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The National Archives Podcast Series

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Lectures, talks and other events presented by The National Archives of the United Kingdom.


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Roll up, roll up: the evolution of the circus 10-in-1 show
Circus sideshows have fascinated people for centuries. From the bearded lady to PT Barnum, contortionists to fire eaters, people have flocked to see the peculiarities of the 10-in-1 show. From their early beginnings at Bartholomew Fair to their decline in the politically correct world of the 1960s, this talk will take you on a rollercoaster ride using sources held by The National Archives and other organisations....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Apprenticeship records for family historians
In this talk, Mark Pearsall, The National Archives' family history specialist, focuses on the apprenticeship system and how it worked in practice, and covers those records that survive in The National Archives, in particular the Apprenticeship Books in record series IR 1. It also suggests where to look for surviving apprenticeship records in other archives and record offices, as well as other useful sources for tracing apprentices where details of the apprenticeship indentures have not survived....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:00GMT ]


An introduction to sources for Anglican clergymen
Have you found a parson, a rector or a curate amongst your ancestors? This talk will introduce you to the main sources for the history and education of Anglican clergy, at home and abroad, using sources held by The National Archives and a variety of other repositories....

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[ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00GMT ]


News from the London Family History Centre
This talk highlights new features of this popular South Kensington destination, including access to important new databases, more English church records on microfilm, a newly organised collection of resources for Mormon ancestors and significant additions to English probate records - including record copy wills from 1858-1925 from the Principal Probate Registry. ...

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[ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT ]


The Truth is in Here: UFOs at The National Archives

From ghost rockets in Scandinavia to mysterious spheres tracked over Eritrea, the Past Masters team look at the records of Unidentified Flying Objects held at The National Archives and ask, is the truth in here? The Ministry of Defence is now transferring files on UFOs to The National Archives covering 1978 to 2002. You can keep up with all the new releases at nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos/. A selection of documents from The National Archives used in this podcast are below....

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[ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:00GMT ]


How to win a duel
A fight, possibly to the death, over a matter of honour this month. No, we're not just arguing amongst ourselves, the Past Masters team are talking about duelling. Formal duelling evolved from medieval sword fights into pistols at dawn before fading away in the 19th century. We'll be looking at what survives in the Archives from these risky and generally highly illegal fights and finding out what happens to the winners and losers of a duel....

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[ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:00:00GMT ]


Two Crowns, One King: Henry V and the Treaty of Troyes
The Past Masters team join Henry V in the battle for France. Henry fought the Hundred Years War on two fronts - military and diplomatic - but was the signing of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420 his greatest victory or just a millstone around England's neck? And more importantly, can we really cover a century of conflict in less than 30 minutes? ...

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[ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Darwin's voyage: HMS Beagle 1831-6
In 1831, in his twenties and fresh out of university, Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle on the expedition of a lifetime, into literally uncharted waters and a series of discoveries that would form the basis of his later pioneering work on the origin of species. Join the Past Masters team as we delve into the Archives to find out where Darwin went, what life on the Beagle was like and to discover how the most exciting gap year in history went on to change the face of science....

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[ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00GMT ]


Civilian honours and awards
The London Gazette is a crucial source for announcements of military and civilian honours and awards. This talk explains how to use and get the best out of the Gazette, and how further information about awards can be found among the records held by The National Archives, many of which are now available online. ...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT ]


Internment
On the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, some 70,000 Germans and Austrians resident in the UK became classed as enemy aliens. This talk looks at offical papers relating to the tribunals, the policy of internment, individual internees, and the camps in which they were interned....

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[ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:00GMT ]


GIs and POWs: Kew in the Second World War
Local historian Christopher May reveals the wartime history of The National Archives' Kew site. American servicemen stationed here created the maps used in the Normandy landings of 1944. Later, the same buildings were used to house Italian prisoners of war who helped to clear bomb damage in London....

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[ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00GMT ]


GIs and POWs: Kew in the Second World War
Local historian Christopher May reveals the wartime history of The National Archives' Kew site. American servicemen stationed here created the maps used in the Normandy landings of 1944. Later, the same buildings were used to house Italian prisoners of war who helped to clear bomb damage in London....

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[ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00GMT ]


The battle that frightened Churchill: the war in the Atlantic
On 3 September 1939, the passenger liner Athenia was sunk by U30. So began the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest and most complex campaign of the Second World War. The battle pitted the submariners of the Kriegsmarine against the Allied merchant fleet who were providing Britain's vital life line. This talk follows the changes in fortune of both the Kriegsmarine and the merchant fleet, and explains why Winston Churchill knew that the Battle of the Atlantic was the battle that Britain could not ...

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[ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:00GMT ]


Forgeries in the archives
Forgery has always been a major problem to archivists and librarians - from the great 19th century Shakespearean forgers to more recent examples in the 21st century of people who forged letters about the murder of Himmler and the social life of Noel Coward....

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[ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:00GMT ]


The final balance: researching families and wealth in the 19th century using the death duty records
This presentation explores how The National Archives' collection of death duty records can be used to research families and wealth-holding in 19th century Britain. The talk unravels some of the complexities of working with the records and explains how the different records can be linked with other sources of interest to those researching families and wealth....

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[ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Upstairs and downstairs in the royal household
An introduction to the administration of the Royal Household from the restoration of Charles II to the death of Victoria. The talk is based on the records of the Lord Chamberlain's Department and the Lord Steward's Department, which were responsible for above stairs and below stairs management respectively. All the minutiae of royal life is here, from the granting of warrants to tradesmen, to the daily menus prepared for the kitchens....

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[ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:35:00GMT ]


Dr Williams' Library: an early birth registry
Dr Williams' Library in London is an essential resource for people who are researching the history of protestant nonconformity in England and Wales. But the library has also given its name to an important collection of registers and certificates which were once held there. This talk looks at these fascinating documents which represent an early attempt to introduce a form of civil registration of births....

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[ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:00:00GMT ]


Summer of '69
A look back at the year in which Neil Armstrong took his 'giant leap for mankind', Concorde continued its flight test programme and the hippy culture reached its zenith with the age of the pop festival. However, the summer of '69 also saw Harold Wilson's government wrestling with difficult issues such as the sending of British troops to Northern Ireland. This illustrated talk explores the British take on the summer of '69, using examples from public records to shed light on this eventful time. ...

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[ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Royal Naval medals: an introduction
This talk discusses the Royal Naval medal rolls held by The National Archives in record series ADM 171, and explains how to interpret the most commonly used codes and abbreviations found in them. It also demonstrates how the medal rolls can be used to locate other records relating to an individual's Royal Naval service....

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[ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Genius on trial: key sources relating to Oscar Wilde at The National Archives
The arrest and subsquent imprisonment of Oscar Wilde was one of the most sensational and controversial episodes of the late Victorian era, with far-reaching social and cultural implications. This talk presents the key documents held by The National Archives on Oscar Wilde, and uses them to tell the story of the events which culminated in 1895 in his three trials and a sentence of two years' imprisonment with hard labour. ...

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[ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00GMT ]


Researching the British Empire and Commonwealth
An introduction, using case studies, to the records of British government departments responsible for the administration of colonial affairs from about 1801 to 1968....

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[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:00GMT ]


Burial clubs: the unfriendly societies
Friendly Societies were popular in the 19th Century, and were regulated by law. Surprisingly, burial clubs, which offered a form of life insurance, didn't always fall into this category, and provided many incentives to commit fraud - and even murder!...

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[ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:19:03GMT ]


Titanic Lives: The Crew of RMS Titanic
Much has been written about RMS Titanic, but this has tended to concentrate on the ship and its passengers. Using sources such as crew lists, local newspapers, Titanic Fund minute books and the newly released 1911 census, this talk traces the lives of a crewmen and his family and seeks to answer the question: What was life like for families in Southampton in the aftermath of the tragedy?...

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:03GMT ]


Charles Darwin and the Beagle
An investigation into the real reasons behind the celebrated voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836) and the momentous decision by Captain Robert FitzRoy to choose Charles Darwin to accompany him....

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[ Fri, 29 May 2009 11:00:00GMT ]


Prison: five hundred years behind bars
A look at the changing nature of imprisonment over the centuries and the experiences of those who endured it, charting the growth of the national prison system in England and Wales from castle dungeons to purpose-built concrete gaols....

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[ Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:00GMT ]


The Great Escape: you've seen the film, now hear the truth
During the night of 24 March 1944, 76 airmen escaped from the Prisoner of War camp Stalag Luft III. Only three made it home and, of the remainder, 50 were murdered on Hitler's orders. This talk will explain what actually happened in the so-called Great Escape, one of the Second World War's most infamous incidents....

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[ Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:00GMT ]


Catching Victorian and Edwardian criminals on paper
The problem of serious habitual criminals and how to keep track of them greatly exercised the minds of our Victorian and Edwardian forebears. This lecture focuses on the methods utilised by police and government to record and monitor such offenders, and how the surviving records can beused by present-day historians to investigate both historical and contemporary questions concerning serious and persistent crime....

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[ Fri, 8 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT ]


Catching Victorian and Edwardian criminals on paper
The problem of serious habitual criminals and how to keep track of them greatly exercised the minds of our Victorian and Edwardian forebears. This lecture focuses on the methods utilised by police and government to record and monitor such offenders, and how the surviving records can beused by present-day historians to investigate both historical and contemporary questions concerning serious and persistent crime....

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[ Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:00GMT ]


Every journey has two ends: using passenger lists
The National Archives' Chris Watts reveals the benefits of using both arrival and departure records when searching for details of our migrant ancestors, as well as demonstrating how the shortcomings of content, indexing and accessibility can be minimised....

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[ Fri, 1 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT ]


Every journey has two ends: using passenger lists
The National Archives' Chris Watts reveals the benefits of using both arrival and departure records when searching for details of our migrant ancestors, as well as demonstrating how the shortcomings of content, indexing and accessibility can be minimised....

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[ Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:00GMT ]

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