June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have already shared with you various blogs charting some of the challenges in identifying members of the GRT community in historical records. This week we wanted to share the memories of Jean Matthews, a member of the GRT community, about her life at Heavenly Bottom…… Read more Heavenly Bottom: Memories of Jean Matthews (part 1)
Throughout June we have shared with you some of the different problems you might encounter when researching your Gypsy Romany Traveller ancestors, and tried to explain why these problems might exist. In the fourth and final part of these blogs, our volunteer has offered one final place you might want to search to find out… Read more Researching Travellers in Newspapers
The world of archives and records management can be a little difficult to understand and are often confused by members of the public. In reality, the two services are subtly, but significantly, different in what they do and how they do it (basically the difference between ‘active’ and ‘permanently inactive’ records). In this guest blog,… Read more The Records Management Programme
In our previous blogs we have introduced you to some of the problems when looking for names of Gypsy, Romany and Traveller ancestors, as well as some of the issues of searching through the censuses. In this blog, our volunteer has taken a look at some of the problems the censuses had when recording occupations…… Read more What do you do? The occupations of Gypsy Romany Travellers
Welcome to the seventh part of our series exploring the history of Icen Cottage, Fordington. In previous blogs, we have introduced you to the cottage, shown you some of the earliest documents relating to the cottage, discussed some of the problems when trying to identify the people who lived in the cottage, introduced George Cull as one of… Read more Icen Cottage – The Lock family and a Hardy connection
In our last Gypsy Romany and Traveller blog, we took a quick look at some of the problems you might encounter when beginning your research into any GRT ancestors. This time, our volunteer has taken a look at some of the problems when searching for people on the census… — One of the many advantages… Read more Missing from the Census
At Dorset History Centre we have a group of enthusiastic, committed, and wonderful volunteers who help us with a range of activities, from cataloguing, to interviewing for oral histories, to supporting young learners, to giving talks. As this week (1-7 June) is Volunteers Week, we wanted to celebrate our volunteers, and share with our readers… Read more Volunteers week at Dorset History Centre
June is Gypsy Romany and Traveller History Month, and during the month we will be sharing four blogs written by a DHC volunteer and professional genealogist about the challenges and unique features of researching GRT family. You can find further information about researching GRT ancestors and about some specific families at The Romany and Traveller… Read more Gypsy Romany and Traveller History Month at Dorset History Centre
Last month we were looking through a file of order papers for patients at Herrison Hospital, the Dorset County Lunatic Asylum. Order papers were created for all patients who were admitted to Herrison and they are the best place to start when looking for information about particular cases. They state the reasons for a patient’s… Read more A Man Unknown
After seventeen years working for Dorset History Centre, our Reprographics Officer, Jo has retired, leaving us with a large hole in our team. Before she left us, Jo left us some of her memories of her time at DHC and some of her favourite documents from the collections… — I joined Dorset History Centre in… Read more A Fond Farewell to DHC
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