Useful sites for Rutland family
historians
http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/community/leicesterlinks.html#fame
East Midlands Oral History Archive is a ‘joint
project to conserve and develop oral history resources in the East Midlands’.
Largely covering Leicestershire and Rutland at present, there is lots of useful
general information. This includes printable information sheets on such
subjects as interviewing, transcribing information and the use of recording
equipment. Invaluable for anyone planning to interview relatives as part of
their family history research.
http://www.lrmf.org.uk/index.html
An attractive guide to museums in Leicestershire
and Rutland, with excellent pages on individual museums. If the ‘Family
History’ logo appears on its page, the museum will help with genealogy-related
enquiries. There is an online newsletter and other useful features such as an
events calendar.
The site for Leicestershire and Rutland Family
History Society. Although rather daunting at first sight, with a distracting
background, this site contains much of value, such as surname interests of
members, links to local groups and a genealogy mailing list. Update dates are
clearly displayed and recent. With a bit of hard work all sorts of goodies can
be unearthed.
Contact
site for family and local history. Latest entries updated daily. Searchable by
place (town/village) and people. You must be a member to search People. Paid
members can state their interests and be e-mailed about new entries.
http://www.rutnet.co.uk/rlhrs/index.htm
Rutland Local History and Record Society’s site.
Of limited use, but the index to major articles in the Society’s “Rutland
Record” could be of value to family historians. Last updated some months ago.
British
Association for Local History site is of most interest to members, but has some
links of interest.
http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/index.html
“Local
History Magazine’s” directory of groups, giving contacts and details of regular
periodicals.
Webrings
link similar sites in ‘rings’, forming a concentration of sites on a particular
subject. Each Ring is created and maintained by an
individual web site owner called the RingMaster. RingMasters determine the look
and feel of the Ring, approve and manage member sites, and encourage other
sites to join.
Follow
the links to the appropriate pages. This is a good way to trace small personal
and local sites.
March
2003