Genealogy SIG – Michaelmas term

All Clare Hall members are welcome to attend the meetings for the new Genealogy SIG this Michaelmas term.

Many people who have an interest in their family history have little knowledge beyond perhaps the existence of their grandparents. This SIG would aim to introduce Clare Hallers (and especially Life Members, Visiting Fellows and any accompanying partners) to basic methods in genealogy and to encourage personal research in a collective, encouraging environment, sharing progress and helping each other with the inevitable ‘brick walls’ encountered along an absorbing, often addictive path. The same methods can be directly applicable within biographical aspects of academic research and are providing social and economic context to many historical situations.

The first meeting of the term will take place on Thursday 2 October at 7.00pm in the Clare Hall Meeting Room. Further meetings are scheduled for 30 October and 27 November.

Please contact Kevin Edwards (email: kevin.edwards@abdn.ac.uk) for further details.