Researching your Merchant Navy Ancestors – Service with the Red Duster
Join us for an introduction to researching Merchant Seamen and Sailors.
Getting to India
This talk explores how people actually got to India at a time when the East India Company (EIC) was actively trying to control, and restrict, who could travel there. Richard Morgan will explain the authorised routes to India aboard EIC ships, as well as the less official (and often illegal) alternatives using vessels from other nations.
Creative Writing Workshop
Our monthly Gold members exclusive workshop is the perfect opportunity to transform your passion into written stories. Whether you’re dreaming of writing your family’s story, crafting a historical fiction novel or breathing life into an ancestor’s wartime heroics, this workshop series will help you bring those tales to life.
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) for Genealogists
Uncovering the stories of Holocaust survivors and victims can be challenging as records created during World War II are scattered across the world. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) was begun in 2010 as an information repository for Holocaust-related material held in large and small archives, libraries and museums.
The Lost Child
The story of solving a complex genealogy mystery involving informal fostering and a child born overseas without parental details.
Historical Aspects of Pregnancy and Infancy
Explore pregnancy, maternal care and infancy from the Victorian era to the NHS, and enrich your family history research.
Getting Started with Tracing Jewish Ancestors
Do you have Jewish ancestors but don’t know where to start?
The Crèche: Early childcare for working women in Victorian London
Explore Marie Hilton’s legacy and her impact on childcare, motherhood and working families in Victorian London.
August Palaeography Club
This month features a will written in Latin.
Researching in West Yorkshire (Kirklees)
Join us to learn about family history resources for West Yorkshire (Kirklees).
Our focus for this talk will be Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Holmfirth and other surrounding small towns and villages.