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Re: Stories to interest non genealogists
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 17 January 17 00:46 GMT (UK) »
thanks i agree about knowing the context and background life of our ancestors .

even when  news clippings are found for me i read the adjacenyarticles to see whatvelse was going on that day ..or to compare punishments what people werer judged on .

with school records i look at the whole page tio find out about the other children in same class ..parents prioffession  how long in education etc

 in 1910 I Found my 30yr old ggfather taking his 10 year old half -sis to register for school in Birkenhead as parent /guardian the

their father wasstill around but probably travelling that day
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Re: Stories to interest non genealogists
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 17 January 17 08:04 GMT (UK) »
Because of the general interest, I've added this topic to the summary of related topics:

Topic: RootsChat Topics: Organising and Presenting your Family History
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=158638.0

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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 17 January 17 23:14 GMT (UK) »
   With the branch of my family I have done most work on, I have written them all up in narrative form, but I have found it very difficult to make them interesting. The trouble is they never did anything interesting enough to make the newspapers or the law courts, and mostly stayed peacefully in the country. I have done my best with pictures and local information, but I rather doubt if most of it will ever be read.
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Re: Stories to interest non genealogists
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 18 January 17 03:44 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all for your comments and thanks Bob for adding it to a general board

I.m going to run 4 more time travel " story telling workshops" this Friday we will go to 1906 and debate why great grandfather was arrested in Scotland for selling postcards that he.d been hawking legitimately in The Midlands ......We can only speculate as to what might have been considered'indelicate ' or a travesty of modern art


I also have a game to lighten the  research mood
..Leicester market stall holders have found some examples of  pictorial postcards from1906 one

There is something about the changes in ethics at that time in the Abbey Pumping Station museum .I took photos will try and download /upload /copy on here


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Re: Stories to interest non genealogists
« Reply #22 on: Friday 20 January 17 08:17 GMT (UK) »
Including a signed language summary each session

Don't know the sign for postcard which is awkward as that's tonight's theme
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« Reply #23 on: Friday 20 January 17 09:10 GMT (UK) »
I think it's great that you're finding ways to get the younger generation interested. :)

For "putting flesh on the bones" of your ancestors, I'd recommend having a good dig through the newspaper archives. Lots of juicy stories about criminal activities, of course! But also obituaries shed light on people's lives, and local newspapers have lots of articles about poetry competitions, brass bands, May Queens, sport - I've been learning a lot about the sport of fen skating, which my relatives appeared to enjoy!
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« Reply #24 on: Friday 20 January 17 09:33 GMT (UK) »
What is the skating ?

Tonight.s  time travel detectives session is also based on news reports

Great grandfather was arrested 1906 in Scotland

We will have to decide what may have been legal and acceptable in Derby but we're considered
 objectionable.
Indelicate
Travesties of fine art
In Dundee

Do you think the verdict would be guilty or not guilty
And what were normal punishment s for crimes of indecency at that time


....And how am I going to act out those expressions in sign language ???
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« Reply #25 on: Friday 20 January 17 11:09 GMT (UK) »
From Wikipedia:

"Fen skating is a traditional form of ice skating in the Fenland of England. The Fens of East Anglia, with their easily flooded meadows, form an ideal skating terrain."

"As a recreation, means of transport and spectator sport, skating in the Fens was popular with people from all walks of life. Racing was the preserve of workers, most of them agricultural labourers. It is not known when the first skating matches were held, but by the early nineteenth century racing was well established and the results of matches were reported in the press. The cold winters of the 1820s and 1830s saw a number of fenmen make a name for themselves as skaters."

I only discovered this because I googled the name of a relative, and a report of his fen skating triumphs popped up!
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« Reply #26 on: Saturday 21 January 17 06:35 GMT (UK) »
Wow that's fascinating I didn't know there was such a thing as Fen skating .

I was on a phone in on Radio Leicester about my new years resolution to learn a few sign language words every week ..The presenter wanted to know more about my family history performance s and is inviting me into studio soon .

Another way to interest non  genealogists .

 I think it is important to have access to the oral stories hopefully can support visually impaired too

Ps The link to the story of my mysterious great grandmother is :

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=702286.msg5452553#msg5452553
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