The British Association for Local History (BALH), in collaboration with Pharos Tutors, runs a variety of on-line courses aimed at developing your history research skills. Most take four or five weeks, and are reasonably priced at around £70:
- Introduction to House History, commencing 6 October and 26 October.
- Manorial Records for Family and Local Historians, commencing 20 October.
- Progressing Your Local History Research, commencing 20 October.
- 17th-Century Sources, commencing 29 October.
- Nonconformity – Its Records and History, 1600-1950, commencing 6 November.
- Education and Childhood 1820 to 1920, commencing 10 November.
Saturdays 8 and 22 November: a two-part webinar series, Caring for Your Collection. Do you have a collection of old newspaper cuttings, photos, drawings, manuscripts or letters? What about e-mails and digital files? The Mills Archive Trust, a nationally-accredited repository of milling history based in Reading, has two decades of experience of looking after older and more recent records. It is running this webinar to share those archival skills with individual collectors and groups. The first session covers how to organise and catalogue old records, and the second will help you preserve them from decay and make them accessible on-line. Find out more and book your place here.
Tuesday 18 November: The Oxfordshire Gardens Trust is running a research workshop at which delegates will learn how to start researching and recording the history of landscapes. Do you love historic parks and gardens? Would you like to know how and why they were created, and hear some of their stories? The workshop will take place at Banbury Museum & Gallery, with a visit to nearby People’s Park. Tickets only £15; find out more here and book your place here.
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