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 £60.
- Progressing your Local History Research, commencing 4 November
- Apprenticeship Records, commencing 8 January 2025
- Employment Records, commencing 9 January 2025
- 17th Century Sources, commencing 15 January 2025
- Advanced Military Research – 20th Century Conflict, commencing 20 January 2025
On Saturday 23 and 30 November, 2pm-4pm, the Mills Archive Trust (which is based in Reading) will host a two-part webinar on fundamental archiving skills. Whether you are an individual collector, or part of an organisation caring for old documents and digital files, the trust’s professional archivist will guide you through protecting and sharing your records. Learn more about the Caring for Your Collection webinars and how to join here.
Local historian and OLHA committee member Liz Woolley is running her popular weekly class The City of Oxford 1850-1914 on Wednesday mornings from 25 September to 4 December 2024, at the Museum of Oxford. This is a great opportunity to learn about the social, cultural and economic changes that Oxford underwent in the Victorian and Edwardian periods – concentrating on the history of the “town” rather than the “gown” – and to set local developments into a national context. This course is now full, but contact Liz to be put on the waiting list for future courses.
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