There are many resources available, both online and in local and national archives, that you can use to help you rediscover the histories of people of African descent in Hull and East Yorkshire. Below are a list of links to some of those resources.
Read Audrey Dewjee's article 'Examining Local History: Hidden Gems' Audrey offers some historical background on the subject and provides useful suggestions to people who are interested in searching for this kind of material in the local area.
Read Audrey Dewjee's article 'Examining Local History: Hidden Gems' Audrey offers some historical background on the subject and provides useful suggestions to people who are interested in searching for this kind of material in the local area.
Themes
As the project progresses, we hope to group the historical research, oral histories and stories that are gathered and uncovered into a series of themes. These themes might be:
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Seamen
Dockworkers Fisheries Armed Forces Medical Entertainment |
Education
Historical Societies Academics Genealogists Clubs Parish Records |
Private Letters
Court Proceedings Newspaper Reports Inquest Reports Meeting Minutes Sports |
Ship's Passengers
Children's/Maternity Homes Clergy |
Please contact us if you would like to add other themes or ideas to the list, all input is very welcome!
Local Archives in Hull & East Yorkshire
Local archives are an invaluable source of information about local people in an area. Make use of the services of archivists at each centre, they should be able to point you in the direction of collections that may hold information about local people of African descent.
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Hull History Centre Worship Street, Hull HU2 8BG Tel: 01482 317500 Resources at Hull History Centre Family History Records Maritime History Hull People Literature, Drama and Music |
Beverley Treasure House Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 8HE Museum, art gallery and room bookings: (01482) 392780 Archives and local studies enquiries: (01482) 392790 Resources at Beverley Treasure House Family History Records and other local archives |
Other Local and National Archives and Resources
The Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
House of Commons and Lords sitting minutes (online resource)
The National Archives, Kew (website includes many online resources)
House of Commons and Lords sitting minutes (online resource)
The National Archives, Kew (website includes many online resources)
Newspapers
Online newspaper archives have become particularly important in recent years as sources of information for family history and local and events. Some of these online archives are pay-per-view or subscription sites, however many are accessible for free via local history centres, archives and libraries. In addition these sites often offer free trial periods.
Pay-per-view/Subscription Sites
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Includes historic local newspapers such as:
Hull Daily Mail Hull Packet Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette Hull and Eastern Counties Herald Driffield Times Beverley Guardian |
Family History Resources
Searching the UK census, parish records, poor law records and birth, marriage and death records etc., are an ideal way to discover people of African descent living historically in the local area. Many sites are pay-per-view or charge a subscription, but the two largest sites Find My Past and Ancestry can be accessed for free on the Hull History Centre computers. Below is a list of the various family history and genealogy sites, both pay-per-view and free sites.
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Ancestry.co.uk and Ancestry.com
Records include: UK census Parish records Birth, Marriage and Death Records |
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findmypast.co.uk
Records include: As above British Newspaper Archive |
Free to use family history sites
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familysearch.org
this is a completely free to use family history site Records include: Census Birth, Marriage and Deaths Probate & court Military etc |
Image and Picture Archives and Databases
Many clues to the history of people of African descent in Hull and East Yorkshire can be discovered in photographs, paintings and other kinds of images. There are many image databases on the internet and links to some of them can be found below.
Local Image Collections
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Hull Museums Collection
Search the large Hull Museums collection database of images |
Other Image Collections
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BBC Your Paintings Project
Search the collection of paintings from Hull and East Yorkshire's museums and public institutions including: Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Beverley Art Gallery Wilberforce House Museum University of Hull Hull Guildhall Hull Maritime Museum and others |