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Descrizione del podcast
Listen to talks, lectures and other events presented by The National Archives of the United Kingdom.
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The Golden Stool: cataloguing Colonial Office records from 1900 | Four volunteer cataloguers share interesting finds from Colonial Office records from 1900. | 25/5/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Medieval queens in The National Archives | Dr Jessica Nelson explores the role of the queen in medieval England, using records held at The National Archives. | 11/5/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Selling history: the role of the past at Fortnum and Mason | Dr Andrea Tanner, keeper of the company memory at Fortnum and Mason, discusses the role of the past in ensuring sustainability and growth. | 4/5/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Digging for diamonds: hidden histories at The National Archives | This talk focuses on the histories that are harder to find at The National Archives, exploring the issues and problems involved and the work being done to resolve them. | 27/4/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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An introduction to the first tranche of colonial administration records released at The National Archives | Following the release of the first tranche of records on 18 April, Principal Records Specialist Dr Edward Hampshire discusses the origins of the ‘migrated archives’ and explains how to get the most out of your research. | 19/4/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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United Kingdom Archives Discovery forum 2012 keynote talk | Keynote talk from the UKAD 2012 forum, delivered by Bill Thompson from the BBC. | 13/4/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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When sport meets the law | This talk uses records of the law courts and government departments to describe the uneasy relationship between sport and the law, covering various sports including football, cricket, golf and horse racing. | 5/4/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Business Archives: new initiatives and developments | This podcast looks at the background to company archives and the recent development of national strategies to promote business archives more widely. | 30/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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'There is no aspect of government activity on which the State Papers may not throw light': the papers of the secretaries of sta | This talk gives an overview of state papers and the State Papers Office, and looks at what resources are available for research. | 22/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Digitised newspapers as sources for family history | This talk gives listeners a demonstration, using practical examples, of the recently launched British Newspapers Archive (BNA). | 19/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Finding your family in Canada | Researching in Canada is vastly different than researching in the UK. This talk gives an overview of record keeping in Canada, how the records are organised, and where to find them. | 9/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Our ancestors and the fear of the Victorian workhouse | In 1834 the British government introduced the Poor Law Amendment Act (the introduction of the 'Workhouse System'). This was one of the most important pieces of 19th century social legislation and it touched the lives of millions of ordinary men, women and | 6/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tithe tales: what the Tithe Survey records tell us about early Victorian place and society | Rose Mitchell shows how Survey maps and records can reveal a wealth of information about people and place in Victorian society. | 2/3/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The British Red Cross and its archives | This talk outlines the history of the British Red Cross and shows how this has left a record in the archive collection. | 27/2/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Prison hulks | Jeff James discusses the records that reveal the dreadful reality of life on board prison hulks for the men, women and children detained on them. | 24/2/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Necessity, the mother of invention: Britain's response to the demands of total war 1939-1945 | A discussion on British invention and innovation during the Second World War | 20/2/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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MI5 file release February 2012 | Professor Christopher Andrew, official historian of MI5, introduces highlights from the 28th Security Service records release to The National Archives. | 16/2/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The last slave market: Dr John Kirk and the struggle to end the African slave trade | In the mid-19th century, the Zanzibar slave market was notorious as the last place on earth where human beings could still be bought and sold. | 15/2/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Nineteenth century merchant seafarers and their records | Specialist knowledge of merchant seafaring is a boon when identifying men and women and interpreting their lives in one of the most sophisticated 19th and early 20th century sources increasingly used by family history researchers. | 31/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Researching Mr Briggs' Hat: an account of Britain's first railway murder | The examination of documents reveals how the 1864 murder of Thomas Briggs caused a sensation in Victorian society | 27/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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No vote no census | The National Archives held a one day conference at Kew on Saturday 1 October 2011. The conference brought together an audience wanting to know more about the census, from genealogists to local and social historians. | 24/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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How a chisel, a mule, a shipping container and a cloud contribute to family history | A thought-provoking journey through thousands of years of development of family history record keeping and record preservation. | 20/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Histpop - the online historical populations report website | The National Archives held a one day conference at Kew on Saturday 1 October 2011. The conference brought together an audience wanting to know more about the census, from genealogists to local and social historians. | 16/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Henry III Fine Rolls | Professor David Carpenter explores what light these records can shed on the reign of Henry III, and how people can use the fine rolls resource in their own research. | 13/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Anxiety, dread and disease: British ports 1834-1870 | Sarah Hutton examines the effect of disease on settled and transient port communities in 19th century Britain. | 9/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sovereign squire rebel | At the age of five years, Duleep Singh found himself on the golden throne of the Punjab, one of the most powerful independent kingdoms in India and a thorn in the advancement of the British Empire. After the Sikh Wars against the British Empire, the infan | 6/1/12 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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New files from 1981 | An overview of newly-released government files from 1981 including discussion of the major stories of the year. From urban riots and IRA hunger strikes to splits in Cabinet over economic policy, 1981 was an extremely challenging year for Mrs Thatcher's Co | 29/12/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Preparing the 1911 census for digitisation | A look at all aspects of the census and at what this rich source of information can tell us about our ancestors and society through the ages. | 22/12/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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When a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950s | Dr Louise Chambers investigates why, in the 1950s, the Ministry of Pensions was inundated with requests by individuals to change their gender identity on their employment and pension records. | 16/12/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Untold histories: black Britons during the period of the British slave trade, c. 1660-1807 | Dr Chater's talk challenges commonly held assumptions that have been made about the lives of black Britons during the period of the British slave trade. | 12/12/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Making geographical sense of the census | A look at all aspects of the census and at what this rich source of information can tell us about our ancestors and society through the ages. | 29/11/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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'A low artful wicked man': poverty riots and bread, the response of government to the crises of the 1790s | A look at how the government of the 1790s attempted to address both food shortages and the riots that broke out as real want and scarcity took hold in many districts. | 25/11/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Exploding the mysteries of the Bomb Census | Andrew Janes explains how you can research details of Second World War bombing incidents using the Ministry of Home Security"s Bomb Census. | 4/11/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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20th century Treasury records | Mark Dunton gives a historical overview of HM Treasury, before moving to an outline of the main sources, supported by some interesting document examples. | 31/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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English burial and cemetery records online and on film | This talk gives an overview of online sources for English burial and cemetery records, including which of the major London cemeteries have online records. | 24/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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No place for ladies: the untold story of women in the Crimean War | Helen Rappaport sheds new light on the many unsung women who followed the British army on campaign - the last time they were allowed to do so. | 21/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The 1911 Census: a vision of England | In this talk, David Annal introduces the 1911 census and shows what it reveals about society at the time. | 14/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Textile designs 1842-1964: exploring the Board of Trade Representations and Registers | This talk focuses on a unique archive of design registers and textiles, which include woven and printed cloth, trimmings and lace, as well as stevenographs, gloves, socks, sashes and even two straw bonnets. | 7/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Hong Kong colonial cemetery | The National Archives provides a treasure trove of material for discovering more about our colonial ancestors. This talk focuses on the former British Colony of Hong Kong. | 5/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Searching for British records in the new FamilySearch website | This talk will demonstrate the format and British databases available on the popular FamilySearch website, which has recently been relaunched. | 3/10/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Out of the way of mischief | The experiences of 19th and early 20th century school children. | 28/9/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Science and sustainability | Science and sustainability in cultural heritage: building a resilient future for The National Archives. | 16/9/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years on | The National Archives’ Karim Hussain discusses the circumstances which brought about the construction of the Berlin wall, what it meant for Germany and the crisis it precipitated in the context of the Cold War. | 9/9/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Railways and the mobilisation for war in 1914 | The historian A.J.P Taylor, considering the events of 1914, once argued: 'The First World War had begun - imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. | 30/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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MI5 file release August 2011 | Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 27th Security Service records release containing 171 files, bringing the total number of Security Service records at The National Archives to more than 4,896. | 25/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Time travel: a journey through the timetables of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1860-1901 | A look beyond the day-to-day purpose of railway timetables, to consider how they reveal changes to mobility in the 19th century. | 19/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Galaxy Zoo and old weather: exploring the potential of citizen science | A discussion on the potential of citizen science and ‘crowdsourcing’ for large digital collections. | 12/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Morale, morality and the Liverpool Blitz | Documents from The National Archives and elsewhere are used to reveal the steps that the wartime government took to measure the morale of residents facing some of the heaviest bombing of the Second World War. | 5/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Land Tax 1692- 1963 | Mark Pearsall looks at the operation of the land tax, redemption, and the work of the Land Tax Redemption Office and its surviving records in series IR 20 to IR 25. | 1/8/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Nineteenth century soldiers: getting the most from online resources | An explanation of the intricacies of soldiers’ service records online, in record series WO 97. | 15/7/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The battle of Towton - a 550-year retrospective | This talk introduces the biggest battle of the Wars of the Roses, described as 'The largest, longest, bloodiest and most murderous battle ever fought in Britain'. | 15/7/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Overseas births, marriages and deaths | A look at civilian and military registers kept by British authorities, churches, consulates and other bodies abroad. | 8/7/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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1611-2011: The 400th anniversary of the King James Bible | This talk examines the context of the translation of the King James Bible and considers the extent of King James' involvement in its production. | 1/7/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The last thing we need is a sequel: Postwar cinema at The National Archives | Speaker Jo Pugh explores the British government’s sometimes uneasy relationship with the film industry, shedding light on four decades of cinema history. | 24/6/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Suing and being sued - finding people in legal disputes | This talk covers the period from the mid-17th century to the present day and uses individual cases to explain the different legal courts and types of cases they heard. | 17/6/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Metropolitan Police: an introduction to records of service 1829-1958 | A basic guide, using examples, to the surviving records of service for Metropolitan Police officers, and an overview of the origins of the service. | 10/6/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Behind the scenes: two centuries of census-taking | This talk takes a look at the army of civil servants, temporary clerks, registrars, enumerators and others, and the part they played in this astonishing feat of organisation once a decade. | 3/6/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Modelling for decision-making: simulating the building environment | This talk summarises the outcomes of the Building Environment Simulation (BES) project and discusses next steps in the care of the collection of The National Archives. | 27/5/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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'Revolting to humanity': histories of mental health | Records specialist Sarah Hutton discusses the 19th century shift in the way mental health was viewed. | 20/5/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Inheritance in Scotland - testaments and retours | The University of Strathclyde’s Dr Bruce Durie conducts a guided tour of Scottish testaments, or ‘wills’. | 13/5/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Second World War and Roche's expansion to the West: a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the United Kingdom | Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche's expansion in the UK in the early 20th century. | 9/5/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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From crime to punishment: criminal records of our ancestors from the 18th and 19th centuries | This podcast takes researchers through the various stages of the criminal justice system of the period and focusses on the various records created, from the commission of a crime, through the court processes and on to the records of punishment. | 21/4/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Festival of Britain | The Festival of Britain opened on 3 May 1951. It was a summer-long, nationwide festival celebrating Britain's contribution to civilisation past, present and future, in the arts, in science and in industrial design. | 13/4/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Escape and evasion in Occupied Europe | Alan Bowgen discusses the resourcefulness and courage of British servicemen who escaped from Axis Prisoner of War camps during the Second World War. | 8/4/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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MI5 file release April 2011 | Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 26th Security Service records release, which contains 180 files. The records cover a range of subjects and span the inter-war, Second World War and post-war eras. | 4/4/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Heralds and heraldry at The National Archives | This lecture examines evidence stretching back over eight and a half centuries: seals, illuminated manuscripts, medieval rolls, treaties, grants of arms, state occasions, architectural drawings, military badges and even wooden chests. | 25/3/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Family history resources at The National Archives | This talk provides an introduction to the main sources for family history research available via The National Archives website. Topics covered include the online catalogue, online resources and the research signposts. | 18/3/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sources for agricultural labourers | 'It's all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking that agricultural labourers are boring and that you can't trace anything about them. In fact they can be very interesting, and there's lots of information to be found if you know where to look. This tal | 11/3/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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In the High Court of Justice | 'In the High Court of Justice' examines the records of the Chancery Division of the High Court (the post-1875 successor of the Chancery Court). This talk will show what is available and how to find your way around the documents. | 4/3/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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UFO file release March 2011 | Dr David Clarke, author of 'The UFO files' and senior lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, reveals the importance of the latest batch of UFO files to be released by The National Archives. | 3/3/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Broadmoor Revealed: the Victorian Asylum | Mark Stevens takes a journey behind the walls of Victorian Broadmoor, England’s first Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and discovers some of the patients’ stories. | 25/2/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Follow that lead: from census entry to Google maps | Help on how to uncover information on property belonging to family members found in census returns. | 21/2/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Constance Emily Kent: nightdresses, breast flannels and child murder | Documents from The National Archives shed light on a sensational murder from 1860. | 11/2/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Fictional obscenities: lesbianism and censorship in the early 20th century | Drawing on early 20th century case studies, Dr Chambers discusses the banning of novels whose narratives featured same sex relations between women. | 7/2/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Journeys of discovery: surgeons at sea - ADM 101 Research Symposium | Professor Laurence Brockliss, from the University of Oxford, discusses how ADM 101 has been used by his team over the past ten years, and considers how the newly digitised files will aid their future research. This talk was recorded as part of 'The journe | 28/1/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Damaged, disturbed and dismembered: disability and war in the 20th century | Wars in the 20th century have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Still more come back from conflict with permanent disabilities, in body and mind, in need of medical treatment, on-going care and financial support. Drawing on the wide r | 24/1/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Titanic: the official story | This talk marks the ninty-eighth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Using documents from The National Archives, James Cronan will take you through the history of the ship, from its construction and launch to its fateful end. James Cronan is a reco | 19/1/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Challenges facing The National Archives | Podcast of an interview which took place on Monday 29 November 2010. Dr Andrew Foster from the Historical Association and also a member of The National Archives Strategic Academic Stakeholder Forum in conversation with Oliver Morley, Acting Chief Executiv | 14/1/11 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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New files from 1980 | An introduction to newly released files from 1980, covering subjects such as economic policy, the European Community Budget, relations with trade unions, the Iranian Embassy siege and the potential boycott of the Moscow Olympics. These files provide a fas | 29/12/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Naval medical officers' journals and the history of medicine | Author Daniel Gilfoyle discusses the naval medical officers' journals of ADM 101 provide a coherent view of the beliefs and practices of a body of rank and file medical practitioners during the late 18th and 19th centuries. They provide a valuable source | 17/12/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Madame Rachel of Bond Street | Author Helen Rappaport discusses the subject of her newest book, Beautiful For Ever: Madame Rachel of Bond Street – Cosmetician, Con-Artist and Blackmailer. In the talk, Helen reveals Madame Rachel’s startling career path – from fish fryer in Clare | 10/12/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 | This talk explores how anyone with an interest in modern history can get the best out of the Cabinet Papers online resource, which provides access to historical records of the key episodes in 20th century British and international history. The talk also l | 3/12/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Hidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947 | Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University uncovers the hidden voices of Muslim women during the partition of the Punjab, India in 1947. Using first-hand accounts, Dr Virdee reveals how women, often sheltered from private and public spaces, created their o | 29/11/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The London Gazette: not just the brave and the bankrupt | Family History specialist Audrey Collins discusses how researchers can get the most out of the London Gazette, Britain’s oldest continually-published newspaper. | 19/11/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers' service documents | Military records specialist William Spencer talks about WO 97, one of The National Archives' most popular record series. This series holds detailed and comprehensive military records of over 1.5 million soldiers who served in the British Army between 1760 | 15/11/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Forgotten tragedy: The loss of HMT Lancastria | On 17 June 1940, HMT Lancastria was sunk by a German bomber while evacuating troops from St Nazaire; over 9,000 troops were packed on board. This talk attempts to explain why so many who were lost will never be accounted for. | 5/11/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Credit crunch histories: records of bankrupts in The National Archives | Bankruptcy proceedings have been taking place in England and Wales for over 400 years. In this talk, Chris Cooper describes the bankruptcy records for England and Wales held by The National Archives, indicating the best ways of researching them, and refer | 22/10/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Freedom fighters: sources for black loyalists at The National Archives | Abi Husainy reveals the African American contribution to the American revolution, using documents and concrete examples found in The National Archives. | 15/10/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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A history of the Public Records Office | Vanessa Carr takes us through a brief history of the Public Records Office, looking at public records from 1086 to 2003. | 8/10/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Charles Dickens, Warren's Blacking and the Chancery Court | At the age of 12, the delicate and genteelly brought up Charles Dickens was plunged into employment in a boot-blacking factory, while his father was incarcerated in Marshalsea debtors' prison. These events traumatised the young Dickens, and greatly influe | 1/10/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Kitchen Front: domestic life in the Second World War | Find out how documents held by The National Archives can reveal a fascinating picture of the domestic lives of ordinary people living through the Second World War. | 24/9/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The first Afghan war | In this talk, journalist and historian Jules Stewart will guide us through the 1838-1842 period of Afghan history. Just some of the events explored include the Persian siege of Herat with Russian assistance, which Britain feared would lead to an invasion | 17/9/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sailors, storms and science: how Royal Navy logbooks help us understand climate change | Dr Dennis Wheeler, from the University of Sunderland, discusses the use of historical Royal Navy logbooks in studies of climate change, focusing on the archival resources rather than scientific conclusions. | 10/9/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Catch-up history and the Cold War | Professor Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London University, and author of The Secret State, examines the 'particles and patterns of the past' to peer into the part of the post-war British state kept under wra | 3/9/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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MI5 file release August 2010 | Professor Christopher Andrew introduces the 25th Security Service records release, which contains 170 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,500. | 25/8/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Alcohol Consumption in Historical Perspective | Dr Phil Withington discusses how historical research - even on the early-modern period - can be used to inform contemporary policymaking on alcohol consumption. | 20/8/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Reforming Central Government: The case of science and technology | Professor David Edgerton considers Churchill's approach to science and technology during World War Two and looks at his relationship with the 'Cronies and Technocrats' of the time. | 18/8/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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UFO file release August 2010 | Dr David Clarke, author of The UFO files and senior lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, reveals the importance of the latest batch of UFO files to be released by The National Archives. | 5/8/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tourists and booking clerks - information for family historians in the Thomas Cook Archives | Paul Smith, company archivist of Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, offers a general account of the holdings of the Thomas Cook Archives, with particular reference to records that might prove useful for family historians, such as staff magazines, contracts of empl | 30/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Treaties in The National Archives | James Cronan introduces some of the most richly decorated and important documents held at The National Archives. | 23/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The pub and the people | Simon Fowler use contemporary accounts to look back at the pub ‘experience’ over the last 70 years. | 16/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Disclosure, documentary release and candour in government | Jonathan Sumption OBE QC considers the issue of government secrecy throughout English history in his lecture to the Friends of The National Archives. | 9/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The South African empire | Historian Dr Anne Samson explores South Africa's attempt to build an empire over the past century. | 7/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Identity and identity theft | Steve Hindle of the University of Warwick shows how contemporary issues relating to international migration were also present in 17th century parish migration. | 2/7/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The National Archives goes to the movies | Trace the history of cinema in Britain through the collections of The National Archives. From silent classics and lost masterpieces to the controversial cult films of the 1970s, see how politicians and civil servants grappled with the new medium and how t | 21/6/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Women, darts and the pub in the interwar period | Dart historian Patrick Chaplin offers a surprising insight into the role of women in the social history of darts. He challenges the commonly held belief that women in the interwar period rarely participated in darts, or other pub games, because of their | 4/6/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Lost London pubs | 'Lost London pubs' looks back at the changing nature and purpose of pubs over the past 250 years, illustrated through speaker Jack Adams' own collection of books about pubs published during this period. This podcast was recorded live as part of the Pub H | 26/5/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing marriages in 18th century England and Wales: a reassessment of law and practice | The Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753 marked an important development in the history of marriage by putting the requirements for a valid marriage on a statutory basis for the first time. But what was the situation before 1753, and what practical impact di | 21/5/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Dependence, intolerance and expulsion: the story of the Jews in England, 1066 - 1290 | William the Conqueror invited Jews into England from Normandy around 1070, but the Jewish community of merchants and money lenders formed an uneasy relationship with the English crown and people. Medieval Jews were considered to be the king's property, an | 19/5/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Bara Brith on the pampas: the Welsh in Patagonia | In 1865, a Welsh speaking colony was established in the valley of the Chubut River in Patagonia Argentina. The original emigrants sailed from Liverpool on the Mimosa and they were joined in the 1880s by a second wave of emigrants and a further colony was | 26/3/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Counting the people | Census returns are among the most popular records used by family historians and other researchers, but many of us give little thought as to what went on behind the scenes every time a census was taken. This talk explores the creation of the census, with t | 19/3/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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I'm All Right Jack! Britain in 1959 | The famous Boulting Brothers film 'I'm All Right Jack!' was released just over 50 years ago. The film, in which a blundering innocent causes a nationwide strike, was a satire - but did it also reflect social realities in 1959? Were trade unions and govern | 12/3/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Highlights of Security Service files released at The National Archives | This is the twenty-fourth Security Service records release and contains 196 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,300. As with previous releases, around 80% of the records are personal files relating to indivi | 8/3/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Kindertransport: Britain's rescue plan | The Wiener Library holds many personal accounts of children evacuated from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia between December 1938 and September 1939. Using individual first-hand accounts sourced from The Wiener Library and documents held at The Na | 26/2/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Fashion or ration: Hartnell, Amies and dressing for the Blitz | How did the fashionable woman of the Second World War and post war era manage to remain chic in a climate of rationing? Using sources from The National Archives this talk will consider the fashion industry of the time, and reveal how designers Norman Hart | 18/2/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing ancestors in Nelson's Navy | An overview of the essential finding aids and documents held by The National Archives which can be used to trace ancestors who served in Nelson's Navy. | 8/2/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Medieval warfare: sources and approaches | An exploration of how records created by the crown before 1485 can be used to study medieval armies, campaigns and battles in Britain and France. The talk will focus on the records of key battles such as Bannockburn, Crécy and Agincourt. | 29/1/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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New Britons - Immigration to the United Kingdom | This talk looks at immigration into Britain from the 16th to the 20th century and the relatively few sources that can be used to trace immigrants entering, and living, in this country. Records discussed can provide vital clues to the overseas origins of d | 22/1/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Shop workers: tracing your retail ancestors | We all go shopping, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm, and many of us have also worked in shops. It was the same for our ancestors, and although the records may not always be easy to find, they are out there if you know where to look. There is als | 14/1/10 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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New files from 1979 | An introduction to newly releases files from 1979, covering subjects such as the winter of discontent, cuts to the civil service, trade union strikes, and the new Thatcher administration, providing a fascinating insight into government 30 years ago. Other | 30/12/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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From cotton spinning to coffins: specifications for patents of invention | Patents of invention cover a vast range of ideas, from the industrial and agricultural revolutions, to transport, domestic life and health. Many are bizarre, and some are even horrific, but they all have a fascinating story to tell. The specifications are | 18/12/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Education in 1911 | What was education like for the majority of children in 1911, the year when pupils staged strikes in 62 schools? This talk provides a fascinating glimpse of day-to-day life in an Edwardian school, covering such aspects as lessons, discipline, and examinat | 4/12/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Transportation to Australia | Over 162,000 British and Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1787 and 1868. This talk explores the reasons behind the policy of transportation and looks at the experiences of the people who were shipped beyond the seas, using case studies | 30/11/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Metropolitan Police: its creation and records of service | London's Metropolitan Police service was formed in 1829. This talk provides an overview of how crime was dealt with before this date, and how to trace the records of our Metropolitan Police ancestors at The National Archives. | 20/11/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Railway disasters: an introduction | This talk looks at some of the most famous railway accidents and disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries, in particular, the disaster at Quintinshill in 1915, in which 226 people died. The National Archives holds a wide range of documents which record de | 13/11/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The gunpowder plot: key documents and hidden voices | The National Archives holds a wide range of documents which tell the story of the Gunpowder Plot and its investigation - but their meaning is hotly contested. James Travers selects some of the key documents and shows that beneath the noise of the ideologi | 6/11/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Records of births, marriages and deaths | This talk explores the sources available for searching for births, marriages and deaths, both at The National Archives and elsewhere, and features fascinating examples of birth, marriage and death records. | 6/11/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Roll up, roll up: the evolution of the circus 10-in-1 show | Circus sideshows have fascinated people for centuries. From the bearded lady to PT Barnum, contortionists to fire eaters, people have flocked to see the peculiarities of the 10-in-1 show. From their early beginnings at Bartholomew Fair to their decline in | 30/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Apprenticeship records for family historians | In this talk, Mark Pearsall, The National Archives' family history specialist, focuses on the apprenticeship system and how it worked in practice, and covers those records that survive in The National Archives, in particular the Apprenticeship Books in re | 23/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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An introduction to sources for Anglican clergymen | Have you found a parson, a rector or a curate amongst your ancestors? This talk will introduce you to the main sources for the history and education of Anglican clergy, at home and abroad, using sources held by The National Archives and a variety of other | 15/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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News from the London Family History Centre | This talk highlights new features of this popular South Kensington destination, including access to important new databases, more English church records on microfilm, a newly organised collection of resources for Mormon ancestors and significant additions | 9/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Truth is in Here: UFOs at The National Archives | From ghost rockets in Scandinavia to mysterious spheres tracked over Eritrea, the Past Masters team look at the records of Unidentified Flying Objects held at The National Archives and ask, is the truth in here? The Ministry of Defence is now transferring | 8/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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How to win a duel | A fight, possibly to the death, over a matter of honour this month. No, we're not just arguing amongst ourselves, the Past Masters team are talking about duelling. Formal duelling evolved from medieval sword fights into pistols at dawn before fading away | 8/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Two Crowns, One King: Henry V and the Treaty of Troyes | The Past Masters team join Henry V in the battle for France. Henry fought the Hundred Years War on two fronts - military and diplomatic - but was the signing of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420 his greatest victory or just a millstone around England's neck? A | 7/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Darwin's voyage: HMS Beagle 1831-6 | In 1831, in his twenties and fresh out of university, Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle on the expedition of a lifetime, into literally uncharted waters and a series of discoveries that would form the basis of his later pioneering work on the orig | 6/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Civilian honours and awards | The London Gazette is a crucial source for announcements of military and civilian honours and awards. This talk explains how to use and get the best out of the Gazette, and how further information about awards can be found among the records held by The Na | 2/10/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Internment | On the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, some 70,000 Germans and Austrians resident in the UK became classed as enemy aliens. This talk looks at official papers relating to the tribunals, the policy of internment, individual internees, and the camps | 21/9/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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GIs and POWs: Kew in the Second World War | Local historian Christopher May reveals the wartime history of The National Archives' Kew site. American servicemen stationed here created the maps used in the Normandy landings of 1944. Later, the same buildings were used to house Italian prisoners of wa | 15/9/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The battle that frightened Churchill: the war in the Atlantic | On 3 September 1939, the passenger liner Athenia was sunk by U30. So began the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest and most complex campaign of the Second World War. The battle pitted the submariners of the Kriegsmarine against the Allied merchant fleet w | 10/9/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Forgeries in the archives | Forgery has always been a major problem to archivists and librarians - from the great 19th century Shakespearean forgers to more recent examples in the 21st century of people who forged letters about the murder of Himmler and the social life of Noel Cowar | 28/8/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The final balance: researching families and wealth in the 19th century using the death duty records | This presentation explores how The National Archives' collection of death duty records can be used to research families and wealth-holding in 19th century Britain. The talk unravels some of the complexities of working with the records and explains how the | 18/8/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Upstairs and downstairs in the royal household | An introduction to the administration of the Royal Household from the restoration of Charles II to the death of Victoria. The talk is based on the records of the Lord Chamberlain's Department and the Lord Steward's Department, which were responsible for a | 7/8/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Dr Williams' Library: an early birth registry | Dr Williams' Library in London is an essential resource for people who are researching the history of protestant nonconformity in England and Wales. But the library has also given its name to an important collection of registers and certificates which wer | 31/7/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Summer of '69 | A look back at the year in which Neil Armstrong took his 'giant leap for mankind', Concorde continued its flight test programme and the hippy culture reached its zenith with the age of the pop festival. However, the summer of '69 also saw Harold Wilson's | 17/7/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Royal Naval medals: an introduction | This talk discusses the Royal Naval medal rolls held by The National Archives in record series ADM 171, and explains how to interpret the most commonly used codes and abbreviations found in them. It also demonstrates how the medal rolls can be used to loc | 10/7/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Genius on trial: key sources relating to Oscar Wilde at The National Archives | The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Oscar Wilde was one of the most sensational and controversial episodes of the late Victorian era, with far-reaching social and cultural implications. This talk presents the key documents held by The National Archi | 3/7/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Researching the British Empire and Commonwealth | The British Empire existed for four centuries and, at its height, governed one quarter of the world's population. Mandy Banton introduces the records of British government departments responsible for the administration of colonial affairs from about 1801 | 26/6/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Burial clubs - the unfriendly societies | Friendly Societies were popular in the 19th Century, and were regulated by law. Surprisingly, burial clubs, which offered a form of life insurance, didn't always fall into this category, and provided many incentives to commit fraud - and even murder! | 10/6/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Titanic Lives: The Crew of RMS Titanic | Much has been written about RMS Titanic, but this has tended to concentrate on the ship and its passengers. Using sources such as crew lists, local newspapers, Titanic Fund minute books and the newly released 1911 census, this talk traces the lives of a c | 5/6/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Charles Darwin and the Beagle | An investigation into the real reasons behind the celebrated voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836) and the momentous decision by Captain Robert FitzRoy to choose Charles Darwin to accompany him. | 29/5/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Prison: five hundred years behind bars | A look at the changing nature of imprisonment over the centuries and the experiences of those who endured it, charting the growth of the national prison system in England and Wales from castle dungeons to purpose-built concrete gaols. | 21/5/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Great Escape: you've seen the film, now hear the truth | During the night of 24 March 1944, 76 airmen escaped from the Prisoner of War camp Stalag Luft III. Only three made it home and, of the remainder, 50 were murdered on Hitler's orders. This talk will explain what actually happened in the so-called Great Es | 15/5/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Catching Victorian and Edwardian criminals on paper | The problem of serious habitual criminals and how to keep track of them greatly exercised the minds of our Victorian and Edwardian forebears. This lecture focuses on the methods utilised by police and government to record and monitor such offenders, and h | 8/5/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Every journey has two ends: using passenger lists | The National Archives' Chris Watts reveals the benefits of using both arrival and departure records when searching for details of our migrant ancestors, as well as demonstrating how the shortcomings of content, indexing and accessibility can be minimised. | 1/5/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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From Mountbatten to Patten: the last proconsuls and the ending of the British Empire | After the Second World War, the role of governors in Britain's overseas territories changed. This talk examines the colourful personalities and mixed fortunes of these proconsuls, and argues that, in spite of their declining power and authority, they perf | 24/4/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Naturalisation and alien registration | Using records at The National Archives, this talk examines the various Alien Acts that affected the status of foreigners resident in the UK from the 19th century, and the reasons why so many chose to become naturalised British citizens. | 16/4/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Finding company records | Historian, Alex Ritchie, looks at the distribution of business records and introduces the finding aids that are available to researchers, as well as revealing some of the less obvious resources that can be used to identify and track down business informat | 9/4/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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What can you learn from a DNA test? | Chris Pomeroy, of the Pomeroy DNA Project, reviews the history of DNA testing and explains how it can be used by family historians, as well as discussing the experiences of leading family history projects that are using DNA testing to link and verify thei | 2/4/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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George Ives: queer lives and the family | Cultural historian Matt Cook delves into the diary of George Ives, the early homosexual law reformer, and considers the issue of family, a pertinent and recurrent theme within Ives' diary. | 30/3/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Locality, land and livelihood: sources for early local history | An introduction to medieval and early modern sources relating to English and Welsh local history. Sean Cunningham and James Ross explore the vast collection of accounts, surveys, court rolls, inquisitions, deeds and taxation records held at The National A | 20/3/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing your ancestors: a case study featuring the Darwin family | A step-by-step guide to tracing your ancestors, using the Darwin family as a case study. Gerry Toop introduces researchers to the most important genealogical sources available at The National Archives and elsewhere, including birth, marriage and death ind | 13/3/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing Scottish ancestors | Holding records for Scotland from the union in 1707, The National Archives holds documents on many of our Scottish ancestors. Find out how to go about discovering them in this talk by Audrey Collins. | 6/3/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Dissecting and cataloguing medical officers' journals in ADM 101 | Bruno Pappalardo introduces the collection of medical officers' journals found in ADM 101. These journals give a detailed insight into a ship's daily activities, as well as the science and wildlife that was encountered by British Navy medical officers. | 27/2/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Royal Air Force service records | Last year saw the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal Air Force. The records of thousands of men (and women) who served in the RAF and its predecessors during the First World War are held by The National Archives. This talk will demonstrate | 20/2/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Kapow! Fifties Britain versus the comics menace | In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion: "American style" comics were accused of ruining the reading habits of vulnerable children across the country and even inciting racism and violence. Could Captain Marvel cause crime? See the co | 17/2/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 166 | VideoIrish land records - British Sign Language video | With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides us through the alternative sources for family historians researching their Irish ancestors. | 6/2/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Irish land records | With the loss of the 19th century census returns for Ireland, Sharon Hintze guides us through the alternative sources for family historians researching their Irish ancestors. | 6/2/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 168 | VideoCivil registration and beyond - British Sign Language Video | The National Archives' Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some of the little-known facts and stories behind the records. | 30/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Civil registration and beyond | The National Archives' Audrey Collins takes civil registration as her topic and reveals some of the little-known facts and stories behind the records. | 30/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 170 | VideoThe Manorial Documents Register - British Sign Language Video | Liz Hart, from the National Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the various types of manorial records and offers a practical guide to using the Manorial Documents Register. | 23/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Manorial Documents Register | Liz Hart, from the National Advisory Service, provides an introduction to the various types of manorial records and offers a practical guide to using the Manorial Documents Register. | 23/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 172 | VideoIntroducing the 1911 census - British Sign Language Video | Mark Pearsall is a family history specialist at The National Archives. Here he provides an introduction to the newly released 1911 census and tells us how invaluable it will be for family historians. | 15/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Introducing the 1911 census | Mark Pearsall is a family history specialist at The National Archives. Here he provides an introduction to the newly released 1911 census and tells us how invaluable it will be for family historians. | 15/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 174 | VideoChild emigration to Canada - BSL Sign Language Video | Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger Kershaw examines the reasons and the records behind the schemes to Canada, Australia, South Africa and beyond. | 9/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Child emigration to Canada | Find out about the British child emigration schemes from 1618 to 1967 as Roger Kershaw examines the reasons and the records behind the schemes to Canada, Australia, South Africa and beyond. | 9/1/09 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 176 | VideoNew files From 1978 - BSL Sign Language Video | Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide fascinating insight into the thinking of key government figures in the run-up to the Winter of Discontent. | 30/12/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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New files From 1978 | Contemporary historian Mark Dunton discusses the release of high-profile records from 1978, which provide fascinating insight into the thinking of key government figures in the run-up to the Winter of Discontent. | 30/12/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Filling the gaps | Professor Peter Hennessey presents records officers and information managers as 'unsung heroes' in providing historians, such as himself, with rich collections to use. He also discusses the hugely successful Waldegrave initiative which has led to hundreds | 18/12/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Merchant Navy operational records | Janet Dempsey examines the wealth of records which deal with the tragedy, terror, heroism and honour of the Merchant Navy in both World Wars. | 12/12/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Cabinet Papers, 1915-1977 | Laura Withey (Project Manager) and Dr. Ed Hampshire (Records Specialist) talk about this exciting new project, the new web pages and the records being made available online for the first time. | 4/12/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 181 | VideoThe real Little Dorrit: Charles Dickens and the debtors' prison - British Sign Language video | David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens' fiction - what were Victorian debtors' prisons really like and how accurate was Dickens' portrayal of them? | 28/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The real Little Dorrit: Charles Dickens and the debtors' prison | David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens' fiction - what were Victorian debtors' prisons really like and how accurate was Dickens' portrayal of them? | 28/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Radicalism and unrest | From the early trade unions of the 18th century, through to the Luddites and Chartists of the 19th century, there was a profound desire to protect or improve living standards. This talk looks at what ordinary people really thought about their world and wh | 21/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 184 | VideoGod's Wonderful Railway - British Sign Language video | Find out how the development of the railways transformed the landscape of Great Britain and became the agent of enormous social change. Bruno Derrick explores the early years of the Great Western Railway, from its foundation to the death of Isambard Kingd | 14/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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God's Wonderful Railway | Find out how the development of the railways transformed the landscape of Great Britain and became the agent of enormous social change. Bruno Derrick explores the early years of the Great Western Railway, from its foundation to the death of Isambard Kingd | 14/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| 186 | VideoThe parish: administration and records - British Sign Language video | For hundreds of years the parish was the most important unit of local government. This talk covers the historical administration of the parish, its officials and their records, as well as showing you how you can use these records to trace your ancestors a | 7/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The parish: administration and records | For hundreds of years the parish was the most important unit of local government. This talk covers the historical administration of the parish, its officials and their records, as well as showing you how you can use these records to trace your ancestors a | 7/11/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Customs and Excise service records | Everyone hates taxes! Find out what Dr Johnson thought of them in this illustrated talk in which Janet Dempsey reveals how to hunt down the revenue collectors in your family. | 30/10/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Unfinished business: Britain and the European Community | Focusing on Britain's changing relationship with the European Community between 1945 and 1975, Contemporary Specialist Mark Dunton guides us through the key documents that reveal the attitudes of leading figures, the diplomatic process and public percepti | 24/10/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Merchant Navy service records | Was your ancestor one of the hundreds of thousands of men who served in the Merchant Navy, keeping Britain fed and watered? This talk looks at the Merchant Navy records held at The National Archives and how to use them. | 16/10/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Victorian women prisoners | This talk looks at a series of records of women prisoners dating from 1853 to 1887 - records of females released early on licence. It also focuses on particular individuals in order to tell their tales, and illustrate the depth of information available. | 9/10/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Railway staff records | Historian Bruno Derrick offers guidance on how to trace ancestors who worked on the railways during the Victorian era, both at home and abroad. Discussing the extensive collection of railway staff records held at The National Archives, this talk looks at | 2/10/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Introduction to Family History - British Sign Language video | Need advice on how to begin tracing your family's past? Presented by Audrey Collins, this talk is for anyone new to family history. As well as advising on good research habits, the speaker provides an overview of the main resources available to family his | 25/9/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Scandals in the family | Who needs fiction when there are so many true stories of scandal and intrigue? This talk looks at the misdeeds of the members of one family, through records held at The National Archives and elsewhere; featuring fraud, extortion, adultery, gambling d | 18/9/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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How the Society of Genealogists can help you | The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of research material, guidance and support for those interested in family history and the lives of earlier generations. The charity's broad objectives are to "promote, encourage and foster the study, | 11/9/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Divorce records after 1858 | An in-depth and light-hearted look into divorce records, put in context by an introduction to the very antiquated divorce laws pre-1858. Hear about the famous feminist and family planning crusader Marie Stopes' high-profile divorce. At the other end of th | 4/9/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Security Service document releases | Over 150 Security Service files dating from around the time of the Second World War have now been opened. Professor Christopher Andrew, Official Historian of the Secret Service, talks about German and Soviet agents and intelligence officers, right-wing ex | 30/8/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The 'Fleet Registers' or irregular marriage registers of 17th and 18th century London | More than 200,000 clandestine or irregular marriages were performed in London between 1667 and 1754. The area around the Fleet Prison in the City of London was particularly notorious, hence the name 'Fleet Registers', and at least one of the registers is | 28/8/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The National Register of Archives | This talk introduces users to the structure and content of the National Register of Archives (NRA). The NRA contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history. The speaker demonstrates sear | 20/8/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Special Operations Executive, the French Resistance and the D-Day landings | This talk looks at the results and effectiveness of the British Special Operations Executive, or SEO, and the French Resistance in supporting the Second World War D-Day landings. | 14/8/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Using the London Family History Centre | Director of the London Family History Centre, Sharon Hintze, gives an in-depth talk about the excellent facilities available for family historians at the centre. The centre is one of more than a hundred in the British Isles, run by the Church of Jesus Chr | 7/8/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The annual Ancestors Lecture: our 17th century ancestors | Once we go back beyond the period of civil registration, census returns and uniform parish registers, it becomes more difficult to trace a family tree. This talk will look at early parish registers, wills, apprenticeship records, hearth tax returns and ot | 24/7/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing World War One ancestors | William Spencer takes you through the key records for tracing your World War One ancestors, including records of women who were nurses or in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. | 17/7/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Solving census problems | David Annal takes a practical approach to overcoming the most common problems faced by family historians when using the 19th century census returns. It may seem that some of your ancestors are missing from the returns - this talk aims to convince yo | 10/7/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Was Richard II mad? | Terry Jones, 'Python', historian, broadcaster, actor, director and comedian, has called King Richard II a "victim of spin". Here he sets out to rescue his reputation and lift the lid on the turbulent world of 14th century politics. | 3/7/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Emigration records | This talk explains the reasons behind the emigration of some 16 million people since the 17th century. It discusses the most popular destinations for emigrants as well as sources, such as outgoing passenger lists, passport records, and a host o | 26/6/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Criminal ancestors: trial records at The National Archives | Nigel Taylor takes us through a short introduction into the records that can be used to trace criminal ancestors. | 19/6/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing pre-1914 army ancestors | Covering the period from 1760 to 1913, William Spencer discusses the service records of army officers and other ranks. | 12/6/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Royal Navy service records | Mark Pearsall covers the main sources for officers and ratings service records in this introductory talk about Royal Navy service records from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. | 5/6/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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1968: Year of revolutions | Mark Dunton takes you back in time to a tumultuous year, using key documents to show the British Government's take on the dramatic events of 1968, and its own particular preoccupations. | 29/5/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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UFO files from the UK Government | Listen to Dr David Clarke, an expert in UFO history, as he explains the significance of the released UFO files. | 22/5/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Secrecy and government records | Professor Foot is a noted historian and academic. He is the official historian for the Second World War Special Operations Executive (SOE) and has an extensive knowledge of the background to the requirements for secrecy in government records. This is a ra | 15/5/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Britain and the challenge of Fascism: saving Europe at a cost (Part 2) | In the second part of this two part podcast for A-Level students a chief examiner from one of the major examination boards discuss the British policy of appeasement towards the fascist regimes of Hitler and Mussolini. Chief Examiner of GCE History at Edex | 8/4/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Britain and the challenge of Fascism: saving Europe at a cost | How did Britons weigh up the decision to go to war in the 1930s and did things turn out as they expected? Professor David Stephenson from the London School of Economics and Political Science explains how the British Government and the British public respo | 8/4/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Losing Orton in the archives | The tangled history of the papers of the playwright Joe Orton is unwoven by Dr Matt Cook. Here he reveals the extraordinary sources that survive on the writer's life, and the perhaps even more extraordinary ones that remain stubbornly missing. Warning: th | 13/3/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Security Service document releases | From astrologers to oil barons: Professor Christopher Andrew, official historian for the Security Service, talks about espionage and tracking enemy agents. | 29/2/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The Navy Board project | Archivist Sue Lumas describes the painstaking cataloguing and conservation of naval records held at The National Archives. | 21/2/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Watch the birdie and say 'cheese' | Conservator Stephen Harwood looks at the invention and development of photography, describing all the major photographic processes and explaining how anyone can identify different photographic types from the earliest photogenic experiments to today's soph | 14/2/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Research and collections at The National Archives | Caroline Williams describes how the new Research and Collections Development department is contributing to The National Archives' research, collections and academic agenda, and its benefit internally and beyond The National Archives. | 31/1/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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'Living the poor life': poverty and the workhouse in the 19th century | Paul Carter's talk explores the poor life in 19th-century England and Wales. Using records from The National Archives, he presents allegations of cruelty to paupers, accounts of political and Chartist activities and much more. | 24/1/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Closing the last day: death, memory and landholding in the Inquisitions Post-Mortem, 1216 - 1660 | Sean Cunningham tells us how the Inquisitions Post-Mortem (IPMs) or inquests taken after the death of people who were tenants of The Crown reveal a great deal about land use, local customs, and how communal memory had an important social function for our | 17/1/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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20th century Cabinet records: digitising a core collection of modern political records | Ed Hampshire discusses the Cabinet records digitisation project, explaining how the innermost records of government will soon be made fully available online and what visitors to the site can expect when the project is completed. | 4/1/08 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sources for army officers' commissions | Mark Dunton looks at the system for purchasing and selling commissions as it worked from 1800 - 1871. He covers first appointments, promotions, exchanges, retirement, the payment process and the activities of the 'army agents'. He uses document examples t | 20/12/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The road to Jamestown - part 2 | The second part of Sean Cunningham's talk about how and why English sailors and the English Crown turned their attention to the New World of America in the 16th century. This talk explores how piracy, greed, religion and warfare became the foundations of | 13/12/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The road to Jamestown - part 1 | Sean Cunningham talks about how and why English sailors and the English Crown turned their attention to the New World of America in the 16th century. This talk explores how piracy, greed, religion and warfare became the foundations of Elizabethan att | 6/12/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 - part 2 | The second part of this talk in which Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin's Russia under the microscope from the first of the Five-Year Plans to the outbreak of the Second World War. | 29/11/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The making of the Stalinist state 1928-1941 - part 1 | Dr Jane McDermid puts Joseph Stalin's Russia under the microscope from the first of the Five-Year Plans to the outbreak of the Second World War. | 22/11/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Modern sources for immigration - part 2 | The second part of Roger Kershaw's talk looks at key immigration sources at The National Archives such as inwards passenger lists, certificates of arrival and alien registration cards. | 13/11/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Modern sources for immigration - part 1 | Part one of an in-depth look at key immigration sources at The National Archives from inwards passenger lists and certificates of arrival to alien registration cards, records of internment, and citizenship papers. | 18/9/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sex, lies and civil registration | When you have been researching family history for even a short time, you will realise that the information shown on certificates is not always completely accurate! Sometimes this is the result of an honest mistake, or misinterpretation of the question; so | 28/8/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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In the name of God, Amen: wills for family history | Whether your ancestors owned large swathes of land in the north of England or came from a more humble background in the West Country, the chances are that somewhere along the line some of them will have left wills. In this talk, Dave Annal looks at how to | 19/7/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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From Magna Carta to the parliamentary state: the Fine Rolls of King Henry III 1216-1272 | Professor David Carpenter talks about this unique resource preserved at The National Archives and how the records are being made accessible on the web. | 13/7/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sources for First World War army ancestry | Mark Dunton focuses on the prime sources at The National Archives for documenting First World War army service, covering both the officers and other ranks of the British Army. | 21/6/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing your Irish ancestors at The National Archives | Less than a century ago all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom; six of its northern counties, making up Northern Ireland, still are. Many records relating to our ancestors are to be found in the UK and not in Ireland. In this talk, Audrey Collins e | 14/6/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Medieval criminals and the law | An introduction to the formidable collection of documents that relate to the law and criminals during the medieval period using case studies. James Ross provides practical tips on how to access the collections, as well as shedding some light on one | 7/6/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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What at first was plunder: tracing records of excisemen | James Cronan examines sources for tracing excisemen, including staff lists and joining papers, and will use case studies such as Thomas Paine. He will also consider the role of an excise officer and how the excise service developed. | 31/5/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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King John and Magna Carta | History has portrayed King John as a tyrannical monarch whose arbitrary conduct forced his barons into rebellion and the eventual restriction of his powers in the iconic charter of liberties, Magna Carta. Using original sources held at The National Archiv | 22/5/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Henry VIII: dynasty and power in Tudor England | An introduction to the documents of Henry VIII's reign through the story of his struggles to secure personal power, to make the right marriage, and to pass the crown to a male heir. | 27/4/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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'In deadly hate?' Richard III and the War of the Roses | The conflict for the crown in the 15th century has created many of English history's most vivid characters and thanks to Shakespeare, we have one of our greatest villains in the shape of Richard III. This talk looks at the key sources for this period of c | 12/4/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The creation of the Iraqi state: 1914 to 1974 | A lecture by Dr Charles Tripp, Reader in Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to mark the launch of Thomson Learning's online edition of his selection of files on the history of Iraq. Dr Tripp, author of the Cambridge Hi | 4/4/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Jermynology: how genealogy can change history | Anthony Adolph talks about his research into the life of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans (1605-1684) and the founder of the West End. | 15/3/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Workhouse records for family historians | Prepare to be revolted as Simon Fowler considers conditions in 19th century workhouses and suggests ways you can research the poor unfortunates who lived there. | 9/3/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Marriages at sea - fact or fiction? | There is a rumour in the family that an ancestor was married at sea! How often have we heard this? Is it fact or fiction? Were marriages at sea permitted and, if so, where are records of them to be found? In this talk Dr Christopher Watts examines the ran | 21/2/07 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Tracing births and deaths at sea | Ships carrying our ancestors to faraway places often arrived with more, or less, passengers than they they set out with. In this talk Dr Christopher Watts examines the vast range of records, both at The National Archives and elsewhere, that help us | 14/12/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Star Chamber stories: using records of the early modern equity courts | The National Archives holds a vast collection of Chancery Court and other equity legal records from the early modern courts of Star Chamber and Requests. In this talk Sean Cunningham introduces the records created by the courts, and offers advice on how t | 12/12/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Going, going, almost gone: the vanishing face of the traditional English pub | The pub has undergone enormous changes in the past 40 years. This talk examines what remains of unaltered pubs and what this tells us about their social history. Geoff Brandwood is an architectural historian, co-author of English Heritage's recent book, L | 7/12/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Colin Jackson: my journey into the past | As part of The National Archives Caribbean Family History Day, Colin Jackson CBE, world record hurdler, discusses the experience of tracing his family history. | 28/11/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Creating a legacy from your family history | A panel discussion that took place at The National Archives Caribbean Family History Day. The contributors were Colin Jackson CBE, Jackie Osei-Tutu (producer of Colin Jackson's Who Do You Think You Are?), Patrick Vernon (Director of Every Generation Media | 28/11/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Was the Cromwellian Protectorate a military dictatorship? | Professor Barry Coward, President of the Historical Association and the Cromwell Association discusses the nature of the republican government of Britain's most controversial head of state. | 27/11/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The dichotomies of drink | Presented by Philippa Glanville, Senior Research Fellow at the V&A Museum. The event was held at The National Archives to accompany our temporary on-site exhibition, which she curated, entitled, Drink: the History of Alcohol 1690-1920. | 28/9/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 - 1914 | Well-known military historian Professor Richard Holmes examines Indian soldiering in peace and war. He addresses the experience of ordinary soldiers, why they joined up, how they got to India and what they made of it when they arrived. | 17/7/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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Inventions in 18th century Britain | Maxine Berg, Professor of History at the Eighteenth Century Centre, University of Warwick, explores the inventions and the making and buying of goods in 18th century Britain. | 28/4/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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A bag of secrets | Dr. Tracey Sowerby of Pembroke College, Oxford, introduces listeners to the records of Tudor government held at The National Archives. She examines records of Parliament, delves into the murky treason trials of Henry VIII's regime and even demonstrates h | 2/1/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
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The problem of the poor: faith, science and poverty in 19th century Britain | Dr. John Shaw discusses Victorian attitudes to the poor and how they developed over the 19th century. As the Church tried to decide whether charity was the solution or part of the problem, Victorian science afraid of 'degeneration' in Britain began to sug | 1/1/06 | Gratis | Vedi in iTunes |
| Totale: 254 episodi |
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- Categoria: Nazionale
- Lingua: Inglese
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