Inheriting the Family is an AHRC-funded network that explores the role of emotion in explaining why some objects and stories (and not others) are transmitted across generations and from the private sphere of the family to public spaces like museums and archives. The network brings together academics from across the world, along with heritage, museum and family history professionals, and members of the public with an interest in family history and inheritance.
The network holds workshops and history harvests, collaborates on research and research publications, and seeks to connect people interested in this topic. Read on for more information on our people, events, history harvests, and keep up to date by checking out our blog.
Spotlight
Midwife’s Nursing Footstool from 1920s
Margaret Tucker was born in Selby in Yorkshire and she emigrated to Australia in the 1960s, first to the steel milling town of Whyalla, in the desert of…
Woolly Jumper
By Michael Heim Adelaide, South Australia My parents were sort of proto-hippies. They were a generation too early to be real hippies, but when the movement happened in…
PIONEER BRICKMAKERS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Sharon Burnell and Ros Phillips have provided a photograph of some members of the Wood family, with some information as to who they might be. Sharon thinks the…
Debra Earl’s Family Album
By Michael Heim If you like detective games, then trying to work out your family history based on the clues and objects and stories you inherit from your…