Difference between revisions of "General History"

Latest revision as of 08:25, 10 September 2022

1 The Family Tree Forum Timeline
2 Pathé News Online
3 Related Pages
4 Schools and Education
5 Museums and Galleries
6 Work and Trade Associations / Unions
7 Political Parties and Movements
8 The Industrial Revolution
9 American History
10 Civilian Transport
11 Architecture and Old Buildings
12 The British Monarchy
13 The Landed Gentry
14 Jewish History
15 The Celts
16 Slavery
17 Current Value of Old Money
18 Uncategorised

The Family Tree Forum Timeline

Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.

The Timeline will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.

Pathé News Online

Until 1970 cinemas all over Britain showed Pathé newsreels. Now you can view the entire collection, over 3500 hours, online at:

Pathé News

It is necessary to register, but whilst there is a charge for high-resolution copies of the films you can view low resolution versions free of charge. Almost all are in black and white, and the very earliest footage is silent.

The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.

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+==The Family Tree Forum Timeline==
+Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.
+'''[[The Timeline]]''' will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.
 ==Pathé News Online==
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 The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.
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+<br>
-*[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/ Historical Population Reports]
 *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]
+<br>
 ==Related Pages==
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 *[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
+*[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]]
 *[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
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 *[[Costume Past and Present]]
-*[[The English Legal System]]
+*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
 *[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
-*[[Emigration and Immigration]] Incorporating Shipping and Passenger Lists and Convict Lists
+*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
 *[[Entertainment]]
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 *[[Maps and Photography]]
-*[[Maritime]]
+*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]]
 *[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
-*[[Military]]
+*[[Nursing]]
-*[[Places of Worship]] Family Tree Forums own collection, submitted by members
+*[[Places of Worship]]
 *[[Railways]]
 *[[Religion and the Clergy]]
+*[[Sport]]
 *[[Stonemasons]]
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 *[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]]
-<br><br>
+<br>
 ==Schools and Education==
-*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education Acts – History & Politicians]
+*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation]
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/etainbreslin/nsteachers.html National School Salary Books - Ireland 1873 -1874]
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-<br>
 ==Museums and Galleries==
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 *[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.]
-*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.]
+*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt]
-*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home To The David Hockney Exhibition.]
+*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.]
-*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge] Includes an occupations glossary
+*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge]
 *[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)]
-* [[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]  A collection of recommended places to visit.
+*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]
+*[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia]
 <BR>
-<br>
 ==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
-*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies] A brief overview, with links to some specific societies.
+*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies]
 *[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
 *[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
 *[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
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-<br>
 ==Political Parties and Movements==
-*[http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] The Peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
-<br><br>
-=====The Chartist Movement=====
 *[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
-=====The Suffragettes=====
 *[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!]
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 *[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?]
-<BR>
 <br>
 ==The Industrial Revolution==
 *[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum]
-*[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ Spinning The Web - The Lancashire Cotton Industry]
+*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830]
-*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands] between the years 1700 and 1830
+<BR>
-<BR>
-<br>
 ==American History==
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-<BR>
 ==Civilian Transport==
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 *[http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching]
-*[http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/BritHorseTrams/index.html Horse Trams]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire_and_Derbyshire_Tramways_Company Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.]
-*[http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages] London taxi history
+*[http://www.lvta.co.uk/menu/lvta-taxi-history/ London Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages History]
-*[http://www.flying-bike.demon.co.uk/helistuff/heli.html The Evolution of the Helicopter]
+*[http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/helicptr/webpage.htm The Evolution of the Helicopter]
 *[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle]
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 *[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s]
-*[http://www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk The Railway Workers Family History Society]
+*[http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ The Railway Ancestors Family History Society]
-*[http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/railways/railways.htm The Growth and Impact of Railways]
-*[http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/sites.shtml Disused Railway Stations in the UK]
 *[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]
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 *[http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/ukregistrations.html History Behind British Vehicle Registration System]
-*[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/History.htm History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk]
+*[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/tax-disc-history.php History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk]
 *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
-<BR>
 <br>
+Go to [[Railways]] Page
+<br>
 ==Architecture and Old Buildings==
+*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online]
 *[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
-*[http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/social_pioneers/bournville_village.htm Bourneville Village (Founded by Richard and George Cadbury)]
+*[http://www.cadbury.co.uk/CADBURYANDCHOCOLATE/OURSTORY/PHILAN/Pages/bvttoday.aspx Bournville Village (Founded by Richard and George Cadbury)]
-*[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight Founded by William Lever]
+*[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/ Port Sunlight founded by William Lever]
-*[http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick Village Built by Joseph Rowntree]
+*[http://www.jrht.org.uk/Your+community/Communities+by+location/New+Earswick New Earswick Village built by Joseph Rowntree]
 *[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
-*[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, Mostly American]
+*[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, (mostly American)]
 *[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles]
-*[http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk/people/people.htm Bricks & Brass - People in your Period Home]
+*[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London]
-*[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London]
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-<br>
 ==The British Monarchy==
+*[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy]
 *[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
-*[http://tribalpages.com/familytree.html Tribal Pages] This site uses the British royal family for its family tree tutorial. If you think you have royal connections it might be worth browsing.
+*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events]
-*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events] Elizabeth II Coronation 1953/ Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977/ George V Coronation 1911/George V Silver Jubilee 1935/George VI Coronation 1937
+<BR>
-<BR>
+==The Landed Gentry==
-<br>
-==The Landed Gentry ==
 *[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes]
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 *[http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere Stud, Driffield, East Yorkshire]
-*[http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches Restored by Sir Tatton Sykes] A PDF document
+*[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories]
-*[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories]
+*[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs]
-*[http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] Database of MPs Showing Their Constituencies, Dates of Birth, Deaths Going Back to The 17th century). The Peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
+*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart]
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-<br>
-==Jewish History ==
+==Jewish History==
+[[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]]
 *[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)]
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 *[http://www.saudades.org/ Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History]
-*[http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_9E The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names] Details of half of the 6 Million Jews Who Perished in the Holocaust.
+*[http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_9E The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names]
 *[http://www.joodsmonument.nl/article.php?thg_id=HELP&lang=en Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]
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 *[http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain]
+<br>
-<br>
+==The Celts==
-<br>
-==The Celts ==
 *[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age]
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-<br>
 ==Slavery==
 *[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
+*[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database]
 *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930]
 *[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
-*[http://www.collectbritain.com/galleries/caribbeanviews/index.html Sugar, Slavery and the Making of The West Indies]
 *[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
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 *[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims]
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-<br>
 ==Current Value of Old Money==
-*[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current Value of Old Money] History of money, Money in fiction, Financial scandals.
+*[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money]
 *[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
-<br><br>
+<br>
 ==Uncategorised==
-*[http://home.no.net/bhb1/weekday.htm Day of Week Calculator]
+*[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens]
+*[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures]
+*[http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html Weights and Measures]
+*[http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Nova Roma Guide to understanding Roman Numerals]
+*[http://www.roman-britain.org/numerals.htm Roman Britain. understanding Roman Numerals]
+*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator]
 *[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
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 *[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present]
-*[http://www.mcmaster.ca/health/hwc/Student%20Writers/hx_contraception.htm The History of Contraception]
+*[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception]
 *[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
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 *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Youth%20groups Tales from Youth Organisations]
-*[http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/ A Virtual Museum Celebrating 98 Years of Woolworths]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group Woolworths History]
 *[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer]
-*[http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/originsofrugby.htm Origins of Rugby ]
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Difference between revisions of "General History"

Latest revision as of 08:25, 10 September 2022

Contents

The Family Tree Forum Timeline

Pathé News Online

Related Pages

Schools and Education

Museums and Galleries

Work and Trade Associations / Unions

Political Parties and Movements

The Industrial Revolution

American History

Civilian Transport

Architecture and Old Buildings

The British Monarchy

The Landed Gentry

Jewish History

The Celts

Slavery

Current Value of Old Money

Uncategorised