Wednesday 28 November 2012

Forthcoming City of London events

From City of London events:

Our History – Ourselves

A day of workshops and talks around researching, collecting, conserving, writing and communicating Lesbian and Gay personal, local and community histories. Peter Daniels’ fourth creative writing workshop, Modern Times, also takes place on this day.

This conference will be held at London Metropolitan Archives on Saturday 8 December from 10 am to 4.30 pm is £10. Booking essential – call 020 7332 3851.

(Purchasing a ticket for this event will give a 20% discount on the 10th anniversary LGBT History and Archives conference which will take place at Guildhall on 16 February 2013)


Focus on Family History at LMA

Starting your family history? Come along to this workshop and learn how to get the most out of digitised family history sources, including our records on Ancestry.co.uk.

This workshop is aimed at beginners.

This event held at London Metropolitan Archives on Wednesday 12 December from 2 to 3 pm is FREE. Booking essential – call 020 7332 3851.


Photographs and Family History

What do photographs reveal about the history of individuals and local areas? How can you date photographs? How can you use photographs to illustrate your own family history? Plus some tips on looking after your photographs.

This event held at London Metropolitan Archiveson Monday 17 December from 2 to 4.30 pm is £8. Booking essential – call 020 7332 3851.


Visitor information for events is available at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/visiting-the-city/archives-and-city-history/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Pages/default.aspx

Chris

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