Grow up
23rd March 2015
From Chefs Plaids, Jugements, Ordonnances &c, Staff, in the Library. 'People who can't control themselves may find they are forced to behave.'
Family photographs
23rd March 2015
The index of photographs in From our family albums, Book Three (2012), edited by Julie Hargetion and Mary Vidamour of the Société Guernesiaise. Thise book and its two companion volumes may be viewed by visitors to the Library, but permission for reproduction of the photographs can only be obtained by going through the books' compilers, the Family History Section of the Société Guernesiaise, from whom copies of the books may also be purchased.
Juan Norberto Casanova
20th March 2015
A connection with the von Eberstein and Champion families.
Odd names
20th March 2015
Librarians are far from serious all the time. We have created a 'Priaulx Library book of funny names' for our non-serious moments.
A run to the Channel Islands
20th March 2015
Extracts from an article in the United Service Magazine, Vol. 26, 1838. The author seems very much to prefer Guernsey to Jersey!
Turner's Guernsey Sketchbook
12th March 2015
In 1931 Spencer Carey Curtis, acting on a tip-off from a Jersey antiquarian, Major N V L Rybot, visited the British Museum to hunt out one of Joseph Mallord William Turner's sketchbooks, labelled 'Guernsey:'
Prince Edward Island: the Brehauts and Joseph Avard
12th March 2015
Prince Edward Island off the Canadian coast of Newfoundland has strong links to Guernsey that are very much alive today. A question was put by a visitor to the staff in the Library, enquiring as to the reason for an emigration to the island that took place in 1806.
Using the resources at the Priaulx Library
11th March 2015
Get the most out of our extensive collections.
Record User Guide
11th March 2015
The Priaulx Library makes a wide range of information sources available to its users. Whilst these records may be freely consulted by visitors to the Priaulx Library, the copying of certain records is subject to restrictions.
The Mystery of the Ostrich-feather Hat
9th March 2015
Judy and Brian Harden of Gloucestershire, specialists in portrait miniatures, approached the Library for advice as to the identity of the sitters for a pair of miniatures by the Jersey artist Philip Jean, bearing the date of 1785. While researching these we noticed some striking similarities between them and other local miniatures we were familiar with.
Victor Hugo and Guernsey: sparring with Palmerston
9th March 2015
The Guernsey reaction to Victor Hugo's letters on the death penalty, 1854; an examination of newspapers and other resources in the Library.
Research at the Priaulx Library
9th March 2015
Visitors have free access to the library and its resources. If you are unable to get to the library, we offer a fee-based research service.