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How Did Your Ancestors Live?

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

This two hour session looks at peoples' lives and the material in the record office that can show you how your ancestors lived. It includes sources like wills, inventories, settlement and bastardy papers and workhouse records.

Introduction to Family History

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

Find out about tracing your family through civil registration, census, parish registers, wills and probate records, school records and Poor Law documents. This course provides everything to get you started on your research and will include access to primary scources as well as the internet.

Making the Most of Ancestry

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

For an in-depth view of the Library edition of Ancestry, this two hour session gives you 'hands-on' practice at using the site. Most of the learning is achieved by using case studies, but there will also be an opportunity for you to undertake some personal research.

Medieval Latin Palaeography (Advanced)

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

This 10 week course provides the opporunity for students possessing a fundermental grasp of the subject to further develop their skills in tackling more difficult documents. It also offers support to those who are engaged in research requiring the study of medieval and early modern documents, via workshops on problem documents.

Medieval Latin Palaeography (Beginner)

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

A gentle 10 week introduction to reading different classes of document written in Latin, which were common at manorial level from the 13th century to the early 17th century. No previous experience of paleography or knowledge of Latin is necessary

Medieval Latin Palaeography (Intermediate)

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

This 10 week course provides an opportunity for those with basic competence to further develop their skils with an understanding of the simple aspects of Latin grammar required to interpret such documents.

Stories behind the Stones

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

A guided walk around Lowestoft cemetery to find out more about the stories of those remembered on the headstones. Numbers are limited so please book with Lowestoft Record Office who will provide joining instructors.

Using Family History Websites

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

Explore the most informative family history websites in the new two hour session. Which websites should you use for the most reliable information? Find out how to amalgamate the infomration from different websites to build up a family tree.

Who Lived in Your House? Continue Your Quest

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

During this two hour session travel further back in time before 1840 and use deeds, manorial records and wills to discover more about the people who lived in your property.

Who Lived in Your House? Getting Started

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

This two hour session uses a variety of maps (tithe, enclosure and district valuation), tax returns, census and directories, to help you find out the social history of your property back to 1800.

Who Were Your Ancestors?

Provided by Suffolk Record Office

This two hour session looks at sources for tracing your family that are available in your local record office. It covers parish registers, school records, cemetery registers and directories.