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Genealogy Conference on British Migration
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http://www.exodus2103.co.uk>http://www.exodus2013.co.uk
With 20 talks from 17 different internationally known genealogists and
historians, the Halsted Trust is delighted to announce its Second
International Family History conference featuring the theme of British
Migration; from, to and within the British Isles.
Exodus: Movement of the People will be held at a comfortable and modern
hotel from 6th to 8th September 2013. The Hinkley Island Hotel, Hinkley,
Leicestershire is a great venue with state of the art conference facilities.
Families that move are always a challenge for family historians. They may
travel a few miles into another parish or another county or another country.
They may have come from just down the road or from the other side of the
world. Finding where an ancestor comes from, or goes to, needs skill and
tenacity as well as luck. Are there records showing movement into the
parish?
As the British Empire expanded, and later contracted, British migrants are
to be found all over the world and not just on areas coloured red in the
Edwardian atlas. They were entrepreneurs, and engineers, miners and
musicians as well as colonial civil servants and soldiers. Not every migrant
wanted the adventure and many came back as soon as they could.
The Halsted Trust invited our conference speakers to consider how and why
Britons migrated from, to or within the British Isles. We wanted to know how
genealogists could be equipped to tackle the challenges of tracing the
origins of migrant ancestors and understand the reasons for their migration.
Poverty, religion, ambition, even love are strong drivers of change and
wanderlust. Some such as criminals and slaves were forced to migrate. Are
there new genealogical sources and resources becoming available and what
evidence does archaeology or DNA provide for migration? We wanted to look at
the impact of Diasporas on Britain and the impact of the British Diaspora on
the world. As we look at migrants to the UK's former colonies we also look
at the growing digital resource of migration sources and passenger lists as
well as the vast untapped resources within UK archives showing the clues for
the ancestor who just turns up in a parish.
Migrants moulded the British Isles and its history. In the year leading up
to this conference the Trust has published articles on the conference
website about the places our ancestors went to and came from, along with
stories about migrants who prospered and influenced history.
For programme and further details please visit
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http://www.exodus2103.co.uk>http://www.exodus2013.co.uk or for a brochure
write to The Halsted Trust, Box H, Society of Genealogists,
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd., London EC1M 7BA
Geoffrey T. Stone, FSG,
SoG Mailing List Administrator. lists(a)sog.org.uk
http://www.sog.org.uk
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