Dorset History Centre has a close relationship with Kushti Bok, Dorset’s Gypsy Roma Traveller-led charity which celebrates the travelling lifestyle, the local history of GRT families and advocates for the rights of GRT people, whether settled or mobile or living at one of Dorset’s Council’s sites. While working with Kushti Bok, DHC has been able… Read more GRT History Month: Listen to the story of Gary Orange
Dorset History Centre has been working with Kushti Bok for a while, and we have previously published a range of blogs highlighting their work in the local Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. June is Gypsy Roma Traveller History month and we have asked Bryan Keet, a member of the organisation, to explain more about one… Read more Mapping the GRT communities in Dorset
June has been Gypsy Romany and Traveller month, and we have previously 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 2)
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
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
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
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
Should the children of the poor be educated away from their families and traditional ways? In 2022 many of us would say not – that the bonds with relatives and with a natal culture are precious and should not be broken lightly. However, history holds many examples of just this and one of these is… Read more The Gypsy School at Farnham, 1847–1855
Kushti Bok is the voice for Gypsy, Roma and Travelling people in Dorset, and for the last three years our Community Engagement Officer has worked closely with the organisation. We’re hoping that a strong relationship with Kushti Bok will lead to better representation of these communities in the records we store. We’ve learnt a great… Read more Reverend Roger Redding MBE, Chaplain to the Gypsies and Travellers
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