Events - Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service

Interested in researching your family history but not sure where to start? During this free drop-in session staff will be on hand to offer advice and tips, as well as introduce you to the variety of sources available for researching family history.

No booking necessary.

Please be aware that this event is intended as a Q&A and resource overview, not extensive one-to-one assistance with research. For more information please Contact us – explorethepast.co.uk

Would you like to learn how to research the history of your house?

Come and meet some archive staff and learn about what sources are available to research house histories in Worcestershire and how to find them.

Get to know the different sources with some hand-chosen examples, and perhaps feel inspired to return and begin to research the history of your own house.

This is a course for beginners, we cannot offer specific advice or research on the day but can show individuals how to use our resources and how to research.

Come and join us for this fascinating lunchtime talk.

At the end of a two year project to catalogue the Public Records records that we hold, the Project Officer will share some insights into how a range of Public Records, from Licensing files to Petty Sessions papers, Bankruptcy case files to Coroners’ records, can provide remarkable insights into the past. He will share stories of local people and places unearthed along the way!

Our Digitisation Officer will be on call to answer questions regarding digitising your search room finds and can offer advice on how to digitise your own photographic archives using your own equipment.

No booking required.

The workshop is aimed at those who have used the archives before but would like help in reading script.  The focus will be on secretary hand which is used in many of our Elizabethan and Stuart documents.  It will be a practical session to introduce participants to letters, numbers and abbreviations with the opportunity to have a go at reading some short documents.

Participants should bring their own paper and pencils.  A magnifying glass may be useful.

Join Archivists behind the scenes for a tour of what is unique, special and treasured about Worcestershire Archives and their wonderful collections. In honour of Women’s History Month, this tour will focus on remarkable women with local stories and connections, including the aviator Sheila Scott, nurse and social reformer Florence Nightingale and some of the many unsung Worcestershire women.