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The archives contain around 450 creators and include diaries, stories and letters. Amongst the professions represented are seamen, artists, merchants, farmers, and female factory workers. The archives also contain maps, boat designs, and documentation from <em>eg<\/em> shipyards.<\/p>\n<p>Some documents in the archive are confidential and therefore are not available to researchers or others.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The topographical archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This archive consists mainly of maps, drawing and archive files on cultural environments, properties and archaeological activities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The picture archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Around 150,000 images in our photographic collection are now available for searching via <a href=\"http:\/\/digitaltmuseum.se\/info\/owners\/S-BM\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">DigitaltMuseum<\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DigitaltMuseum also allows users to search our Collections.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Library<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We also maintain a library of around 27,000 volumes. This is a reference library that contains literature on history, arts, ethnology, and for the greater part, literature on the local history of Bohusl\u00e4n.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to make an appointment to view the contents of our library. Our library is searchable via Libris.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For genealogists<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The museum library has a research desk with access to information materials and literature on genealogy, suggested links etc. You may also book an appointment to use our genealogy computer which has several searchable databases and programmes, such as Sveriges \u00a0befolkning [Sweden\u2019s population] 1880, 1890, 1900, 1970, 1980, 1990, Sveriges D\u00f6dbok [Sweden\u2019s Book of Deaths], Begravda i Sverige [Swedish Burials], Emigranten Popul\u00e4r [The Emigrant Popular],\u00a0SVAR [Riksarkivet, Digital Research Room] och Arkiv Digital [Digital Archive]. The genealogy computer can be booked for 2 hours at the time, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>We collaborate with <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bohusarkiv.se\/\">Bohusl\u00e4ns F\u00f6reningsarkiv<\/a><\/span> [Bohusl\u00e4n Society Archives] with which we share our premises. In this archive you will find files from around 1,700 societies dating from the mid-19th century until the present day. The societies represented include trade unions, temperance, sports, politics, and other societies. 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Amongst the professions represented are seamen, artists, merchants, farmers, and female factory workers. The archives also contain maps, boat designs, and documentation from <em>eg<\/em> shipyards.<\/p>\n<p>Some documents in the archive are confidential and therefore are not available to researchers or others.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The topographical archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This archive consists mainly of maps, drawing and archive files on cultural environments, properties and archaeological activities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The picture archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Around 150,000 images in our photographic collection are now available for searching via <a href=\"http:\/\/digitaltmuseum.se\/info\/owners\/S-BM\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">DigitaltMuseum<\/span>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0DigitaltMuseum also allows users to search our Collections.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Library<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We also maintain a library of around 27,000 volumes. This is a reference library that contains literature on history, arts, ethnology, and for the greater part, literature on the local history of Bohusl\u00e4n.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to make an appointment to view the contents of our library. Our library is searchable via Libris.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For genealogists<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The museum library has a research desk with access to information materials and literature on genealogy, suggested links etc. You may also book an appointment to use our genealogy computer which has several searchable databases and programmes, such as Sveriges \u00a0befolkning [Sweden\u2019s population] 1880, 1890, 1900, 1970, 1980, 1990, Sveriges D\u00f6dbok [Sweden\u2019s Book of Deaths], Begravda i Sverige [Swedish Burials], Emigranten Popul\u00e4r [The Emigrant Popular],\u00a0SVAR [Riksarkivet, Digital Research Room] och Arkiv Digital [Digital Archive]. The genealogy computer can be booked for 2 hours at the time, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>We collaborate with <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bohusarkiv.se\/\">Bohusl\u00e4ns F\u00f6reningsarkiv<\/a><\/span> [Bohusl\u00e4n Society Archives] with which we share our premises. In this archive you will find files from around 1,700 societies dating from the mid-19th century until the present day. The societies represented include trade unions, temperance, sports, politics, and other societies. 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