Category: Workshop

The First World War was the first global conflict fought by industrialised nations. Each side was dependent upon a ready supply of munitions. Who were the people who worked in these factories and what did they do to support the men at the front? In this workshop, led by tutor Dr Richard Marks, we will…

In this workshop, with tutor Dr Richard Marks, we will decipher some of the terminology used by the RAF which commonly crops up in both official and personal documents. We will look at how the RAF recruited and trained its men and women during the war and what roles people undertook. We will look at…

Are you a relatively new member of the Society? Want to get the most out of your membership? This informal workshop will introduce you to the range of benefits that you have available to you. It will include accessing the Society’s transcriptions, the mechanisms to enable you to collaborate and share your research with others,…

Discover how the provision for education for our English ancestors was transformed between 1860 and the start of the First World War. After 1870, schools run by local elected boards (Board Schools) supplemented those founded by religious bodies; in turn in 1902, schools became council schools administered by local education authorities (LEAs). Throughout the period,…

Many family historians have ancestors whose lives were touched at some point by poverty. The old Poor Law (1597-1834) was a system of poor relief devised by Tudor politicians. It was still in use until the eve of Queen Victoria’s reign. Administered by unpaid parish officials and financed by parish ratepayers, it was tough but…

Did your ancestor serve in the army in World War I?, then this workshop will help. The majority of records for the men and women who served in the Great War 1914-1918 are now online (though not everything) but what are they and where can you find them? Have you got stuck with your research…

The railways are a complex industry with many people involved in supporting the provision of the service. In this workshop, we will look at what railway workers did from the earliest days to the 1980s. How did a signaller’s job evolve and what was it like to be on the footplate of a steam locomotive for…