General History

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.

• Historical Population Reports

• British History Online

Related Pages

• Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen

• Canals and Canal Carriers

• Charitable Organisations

• Costume Past and Present

• Law and Law Enforcement

• Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers

• Emigration and Immigration Incorporating Shipping and Passenger Lists and Convict Lists

• Entertainment

• Evacuation and Evacuees

• Fairground/Showmen/Travellers

• Farming and Agriculture

• Inns and Public Houses

• Irish Political and Social History

• Maps and Photography

• Maritime

• Mining and Heavy Industry

• Military

• Places of Worship Family Tree Forums own collection, submitted by members

• Railways

• Religion and the Clergy

• Sport

• Stonemasons

• Trades and Occupations

• Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums

Schools and Education

• Education Acts – History & Politicians

• History of State Education

• National School Salary Books - Ireland 1873 -1874

Museums and Galleries

• The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum - The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire

• Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.

• Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.

• Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.

• Salts Mill - Home To The David Hockney Exhibition.

• History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge Includes an occupations glossary

• The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)

• See How Your Ancestors Lived A collection of recommended places to visit.

• Old and interesting - how we used to live July 2009

Work and Trade Associations / Unions

• Friendly Societies A brief overview, with links to some specific societies.
• Trade Union Ancestors
• Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888
• Trade Unions and Similar Organisations

Political Parties and Movements

The Chartist Movement

• Chartist Ancestors

The Suffragettes

• Give Women The Vote!

• Famous Suffragettes

• What Did The Suffragettes Do?

The Industrial Revolution

• Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum

• The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands between the years 1700 and 1830

American History

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Civilian Transport

• Carriages and Coaching

• The Ripley Rattlers Trams and Trolley-buses from Ripley to Nottingham.

• Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages London taxi history

• The Evolution of the Helicopter

• A Brief History Of The Bicycle

• Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s

• The Railway Workers Family History Society

• The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway

• Seaside Travel and Nostalgia

• History Behind British Vehicle Registration System

• History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk

• Times Past - Transport

Go to Railways Page

Architecture and Old Buildings

• Church Plans Online

• Letchworth, The First Garden City

• Bourneville Village (Founded by Richard and George Cadbury)

• Port Sunlight Founded by William Lever

• New Earswick Village Built by Joseph Rowntree

• British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses

• Victorian Architecture, Mostly American

• Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles

• Explore Victorian London

The British Monarchy

• Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web

• 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.

• 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

The Landed Gentry

• Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes

• Papers of Sykes Family- Held at Brynmor-Jones Library, The University of Hull.

• The Sledmere Stud, Driffield, East Yorkshire

• A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories

• 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.

Jewish History

Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton

• The London Jews Database (pre-1850)

• Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies

• JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy

• Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History

• The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names

• Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands

• Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

The Celts

• Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age

Slavery

• International Slavery Museum

• The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database July 2009

• The Slave Trade - 1700-1930

• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas

• North American Slave Narratives

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Abolition Movement Time Line of Key Events

• Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition

• Abolition of The Slave Trade

• Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841

• Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom

• Revealing History - Remembering Slavery

• Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act

• Slave Compensation Claims

Current Value of Old Money

• Current Value of Old Money History of money, Money in fiction, Financial scandals.

• Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage

Uncategorised

• Old English Weights and Measures

• Weights and Measures

• Nova Roma Guide To Understanding Roman Numerals

• Roman Britain. Org Understanding Roman Numerals

• Day of Week Calculator

• A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999

• Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator

• London Local Studies Libraries and Archives

• Are We Related? (A Forum)

• Weddings Past and Present

• The History of Contraception

• Family Tree & Chart Printing

• Hypertext Medieval Glossary

• Tales from Youth Organisations

• A Virtual Museum Celebrating 98 Years of Woolworths

• The History of Marks and Spencer

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