Whether you are tracing a family member or researching local history, you can learn how to order records, how to access them and what information you can get from them. We will then help you to put their information into context so you can understand the terminology used and put together the service history of the person named to give a full background story to their role in the wider narrative of the war effort. This course will apply genealogy skills to RAF personnel in the Second World War specifically, however the skills learnt can be transferable to other periods.

The course leader, Ross, is an ex-RAF serviceman with a passion for RAF based genealogy and can support you to find information from the smallest of starting points, even just a photograph in uniform. Participants can join the course with documents already in hand, or with nothing but a name and we will support you to access the documents during the first session ready to bring to the following session.

The sessions are monthly to allow time for documents to be ordered and arrive between sessions. They are on the first Saturday of the month from April to July from 10am to 12pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants before the first session and will remain the same throughout the course.

You are welcome to email me at susie.johns@sherwoodforesttrust.org.uk with any questions or if any technical support is needed.

The course is part of the Sherwood Forest Trust's "Spirit of Wartime Sherwood" project funded, with thanks, by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Participants will be asked to complete a short feedback survey at the end of the course for our funding evaluation.