >From the week commencing Monday 26th November 2012, the archives search room of Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service will be closed to enable the preparation, packaging and removal of stock to the new Library of Birmingham. The last day the archives search room will be open will be Friday 23rd November 2012. We will re-open on 3rd September 2013. We regret the inconvenience this is likely to cause to our users. A new Library of Birmingham website will be launched soon and this will include contact details for the new Library. The open access family and local history collections remain available throughout December and more details on timetabling will be released in due course. Regards Jackie Cotterill Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 5 Sanderling Court Spennells Kidderminster Worcs, DY10 4TS Tel/Fax: 01562 743912 www: bmsgh.org -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter J Richardson Sent: 09 November 2012 22:40 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] Birmingham Archives Dear List, I visited Birmingham Central Library for the first time in a few months and I saw that the archives (that is the enclosed area) is due for closure two weeks today, the last day being Friday 23rd November and then I suspect that you will need to wait for the new library to open before getting access to the things stored there. The top three floors of the library are now reduced to three day opening (Weds, Thurs, Fri) and I believe the archives are running an appointment system to be sure to book ahead if you want to go. I believe that the self-service microfilm service will still continue after the 23rd but I do not know how long for as I am sure that there will come a time when those also need to be transported to their new home. As I walked from the car park to the library I noticed that the new library has soared impressively out of the ground since my last visit, but it will still take a while for things to be sorted out - the opening date is currently set as being 3rd September 2013. Regards Peter ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message