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 family is something you are going to enjoy. There is a lot of information rolling around the place, in people’s memories, in family stories that get handed down, and now in online genealogical sources. But some of it is … [Read more...] about Debra Earl’s Family Album
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Lesley Smith’s Family Photographs
Lesley Smith’s Family Photographs Lesley Smith inherited two leather photograph albums from her family that contain several snaps. She brought eight photographs from the album to our History Harvest on family photographs in 2019 to showcase some of her favourites, including one of her grandfather and his three brothers (Figure 1). Her grandfather posed, standing behind a … [Read more...] about Lesley Smith’s Family Photographs
Where are we now? An update on the Network, June 2021
Our Inheriting the Family Research Network has been pretty quiet for a while and so we thought we’d explain why! Our AHRC funded Research network led by Katie Barclay and Joanne Begiato was awarded funding late in 2019 for a two-year project. Our plans were to deliver four international workshops, two History Harvests in which we would ask family historians to share … [Read more...] about Where are we now? An update on the Network, June 2021
Genealogies, Genetics and Family History 14 October 2019
On the 14 October 2019, the network held its first workshop on the theme of genealogies, genetics and family history. The one-day workshop included two panels – a first on genetics and a second on family history – and a roundtable. … [Read more...] about Genealogies, Genetics and Family History 14 October 2019