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JUNE 2019

1 June Local history day

London WC1R. The British Association for Local History is holding a Local History Day with a talk on Sites of Suffrage: local histories and the suffrage centenary and the BALH Annual Lecture, Rulers of the county: the magistracy and the challenge of local government, c1790-1834. The day also includes the 2019 Local History Awards and AGM. • 10am-4.30pm. £25/£35 nonmembers inc lunch. Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL; https://www.balh.org.uk/events/local-history-day-2019

1 June Fair

Shropshire. June’s genealogy offerings include Shropshire Family History Society (FHS) Family History Fair in The Shirehall, Shrewsbury. Speakers include genealogist Ian Waller on tracing agricultural labourers and Nick Millea, from Oxford’s Bodleian Library, on A history of Shropshire in maps. • 10am-4pm. Entry £3, free parking. Shirehall, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND; www.sfhs.org.uk/events

From 4 June e-Courses

Online: Pharos Tutors has four courses starting this month with places available at time of writing. From 4 June, Eilir Daniels presents Researching Your Welsh Ancestors (5 weeks, £49.99); Recording the Poor – from Parish to Workhouse and Beyond is the theme of Simon Fowler’s course beginning 10 June (4 weeks, £45.99/£61); Julie Goucher tutors Introduction to One-Name Studies from 25 June (5 weeks, £49.99), and Alex Tritton presents a course on Employment Records, starting 30 June (5 weeks, £49.99/£64.99). • https://www.pharostutors.com