Most of us will have agricultural labourers in our ancestry. This talk discusses their lives and the wealth of records which enable us to piece together their lives. The fact that they existed means that documentary evidence exists.

Our speak Ian Waller is a retired professional genealogist with considerable experience in English research.He currently serves as the vice chairman and education officer of the Family History Federation (Federation of Family History Societies) and is a Fellow of AGRA (The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) the body which represents professional genealogists. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists and previously served as a trustee and chairman of the Society Education Committee. He has  authored several books in the Society’s “My Ancestor” series including My Ancestor was an Agricultural Labourer, My Ancestor was a Mormon, My Ancestor was in the Royal Navy and My Ancestor was a Leather Worker and have also written “Family History Research Challenges and how to solve them” and “Introducing Manorial Records” published by Family History Books. Ian has Family History at both basic and advanced levels at various adult education centres in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and currently lecture and run workshops at many family history societies, U3A Groups and other organisations interested in local, social and family history

This event is for members only and registration opens on 1^st June when the ‘Register [Individual]’ button will show on the bottom left of the Event details on the FHSC website for you to click and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on  17^th. June

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