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Genealogy relies heavily on seemingly heterosexual records: marriage records, census records where husbands and wives are dutifully recorded as such, but what if your ancestors were not heterosexual?
This talk discusses how to find queer histories in the records we use every day, through the example of Suus van den Berg’s research into the 1921 Link-trial. This at the time scandalous trial saw the conviction of three men for “conspiring to corrupt public morals” by writing personal advertisements to meet lovers of the same sex.
We will take a closer look at one of the men convicted in this trial, and through traditional records and methods of family history, uncover more about his life and person. This talk focusses on how to find queer histories, and the sensitivities that still surround these stories.
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