Category: Social history AudioKapow! Fifties Britain versus the comics menaceTuesday 17 February 2009In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion: “American...VideoIrish land records – British Sign Language videoFriday 6 February 2009With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides...AudioIrish land recordsFriday 6 February 2009With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides...AudioCivil registration and beyondFriday 30 January 2009The National Archives’ Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some...VideoCivil registration and beyond – British Sign Language VideoFriday 30 January 2009The National Archives’ Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some...VideoThe Manorial Documents Register – British Sign Language VideoFriday 23 January 2009Liz Hart, from the National Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the various types...VideoIntroducing the 1911 census – British Sign Language VideoThursday 15 January 2009Mark Pearsall is a family history specialist at The National Archives. Here he provides...AudioChild emigration to CanadaFriday 9 January 2009Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger...VideoChild emigration to Canada – BSL Sign Language VideoFriday 9 January 2009Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger...AudioNew files From 1978Tuesday 30 December 2008Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide...VideoNew files From 1978 – BSL Sign Language VideoTuesday 30 December 2008Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide...VideoThe real Little Dorrit: Charles Dickens and the debtors’ prison – British Sign Language videoFriday 28 November 2008David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens’ fiction – what were Victorian debtors’... « 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 … 31 »