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:
- Manorial records for family and local historians, commencing 19 October.
- Progressing your local history research, commencing 19 October.
- 17th-century sources, commencing 21 October.
- Introduction to house history, commencing 26 October.
- Nonconformity – Its Records and History 1600 – 1950, commencing 5 November.
- Education and Childhood 1820 to 1920, commencing 9 November.
- Discovering Your British Family and Local Community in the early 20th Century, commencing 16 November.
Do you or your local history group have a collection of old newspaper cuttings, photos, or letters? What about historical drawings, maps and manuscripts, or even emails and digital files? The Mills Archive Trust – which is based in Reading, and has over two decades of professional experience looking after traditional and modern records – is running its popular webinar, Caring for your Collection, on Saturdays 21 and 28 November. These on-line sessions offer practical, step-by-step guidance on how to sort and care for vulnerable documents, images, and digital files. Julia, from Littlemore Local History Society, attended last year and reported: “It was all extremely good for us, taking over care of an archive partly catalogued. My colleague volunteers have been re-enthused as we aim to make the archive more available.” Find out more and book your place here.
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