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SPRING
SEMINAR
Saturday,
May 17, 2008
NANAIMO
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Is
pleased to present:
Dr.
Christopher WATTS, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.S.G.
World
Renowned Guest Speaker
from
the National Archives of the
UK
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Beban
Park
Social
Center
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2300
Bowen Road
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Nanaimo
,
B.C.
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10 am -
5 pm
Pre-register
for 1 presentation or attend all three
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| 10:00
AM |
Sources
for Family History at The National Archives of
England
,
Wales
and the
United
Kingdom |
| 1:00
PM |
Some
Under-Used Sources for English Genealogy |
| 3:30
PM |
English
Occupational Records |
| Cost: |
$20
per session or $50 for the whole day. |
| Payment: |
NFHS,
Box
1027
,
Nanaimo
, B.C. V9R 5Z2 |
| Do
you need more information? |
email
us @ nanaimo.fhs.shaw.ca
put
on the subject
line: Chris Watts
or
phone Enid @ 250-758-6244
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Bring
your own lunch
Coffee
and tea provided |
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10:00
a.m.
Sources for Family History at The National Archives of
England
,
Wales
and the
United Kingdom
(TNA)
The National Archives of
England, Wales and the United Kingdom (TNA) has
one
of the largest archival collections in the
world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from
Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently
released to the public.
Its on-line Catalogue list 9.5 million boxes,
files and volumes; these occupy some 154 km
of shelving and are accumulating at 1 to 2 km
per year. In
this talk a brief survey will be made of some of the
material of significance to the family historian:
divorce, wills, estate duty office, tax on
apprentices, emigration and immigration, armed forces,
coast guard,
customs, excise, railwaymen, police (Metropolitan and
Royal Irish) and records of the law courts.
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1:00
p.m.
Some Under-used Sources for English Genealogy
Those
researching English ancestors will be familiar with
the standard sources of
civil registration, censuses, wills and parish
registers. This
talk will first remind us of some of the aspects of
these sources that we may have overlooked.
It will then go on to describe a selection of
other material that we may have overlooked, or with
which we may not be familiar, such as:
Estate Duty Office Registers; the contents of
the parish chest; marriage licences; divorce; tithe
maps, land tax, Lloyd George’s doomsday; manor
rolls.
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3:30
p.m.
English Occupational Records
One
of the top research objectives of Family Historians,
having compiled a basic family tree, is to discover
their ancestors’ occupations.
There is no one single resource that will
satisfy this need but there is a vast range of records
that can help. In
this talk we will look at some of what is available
and what it might reveal.
This will include those employed, or licensed
by, central and local government, such as the armed
forces, police, railway men, merchant seamen,
inn-keepers and more be sides.
Some reference will also be made to the tax on
apprenticeships.
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| Link
to registration form
You
must pre-register |
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Visit
our home page: www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/
