Involving Young People in your One-Place Study

You may have noticed that the majority of active local and family history researchers fall into a particular demographic category. There are of course exceptions but should we be reaching out to younger people in order to encourage them to engage with their heritage?

At our next Hangout-on-air on Thursday 12 May, we will be exchanging ideas about why and how we might share our one-place study with a new generation of researchers. Whether you are a lone one-placer or part of a community history group, this is an issue that should concern you. We put an enormous amount of time, effort and money into our research and we need to ensure that it will be preserved and enhanced when we are no longer able to be its custodian.

This session will be led by Janet Few who works with young people in an historical context, both professionally and voluntarily. Her booklet Harnessing the Facebook Generation: ideas for involving young people in family history and heritage (Unlock the Past Publications) is due out shortly.

We will be starting at 9.30am British Summer Time. Do join us, or watch afterwards on YouTube. Here is the link you will need.