In
January/February 2019, Sheffield City Archives and Local Studies Library are
running their popular six-week family history course led by local
family history expert Suzanne Bingham.
The course, run over 6 weeks, is
aimed at beginners and will explain the process of researching your family tree
and how to find and use essential records such as birth, marriage and death
indexes, certificates, and census records. You will learn how to use
the Find My Past website effectively, and how to access records in archives and
libraries that haven’t yet been made available online. Each week,
you will get to look at original documents from the Archives.
Course start date: Thursday
17th January 2019
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: Sheffield City Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, S1 4SP
Cost: £60 (for 6 weeks)
To book a place contact Sheffield City Archives (0114 203 9395 (Sat, Mon and Tues) or Sheffield Local Studies Library (0114 273 4753) (Wed pm, Friday and Saturday) or email: archives@sheffield.gov.uk
Venue: Sheffield City Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, S1 4SP
Cost: £60 (for 6 weeks)
To book a place contact Sheffield City Archives (0114 203 9395 (Sat, Mon and Tues) or Sheffield Local Studies Library (0114 273 4753) (Wed pm, Friday and Saturday) or email: archives@sheffield.gov.uk
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Thu 17th Jan
(2-4pm)
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Week 1
Getting
started - organising your family trees.
Useful
websites for family history.
Civil
Registration - births,
marriages and deaths.
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Thu 24th Jan
(2-4pm)
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Week 2
The census and what it can tell us about
our ancestors.
Useful resources for
accessing the census.
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Thu 31st Jan
(2-4pm)
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Week 3
Detailed look
at Parish records, why they were kept and how to access them.
Religious denominations,
the differences in the records.
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Thu 7th Feb
(2-4pm)
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Week 4
Records
relating to deceased ancestors:
Churchyard or
cemetery?
Monumental
Inscriptions.
Causes of
Victorian deaths
Did they leave a
will?
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Thu 14th Feb
(2-4pm)
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Week 5
Social welfare and health records.
Records
relating to the Poor Law - workhouses, poor relief, bastardy orders,
settlement certificates, Sheffield Scattered Homes.
Records relating to
health - hospitals and asylums.
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Thu 21st Feb
(2-4pm)
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Week 6
Understanding where your ancestor lived.
What was the
area like?
How to use
the following resources to identify the location of your ancestor’s home:
·
Trade
directories
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Electoral
registers
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Local
area photographs
·
Maps
This session will take
place at Sheffield Local Studies Library (Central Library).
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