Coming soon – The House History Show

Working with the #Househistoryhour team of leading UK house historians, Family Tree will be holding the House History Show, online, on 15 May 2021

The House History Show is aimed at all those interested in tracing the history of buildings and the people who once lived in them.

The combined expertise of the #Househistoryhour team of experts – Prof. Deborah Sugg Ryan, Dr. Nick Barratt, Karen Averby, Melanie Backe-hansen, Gill Blanchard, Ellen Leslie, Keith Searle and Cathy Soughton – bring together a wealth of experience and will provide inspiring presentations on the records and research skills needed to help you to trace the history of a home.

The full-day programme will include a one-hour Keynote: A House Through Time – which will feature a conversation with historical consultant Deborah Sugg Ryan and research consultant Melanie BackeHansen from the popular BBC series A House Through Time. The day will also comprise presentations and discussions. Topics to look forward to during the House History Show and subsequent summer lecture series include: ‘Terraced House Tales: New 19th Century Housing and its Occupants’, ‘Stepping Sideways: How to Step Round Brick Walls’, ‘Keynote: Sources for House History’, ‘London: Building Storeys’, ‘Don’t Judge a House by its Plaque’, ‘Back to the Land: The National Farm Survey, Inland Revenue Survey, Tithe & Land Records’, ‘Who’s Been Living in My House?’, ‘A Virtual View: Online Sources’, and ‘The Interwar House: From Tenant to Home Owner’.

The House History Show will be held online on 15 May 2021. Tickets are £45 and include the full day of presentations and the series of four summer house history lectures that will be running from 20 May. Individual tickets for the summer lecture series are also available, £10 each; as is a ticket bundle for the summer lecture series, £25.Find out more about the programme and book your tickets at http://familytr.ee/house