All posts AudioDigitised newspapers as sources for family historyMonday 19 March 2012This talk aims to give listeners a demonstration of the recently launched British Newspapers...AudioFinding your family in CanadaFriday 9 March 2012Researching in Canada is vastly different than researching in the UK. Records are especially...AudioOur ancestors and the fear of the Victorian workhouseTuesday 6 March 2012In 1834 the British government introduced the Poor Law Amendment Act (the introduction of...AudioNo vote no censusMonday 5 March 2012The National Archives held a one day conference at Kew on Saturday 1 October...AudioOut of the way of mischiefMonday 5 March 2012From the mid-19th century the Home Office and the Treasury became involved in the...AudioTime travel: a journey through the timetables of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1860-1901Monday 5 March 2012This talk takes a look beyond the day-to-day purpose of railway timetables, to consider...AudioOverseas births, marriages and deaths: records in The National ArchivesMonday 5 March 2012There is no single place to find all the birth, marriage and death records...AudioTithe tales: what the Tithe Survey records tell us about early Victorian place and societyFriday 2 March 2012The maps and textual records of this vast tax survey date from around 1840,...AudioThe British Red Cross and its archivesMonday 27 February 2012The British Red Cross has long recognised the importance of its history and archive...AudioPrison hulksFriday 24 February 2012In 1776 a new act of parliament was introduced to ‘Authorise for a limited...AudioNecessity, the mother of invention: Britain’s response to the demands of total war 1939-1945Monday 20 February 2012This talk is about British invention and innovation during the Second World War –...AudioHenry VIII: Dynasty and power in Tudor EnglandFriday 17 February 2012Henry VIII is one of the best-known monarchs in history. By the time Henry... « 1 … 48 49 50 51 52 … 91 »