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CANCELLED Getting Started with Family History

Tue 13 Oct 2020

CANCELLED Getting Started with Family History

CANCELLED The Senior Librarian for Local Studies will guide you through the essential research resources for taking your first steps in family history. 19.00-20.30. Tickets £6..Read more

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: Care of the Poor

Tue 21 Apr 2020

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: Care of the Poor

CANCELLED In a time before the Welfare State, find out how the poor were cared for. 17.00-19.00. Tickets £7.00, £25.00 for all four Family Tree Detectives sessions...Read more

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: Children's Lives

Tue 17 Nov 2020

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: Children's Lives

CANCELLED Together we'll explore a huge range of records than can shed light on children's lives in the past. These include school records, Poor Law, industrial schools, apprenticeship and bastardy records, child labou.....Read more

My Story Exhibition

Mon 09 Mar to Sat 30 May 2020 (3 months)

My Story Exhibition

An exhibition of artwork produced by young people taking part in Herts Libraries My Story project 2019. This was a community art festival exploring stories of being a young person trying to find your way in the world. Yo.....Read more

Hertfordshire’s Cultural Connections Exhibition

Wed 04 Mar to Sat 30 May 2020 (3 months)

Hertfordshire’s Cultural Connections Exhibition

George Orwell, Stanley Kubrick, Henry Moore, Barbara Cartland and more – discover #Hertfordshire’s Cultural Connections in our new exhibition – which cultural giants lived and worked here? Who was committed to a local me.....Read more

CANCELLED Digswell Dementia Café:  Centenary Special

Tue 21 Apr 2020

CANCELLED Digswell Dementia Café: Centenary Special

CANCELLED Join us for a dementia friendly screening of archive film of early Welwyn Garden City in its centenary year. Enjoy popcorn, icecream and share your memories of the town. Free entry, small charge for refreshm.....Read more

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: How did your ancestors live?

Tue 15 Sep 2020

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: How did your ancestors live?

CANCELLED Find out about life for your ancestors as we guide you through research resources relating to housing conditions, house history, census data, Booth's Survey of London and maps. 17.00-19.00. Tickets £7, £25 if.....Read more

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives:  How Justice Was Delivered

Tue 16 Jun 2020

CANCELLED Family Tree Detectives: How Justice Was Delivered

CANCELLED Discover how your ancestors encountered the justice system from the local to the national level. 17.00-19.00 Tickets £7, £25 if all four Family Tree Detectives are booked...Read more

CANCELLED Hertfordshire Quakers Through Time

Sat 28 Mar 2020

CANCELLED Hertfordshire Quakers Through Time

CANCELLED Access to original material illustrating the fascinating contributions of Hertfordshire Quakers over four centuries. This includes their work in the anti-slavery movement, care of the poor, and their stand aga.....Read more

CANCELLED Hertfordshire's Cultural Connections

Wed 29 Apr 2020

CANCELLED Hertfordshire's Cultural Connections

CANCELLED Join us for an illustrated talk exploring Hertfordshire writers, artists, composers and thinkers. 19.30-20.30. Tickets £6..Read more

CANCELLED Researching The Home Front in Hertfordshire

Fri 05 Jun 2020

CANCELLED Researching The Home Front in Hertfordshire

CANCELLED Find out about research resources for World War II, followed by special screening of Eastern region wartime archive footage for VE Day. 18.30-20.30. Tickets £6..Read more

CANCELLED Missing Ancestors

Tue 10 Nov 2020

CANCELLED Missing Ancestors

CANCELLED A follow on sesson to Getting Started with Family History, this workshop helps you discover those tricky missing ancestors on your family tree. 19.00-20.30. Tickets £6..Read more

CANCELLED Simplicity, Equality, Community...

Thu 16 Apr 2020

CANCELLED Simplicity, Equality, Community...

CANCELLED On the 350th anniversary of the oldest Quaker house still in use, find out how the faith was established in the mid 17th century and what life was like for the earliest followers. Join us for this illustrated.....Read more

Getting started at HALS August 2021 (online event)

Tue 31 Aug 2021

Getting started at HALS August 2021 (online event)

As this talk will be hosted using MS Teams, participants will need access to a computer, tablet or phone with audio. Instructions for joining the talk will be sent in advance via email, so please ensure that you provide .....Read more

Getting started at HALS Nov 2021 (online event)

Thu 04 Nov 2021

Getting started at HALS Nov 2021 (online event)

A guide to researching our archive and local studies resources. As this talk will be hosted using MS Teams, participants will need access to a computer, tablet or phone with audio. Instructions for joining the talk wi.....Read more

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