In Derbyshire, it's only a matter of time before someone invites you to go rock climbing. I'm a Local Studies Librarian. I first got into this type of work at The British Library.
Local studies are fascinating.
There are queries from people all over the world who want to trace their ancestry - some are people who were adopted and are now searching for their natural parents. With the increase of funding and the growth of public interest, I now run training sessions on how to use the Internet to delve into family history. I manage a budget of about 40,000 to cover taking photographs to preserve documents and the images of lost buildings. We use these photographs in publications, which are very popular with tourists as well as local people. There's a duty of care, it becomes a vocation.