Archive

In October I held a ‘Caring for your Documents’ workshop where people brought along their precious letters, certificates and documents from their own family archive.  We talked about the need to protect and preserve these items, and the best ways to go about cleaning and displaying them, as well as the need to store them...

Have you ever wanted to discover the history of your house or of another building?  We are running another of our popular workshops on Saturday 13th October 10am-1pm to show you how to get started and what is available.   Many people want to look into the history of the house where they live, wondering...

Looking at starting or restarting your family history? In autumn we often get people coming to us asking how to begin tracing their family tree. For some they are looking at starting or restarting now that summer is over, whilst others may have been inspired by conversations, or even as a result of watching the latest...

We’ve an exciting series of talks to coincide with the Ice Age exhibitions in The Hive & Worcester Art Gallery and Museum. We’ve been thrilled at seeing how many people have come to see the exhibitions, coming face to face with a replica mammoth and real mammoth bones, entering an ice age shelter and walking...

Stolen ducks, theft of acorns and disputes between parishes are some of the fascinating stories contained with Quarter Sessions. This is the latest in our Exploring Archives series, on Wed 20 June, helping you to discover more about some of the historical sources and how they can help you. You may never have heard of Quarter...

Forthcoming Events We have a range of events coming up, including as part of the Lost Landscapes project, many of which have been arranged since our events leaflet came out in January. WWI Talk Thu 17 May 6-8pm Dr Adrian Gregson, our Collections Manager, will talk about his new book about a territorial battalion during...

Parish Registers are a well used part of our collections, perhaps our most commonly used, being a key source of personal details for family historians. Everyday you can see people browsing them on microfilms here in The Hive. However whilst these are important, there is far much more to parish records than just the registers,...

Looking at starting or restarting family history the new year? In January we often get people coming to us asking how to begin. For some they are looking at starting or restarting now that Christmas is over, whilst others may have been inspired by conversations and reflection over Christmas. We can see this here in The Hive...

Christmas is often a time when people think about family stories and the past, as it’s a time when many of us meet up with or speak to family. This can inspire us to research our family history beyond what is known, and to check out the family stories we’ve heard. In January we often...

Following on from our archaeology workshops over the past couple of years we have a new series led our Finds Archaeologists.   This short course will give you the opportunity to learn more about archaeological finds from local experts. Sessions will also include a chance to handle examples, so that you get first-hand experience of...