A New Venture - informal adult learning

RESEARCHING LOCAL HISTORY with Dr. Jacqueline Bower

Enroll now!!! Only 20 places available.

The course will be held on Monday afternoons in the KAS library in Maidstone Museum. It will be in 4 modules of 5 sessions each, priced at £20 per module. The sessions will commence at 2 p.m. and finish at 4 p.m.

The course will cover a wide range of sources and include live online internet research.

Module 1 from 19 September 2005 for five weeks

The Victorian Community

How to use trade directories, census returns and a range of other sources, to research towns and villages in Victorian Kent.

Module 2 from 31 October 2005 for five weeks

Reconstructing the Community

Using parish registers and other sources to reconstruct the population of a parish from the 16th century to the 19th century.

Module 3 from 9 January 2006 for five weeks

Parish Affairs

Sources for local government in the 18th and early 19th centuries, especially the relief of the poor.

Module 4 from 20 February 2006 for five weeks

Life in Elizabethan and Stuart Kent

Using probate records and other sources to research work and living standards in the late 16th and 17th centuries. Plus guidance on reading old handwriting.

An enrollment form for the first module is included in this Newsletter.