Hit dead ends in your English or Welsh research? Then, plan on attending BIFHSGO’s virtual annual conference on 18-19 October.
The focus: Researching the Disadvantaged of England and Wales
Ancestors who seem to vanish from records were often dealing with poverty, mental illness, or institutional care. This conference teaches you how to track them down using Workhouse records, Poor Law documents, and Asylum registers. Find out about how England’s Poor Law system worked; finding ancestors in workhouses and mental institutions; early poor relief records (before government welfare); research strategies for “invisible” people.
Expert speakers: Mark Carroll, Nathan Dylan Goodwin, Peter Higginbotham, Judith Hill, Clare O’Grady, and Gloria Tubman, with more to be announced.
What You Need to Know
- Virtual conference – attend live or catch recordings when it works for you.
- Expert Connect session – direct Q&A with speakers.
- All materials included – presentations, handouts, access until 30 November.
- Cost: $35 members / $50 non-members.
- Registration opens: 1 September.
- Bonus: Research techniques apply beyond England/Wales.
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