Bringing your Family History to life: Ben Nicholls based on his own research: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. The Talk It turns out I'm descended from the devil which explains a lot! Having discovered my own family history, it's been enlightening to find out I'm in good...

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The Schoolmasters and Scholars of Gloucester 1500 – 1800: David Evans: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. The Talk This illustrated talk will outline the many different types of schools that existed in Gloucester before the advent of 19th century state education. It will provide details...

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Posted in the past – stories behind early 20th Century post cards: Helen Baggott: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. The Talk Based on the books Posted in the Past and Posted in the Past Second Delivery, this talk reveals the true stories behind postcards sent in the early...

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Putting your ancestors in their place – 10 steps to a one place study: Janet Few: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in . This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. The Talk One-place studies involve dissecting a small, definable, geographical areas, to examine the individuals, buildings and processes of the past. 10 steps to get you started. The...

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The work of the John Moore Museum Tewksbury: Kirstie Bingham: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. The Talk John Moore is one of  Gloucestershire’s most well-known writers writing novels such as ‘A Portrait of  Elmbury’ a thinly disguised portrait of Tewkesbury and its most notorious  inhabitants....

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Explore the Parish Chest: Beyond the Registers: Claire O’Grady: Online

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This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. As well as having an ecclesiastical function, the parish was and is the smallest civil administrative unit in England and Wales.  As a result, the parish generated a wide range...

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Society’s Annual General Meeting followed by talk:

Dunrossil Centre at the Heritage Hub and via Zoom Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester

This talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. This talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. All members are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting. After the AGM there is a talk by Seren Wildwood and Tracy Powell of the  Gloucestershire Registration Service about...

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Breaking Down Brick Walls: An online workshop: Mia Bennett

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The Brickwalls Here are the brief summaries of the five  brick walls we will be examining. You are welcome to explore them in advance  but please do not share any results until we ask you to do so in the session. Introductory Talk The introductory talk (but not the discussion of the examples)  has been...

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My Grandad’s Global Family: Ben Nicholls: Online

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The  talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. The introductory talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. Ben Nicholls introduces his talk When, at the age of 24, I discovered that my grandad had had four children with three different women over a period of...

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Manorial Records: the anatomy of the manorial court: Sarah Pettyfer: Online

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The  talk has been recorded and the link is available to members when logged in. The  talk has been recorded. Members can access the recording here. Using a case study this talk will introduce you to manorial court records and demonstrate how they can be used for both family and house history research, tracing the...

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