Northumberland County Council produced a video (below) to raise awareness of the facilities available to people wanting to know more about their ancestors.

It was uploaded onto internet video sharing site YouTube and has got more than 12,000 hits.

Send your seasonal images of the county to northumberland@ncjmedia.co.uk if you would like to share them on our community sites.

The tutorial video (watch below) shows Northumberland County Council's new recycling centre in action and helps residents understand what can and can't be put into the recycling bin.

In Northumberland the council is responsible for collecting waste from more than 140,000 households as well as thousands of business premises.

The festival celebrated 700 years of Alnwick connection with the Percy Family, of whom the current Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are members.

East Hartford School, which caters for primary-age children with a range of learning difficulties, is this year celebrating its 100th birthday.

The first records of the village date from the 12th century, though it remained small until the development of the new town from 1964.

Cramlington was the home of the No 36 Home Defence Squadron during the First World War and subsequently became an important base for military planes and airships.

If you've been out and about at events or scenic places in the county with a camera, why not join the group and add your own?

You can view the group, and more pictures by these photographers, at www.flickr.com/groups/northumberlandcommunities/.

Photos you would like to share on the Journal Extra pictures page can also be sent to northumberland@ncjmedia.co.uk.

The Northumberland Miners' Picnic at Bedlington is one such event, with hundreds of pictures in our files.

Many show the bands and mine banners that were the mainstay of an event that at its height - when mining was one of the main industries in south east Northumberland - attracted thousands of spectators.