Heritage Open Days at Quebec House: How local history brings family stories to life
Join findmypast.co.uk’s genealogist, Jen Baldwin, as she showcases how to get started with discovering your own family history, but how to add more than names and dates to the story. Part of Quebec House’s ‘Our Place, Your Past’ festival programme.
- Booking essential
- Free event
Discover how the places your ancestors lived can help you uncover their stories. With illuminating examples connected to Quebec House, this engaging introduction to family and local history reveals how records like censuses, parish registers, and newspapers bring everyday histories into focus.
Learn simple ways to start tracing your family tree and uncover local details that add colour and context. You’ll leave inspired – and equipped – to delve deeper than names and dates, to really understand the lives that shaped who you are today.
Places are limited. Booking is required.
Times
The basics
- Booking number
Call 0344 249 1895
- Accessibility
The talk takes place upstairs in the Coach House. The main entrance to the property is along a gravel path. There is a flight of stairs up to the room where the talk will take place.
- Meeting point
Head to the Coach House on arrival.
- Suitability for children
All welcome but the content will be geared towards adults.
- What to bring and wear
Please dress for the weather.
Upcoming events
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