Tag: Transcribed AudioTracing Huguenot ancestorsFriday 14 December 2012Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution...AudioAdlestrop: railways, poetry and the myths of 1914Friday 23 November 2012Adlestrop by Edward Thomas is one of the nation’s favourite poems. Written in the...AudioKeeping it in the family: professional dynasties in 19th century EnglandFriday 26 October 2012The 19th century witnessed a huge expansion in the number of people in Britain...AudioThe War of 1812: from the British sideFriday 24 August 2012The War of 1812 features prominently in the history of the United States, especially...Audio‘An impenetrable tangle or an under-used mine of information?’ The Court of Common Pleas and its records, c1200-1875Friday 3 August 2012The Court of Common Pleas was the busiest court in England for almost all...AudioMagna Carta: What more is there to say?Friday 13 July 2012The University of East Anglia’s Professor Nicholas Vincent is a leading authority on the...Audio‘There is no aspect of government activity on which the State Papers may not throw light’: the papers of the secretaries of state 1509-1782Friday 23 March 2012The State Papers are the correspondence and papers of the ministers of the Crown...AudioFinding your family in CanadaFriday 9 March 2012Researching in Canada is vastly different than researching in the UK. Records are especially...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...AudioEnglish burial and cemetery records online and on filmMonday 24 October 2011This talk gives an overview of online sources for English burial and cemetery records,...AudioNo place for ladies: the untold story of women in the Crimean WarFriday 21 October 2011Florence Nightingale was not the only woman in the Crimea – a misnomer in... « 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 10 »