Victorian Families - Your Ancestors in the Census (208)

Victorian ancestors - we all have them but what do we really know about them? Facts from civil registration and the census tell us something, but say little about how they lived. But, interpreting the social and local detail half hidden in these vital documents, bring their lives back to us!

This course takes you beyond the facts and explains what census records reveal. The census is a window on the Victorian family and this course helps you take a closer look at life - in fashionable streets, back alleys and the countryside, in large houses, town houses, cottages and tenements. It looks too at food, work, fun, life and death.

You will learn to interpret what you have found, get to know your ancestors better, and realize the genealogical value of a close acquaintance with past lives.

• * A closer look at the census - finding your family
• * Investigating the neighbourhood - putting your family on the map
• * Inside the Victorian house - family life in the 19th century
• * The Victorian Environment - from slums to palaces
• * Knowing them better and taking it further

Each lesson includes exercises and activities; a minimum of 1 one-hour chat session per week. See How the Courses Work.

STUDENTS SAID:

"Excellent informative course content with lots of links to further reading and websites. The exercises were really enjoyable and great way to apply knowledge to improve family history research and combine with social and local history. The chat was also light but informative."

"I enjoyed all the course, but in particular maps & surveys and how my Victorian ancestors lived and died."

"I learnt so much more about the Censuses than I knew before and how they can be used to discover explore other facts and sources. It has left me with lots of leads to follow up and explore."

Relevant Countries: England, Wales