At DHC our trained volunteers are usually collecting oral history interviews and we are usually working with several community projects which are planning a project or recording. However, with the advent of Covid these activities ceased. We have followed advice from the Oral History Society and The British Library and have thrown the efforts of remote volunteers into transcription and analysis. The volunteers have done… Read more To Record or Not to Record…
In the local studies library at the Dorset History Centre you can find a large collection of journals. These journals are packed with fascinating articles and are often an underused resource. In this new series of blogs we will be highlighting some of the interesting articles within them! This is the fifth in our series… Read more The Journals of DHC: 1940s
One of the largest but least used collections at the Dorset History Centre is the records of the Dorset Quarter Sessions. The Quarter Sessions were local government and local justice rolled into one until the County Councils were established in 1888 and Magistrates and Crown Courts took over local court cases in 1971. Every English… Read more Quarter Sessions: What are they?
Newspapers have been around for hundreds of years reporting on both national and local news stories relevant to the time. We read them and then (hopefully) put them out to be recycled. However, no matter their age they can hold information relevant to the local historian or genealogist. Dorset History holds a collection of local… Read more Newspapers: More uses than wrapping your fish and chips!
With the new lockdown now in place, we asked our Reprographics Officer Jo to give us a bit of an insight into the work she does to help customers get hold of records remotely, a service which is ongoing despite the new restrictions. — The Reprographics department at Dorset History Centre has been slightly reduced… Read more Reprographics at DHC during Covid-19
With the launch of our new online catalogue, we hope that many of you have now taken the opportunity to have a browse through our collections. If you’re not familiar with how archive catalogues work, they may seem rather strange at first glance so let us explain how through arrangement and description archivists create a… Read more How We Catalogue Archive Records
In the local studies library at the Dorset History Centre you can find a large collection of journals. These journals are packed with fascinating articles and are often an underused resource. In this new series of blogs we will be highlighting some of the interesting articles within them! This is the second in our series… Read more The Journals of DHC: 1910s
Our new online catalogue launched last week. This is the place where you can find descriptions of over 360,000 items in our collections. We have been working with the team behind Epexio Discover to deliver a modern archival discovery platform which makes it easier for you to find what you are looking for within Dorset’s archives. More dynamic searching… The new catalogue offers a more intuitive and user-friendly experience. You… Read more Explore Epexio: DHC’s new online catalogue!
In the local studies library at the Dorset History Centre you can find a large collection of journals. These journals are packed with fascinating articles and are often an underused resource. In this new series of blogs we will be highlighting some of the interesting articles within them! In this first blog we will be… Read more The Journals of DHC: Pre-1910
Whilst many people have used the past few months to sort out their physical belongings, it is easy to forget that our digital estate also needs managing. So, we’re sharing some practical tips to help manage your own digital information. This can be anything from research notes and family photos to emails and financial spreadsheets. Why? Digital information is more fragile than paper stored in… Read more Cyber Trees and Virtual Woods: Looking after your digital records
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