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Every society has to have arrangements in place to ensure that the skills needed in particular trades and professions are passed on from one generation to the next. For almost a thousand years, tradesmen in England have achieved this by serving an apprenticeship which equipped them with the relevant skills to independently practise their trades. Much evidence relating to apprentices can be found in record offices, and frequently provide valuable information for family historians. Apprenticeships provided education and opportunities for young men and (some) women and was one of the ways of becoming a freeman of a borough or a guild. This session looks at the London records as well as other local town records of apprentices and freemen
18 September 2024
Alec Tritton has been a family historian for over 35 years, and lectures regularly on many topics related to genealogy and family history, and particularly on Nonconformity and burial grounds. He was formerly the Chairman of the Federation of Family History Societies, Chairman of the Guild of One-Name studies and Vice-Chairman of the Society of Genealogists. He is currently Chairman of the Halsted Trust and has been a tutor for our society for several years.
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