Join us for the Next Forgotten Women Friday 11 July

Our ninth Forgotten Women Friday, collaborative research project, is on 11 July. If you are new to Forgotten Women Fridays, there is more information about how these days work here.

This time, it is something a little different. The inspiration for this Forgotten Women Friday came from Peter Burnhill's project to investigate 'Victoria's Common Cohort', in other words, ordinary people, in his case both male and female, born in the same year as Queen Victoria, 1819. You can listen to Peter talking about his project here.

Our focus is on women from two communities, Wem in Shropshire and Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. In addition, we are including stories of any forgotten women, born in 1819*, who fit the categories on our website as listed here. This means that, as well as choosing someone from Wem or Wells, you could choose a women from your own family tree, one-place study, or one-name study. If you are going to do this you can, of course, start at any time and not wait until July 11.

If you'd like to take part, please contact us.

* It is difficult to ascertain precise birthdates at this point, so we are accepting those baptised in 1819 and January 1820, in lieu of an exact birthdate, unless records suggest that they were born earlier.