Conference 2000
Display
of the Friendly Societies Research Group
Conference 2000
Friendly Societies Research Group
Conference 2000
Disaster in Hartley 1862
Session
1
On-Line
Catalogues
1901 Census
Chip-shaped
& Bristol Fashion
Session 2
The Wessex Film
& Sound Archive
The Great War as Local History
Session 3
Members' Presentations
The Living Archive CD ROM
Computerised Local History Project
Histories for the Millennium
Exhibitors
Michael Bell Maps
University of Hertfordshire
Easy Peasy Guides
Dave Ogden Family History Society Books
Research Displays
Cressage Area Research Project
Illustrating a disaster, Hartley 1862
CLUTCH Project
Servant Migration: National Trust Houses in 1881
Friendly Societies Research
Group
Michael Williams: Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University of Sheffield
Michael explained that his research was focused on the Monmouthshire village of Caerleon following the discovery of documents collected by his father after the Great War. Oral history research with the survivors of the Great War revealed that many emotive aspects were used to induce the young "boys" of Caerleon to join up. Many of these boys were fifteen years and under, and the impact upon their families could only be imagined. Many were the tales of mothers producing birth certificates to the authorities to prevent their children being accepted for active service ... but to no avail.
Michael explained that whilst conducting some empirical research concerning the relationship between the casualties from the village and the overall Great War data, the emotional exposure to survivors stories introduced the idea of using lyrical prose to better emphasise the tragedies unearthed.
Delegates were treated to fine examples of prose that interwove the horrors of the period with the sadness of memories and confusion of the now aged survivors.
Members' Presentations
The Living Archive CD ROM
Roger Kitchen
Delegates were given a presentation of the interactive CD ROM created by Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History. CLUTCH encourages parents and school children to gain new skills in the use of computer and information technologies and an understanding of their use for teaching and learning in their children's schools. This is achieved by researching local history and sharing their findings with the community using computer based technologies.
Two case examples researched the origins of street names in Wolverton and treasured memories of senior citizens to interweave the heritage of Wolverton with modern presentation methods. These included word processing, scanning and processing pictures, taking digital photos, recording and editing sound and video. Roger Kitchen demonstrated that essentially simple techniques were used to hyperlink individual works of creativity by CLUTCH groups. Visit The Living Archive
Computerised Local
History Data; how do we find it and access it?
John Loosley
John explained that the goals were to collect a database of transcriptions and findings in the possession of private collectors and researchers. Local History Groups were contacted, and their members enthusiastically co-operated. Microsoft Works was the software used to build the database that allowed eventual classification and sorting. This is an ongoing project and the next phase is to publish the database on the internet for easy access by everyone.
Histories for the
Millennium; an update
John McKay
The Millennium Histories project will culminate in the PRO & FACHRS two day conference to be held in June. John McKay provided a progress update on the Millennium Histories, the exciting project that had many local communities researching their own heritage.
