08/09/2011 by admin.

Simon Fowler, BHS member, former editor of various family history magazines and employee at The National Archives (TNA) for many years, tells me he has unearthed some nice new material relating to our passion and will be giving a talk on the subject at:

The National Archives, Kew TW9 4DU details at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Date: 13 October 2-3pm. Free. “You are supposed to get a ticket on the day, but I can’t imagine it will be over-subscribed, so just turn up.”

I copy the flyer below and hope to see you there

Jeff

“Brewers and Barmaids”: Researching Brewery and Publican Ancestors

There is perhaps nothing more English than the public house. Once every village had an alehouse, while towns offered licensed premises to suit every taste and pocket. The trade employed large numbers of workers in a variety of roles. In 1901 the number of licensees alone peaked at more than 100,000. As a result many of us have ancestors who worked behind the bar or made the beer which was enjoyed by all social classes and travelled around the world. Using material at The National Archives and county record offices this talk will tell the story of Britain’s pubs and breweries and describe the key sources which can be used to trace ancestors who ran pubs or worked in breweries.

Simon Fowler has worked at The National Archives on and off for over thirty years and is now a freelance writer and historian and recently wrote a guide to pub and brewery records for the Family History Partnership. At present he is organising the annual conference of the Pub History Society which will take place on 26 November.

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22/04/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

BHS member and well known historian, Simon Fowler, is giving a talk on researching brewery and publican ancestors –

21st May at 12.30pm - Essex FHS, Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford
Their website is as follows, but this was still to be updated the last time I looked http://www.esfh.org.uk/Branches/tutorials.htm

I just missed a presentation of this talk at my local West Surrey FHS a few days ago, but Simon is giving it again later in the year at The National Archives on 13 October (2pm-3pm)

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24/08/2010 by Jeff Sechiari.

I have received the following note from The National Archives.

If you follow the link to the TNA page you can see the content of the attached list, or those for previous years back to 1994 (where the first entry features us!)

Happy researching
Jeff

—– Forwarded Message —-
From: “Logiudice, Rosie” <Rosie.Logiudice@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk>
To: “Chairman@breweryhistory.com” <Chairman@breweryhistory.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 24 August, 2010 13:39:25
Subject: Accessions to Repositories 2009 [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Jeff Sechiari

We have now completed the Accessions to Repositories programme 2009 and this information will shortly be available on our website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/. In its annual ‘Accessions to Repositories’ survey The National Archives collects information from over two hundred record repositories throughout the British Isles about manuscript accessions received in the previous twelve months. This information is added to the indexes to the National Register of Archives, and it is also edited and used to produce thirty-three thematic digests which are made available through The National Archives web site and distributed for publication in a number of learned journals and newsletters.

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