z2016/17 Programme
OCTOBER 1:
Family History Fair, Woodstock
OCTOBER 6
Topic: Surnames.
Any stories/examples of unusual names and where they originated from.
Common names – ways round brickwalls.
Surname distribution/ Guild of One Name Studies
DNA: Y chromosome, mitochondrial, autosomnal testing
Featured Websites: Family Search; GOONs; UCL surname profiler; ISOGG
DECEMBER 1
Topic: Migration/Residence
Within Britain/To Britain/From Britain- your migration stories
Sources for residence (1939 register, census, electoral rolls, passenger lists etc)
Featured Websites: Ancestry; FindMyPast
FEBRUARY 2
Topic: Education and Employment
Your stories-unusual jobs, old occupations, etc
Sources (school registers, university alumni, professional directories, trade unions records, apprenticeships/indentures)
Featured Websites: parliament.uk
APRIL 6
Topic: Poverty/Health/Crime
Your stories- workhouse admissions, health problems, victims/perpetrators of crime
Sources (Poor Law records, Hospital records/Quarter Session Records etc)
Featured Websites: TNA Discovery; Old Bailey Online;
APRIL 7/8
Who Do You Think You Are Exhibition- NEC Birmingham
JUNE 1
Topic: Family Life/Marriage/Children
Your stories- Bigamy, infant mortality, nuclear family?, intermarriage, ..)
Sources (Census, BMD certificates, parish registers, wills)
Featured Websites: FreeBMD, Free Reg
AUGUST 3
Topic: Military
Your stories- Army, Navy, Airforce, Merchant Marine,
Sources (TNA, CWG, war memorials, museums, regiments …)
Featured Websites: Commonwealth War Graves; UKMFH; IWM