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==The Family Tree Forum Timeline==
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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.
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==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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*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
 
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*[[Railways]]
 
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*[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]]
 
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==Schools and Education==
 
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation]
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
  
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==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.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.]
  
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.]  
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt]  
  
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home To The David Hockney Exhibition.]
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.]
  
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*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge] Includes an occupations glossary
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*[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)]
 
*[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)]
  
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* [[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]  A collection of recommended places to visit.
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==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
 
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*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies]
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*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
 
*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
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*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
 
*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
 
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==Political Parties and Movements==
 
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*[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
 
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*[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?]
 
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==The Industrial Revolution==
 
==The Industrial Revolution==
  
 
*[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum]  
 
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*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830]
  
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*[http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching]
 
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*[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle]
 
*[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]
 
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*[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]
 
*[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]
 
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
 
*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
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==Architecture and Old Buildings==
 
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*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
 
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*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
 
*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
  
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*[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles]
 
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*[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London]
 
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==The British Monarchy==
 
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*[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
 
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*[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes]
 
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[[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]]
 
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*[http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain]  
 
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*[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age]
  
 
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==Slavery==
 
==Slavery==
  
 
*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
 
*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930]
 
*[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://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
 
*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
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*[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]
 
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
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*[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens]
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*[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures]
  
 
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
 
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
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*[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
 
*[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
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*[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer]
 
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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

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

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.


Related Pages


Schools and Education



Museums and Galleries


Work and Trade Associations / Unions


Political Parties and Movements


The Industrial Revolution


American History

See Separate page


Civilian Transport


Go to Railways Page

Architecture and Old Buildings



The British Monarchy


The Landed Gentry


Jewish History

Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton


The Celts


Slavery


Current Value of Old Money


Uncategorised




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