Are you interested in charting your family history but don’t know how to begin? Are you curious to explore decades-old histories and find out how archival records may help your research?

Specialists from The National Archives Liz Haines and Drew Ellery will lead a practical workshop on how to navigate records of arrival, residence, and occupation, and learn about record-keeping in the UK pre-1960. With a focus on migration, this session will draw on examples from family history online resources, Ancestry and Find My Past. For those who are starting on their family history journey, this session will feature a story of 20th century migration, and explore the long history of migration in the UK. There will be an opportunity to start some family history searches with support from specialists and look at a reproduction of a passenger list from the 1940s.

Liz and Drew will be running two 45-minute sessions: at 12.30pm and at 1.30pm. Please select which session you'd like to book for above under the 'Select Date and Time' heading.

Please note:

The workshop will be practical and participants will be using computer tablets. The session is best suited to 16+. Please be aware numbers for this workshop are limited and booking via Eventbrite is necessary to guarantee a place and avoid disappointment.

The National Archives is a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. Find out more about what they do here.

Those with specialist research enquiries are encouraged to visit The National Archives online or in Kew. The National Archives also produces research guidance to navigate its vast collection, available to view online here.

Please be aware numbers are limited and booking via Eventbrite is necessary to guarantee a place and avoid disappointment.

This workshop is part of a day long event, Roots and Routes: Navigating family histories and migration - click here to find out more.

Main image: Chris Porsz – Carnival Time, 1981 (as part of the Reunion Project) www.chrisporsz.com

Migration Family Histories Workshop – hosted by The National Archives