Tuesday 24th March 2026 7.30pm - 9.00pm (Zoom sign-in from 7.15pm)
Dorset Family History Society is hosting a Zoom Meeting with DR. NICK BARRETT talking on 'TRACING YOUR INDUSTRIAL LABOURER ANCESTORS'.
Dr Nick Barratt is an author, broadcaster and historian best known for his work on BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are. He is the Executive Director of Student Journey at Royal Holloway, University of London, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a teaching fellow at the University of Dundee and a visiting fellow at the Open University. Nick is the President of the Hampshire Genealogical Society, and a past President of the Family History Federation.
This is a technical talk that examines the key sources that you’d use to trace industrial labourers and a variety of professions linked to coal mining, factory workers and transportation networks, and find out more about their ways of life.
Society Members who have consented to receive information by e-mail will find a meeting invitation link in the latest E-News, usually sent on the last Friday each month. If that has not been received, it is also available in the password protected Members’ Area on the website (
www.dorsetfhs.org.uk)
Those who do not receive E-News, or who are not Society Members, are welcome to join this meeting and should email
liaison@dorsetfhs.org.uk with a request for an invitation link. This request should reach us at least 6 hours before the meeting is due to start, and the link will be sent about 2 hours before the meeting starts. Log in is from 7.15pm.
We charge £3 per person after they have attended a meeting, payable on the Society’s shop on the website
www.dorsetfhs.org.ukEVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN THIS MEETING, BOTH MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS
