Venue

Palgrave Research Centre, King Edward Road, Balby, Doncaster DN4 0NA

Course Fees

• Members: £3.00
• Non-Members: £4.00

Course Fees include refreshments, handouts & parking.

Courses Available (see above for dates)

Family History for Beginners

Subjects covered:

• Where Do We Begin?
• Parish Registers
• Civil Registration (GRO)
• Censuses (1841 - 1911)
• International Genealogical Index (IGI)
• Trade & PO Directories

More Resources for the Family Historian

A 'follow-up' session for family historians who wants to know more.
Subjects covered include:

• Bishops Transcripts
• Education
• Trades and Occupations
• Trade Directories
• Apprenticeships
• Newspapers
• Illegitimacy and lots more……

Poor Law

A short course for family historians looking at both the Old Poor Law up to 1834 and the New Poor Law from 1834 to 1928.
Who enforced it? What did it include? How it affect our ancestors - rich or poor?.
Many different types of documents were generated by the enforcement of various laws over the years. These documents can be of great help in tracing the movements of our ancestors before the 1841 census.
This course includes:

• Settlements
• Illegitimacy
• Apprenticeships
• Orphans and the Workhouses