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From: Tony MacCulloch <>
Subject: Two interesting resources
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:15:54 +1300

Hi all,
I get a free monthly email newsletter about Teaching History Online, from
the following folk in the UK.
> www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
> Previous editions of Teaching History Online can be found at:
> www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/history.htm
> John Simkin

The latest has two sites worth exploring, have cut and pasted the details
below.
www.hiddenlives.org.uk/
www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/
If you join up for the newsletter, you can write and request that they find
out about a particular interest you may have.
Hope someone out there has some luck with finding family connections.
Cheers from a chilly spring morning in Auckland, New Zealand
Brenda

www.hiddenlives.org.uk/
(it has great info - Photographs Case files The homes Publications
Activities Articles Learning materials
Bibliography E-cards and downloads Links)
This is an exciting and unique new resource for anyone interested in British
social history. The site has something for you if you are at school learning
about the Victorians or even at university studying social work. Hidden
Lives Revealed focuses on the period 1881-1918, and includes unique archive
material about poor and disadvantaged children cared for by The Waifs and
Strays' Society. The site features a range of archive material, most not
previously accessible by the public, as well as articles and learning
resources that help interpret these stories for a modern audience. No other
Internet archive gives you the opportunity to browse through such unique
material - a kind of resource which has the type of information not recorded
elsewhere. This site features the full contents of around 150 case files of
children in the care of the The Waifs and Strays' Society from Victorian and
Edwardian times.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/
This major new TV series starting on 12 October on BBC 2 sees well known
celebrities tracing their family roots and revealing secrets and surprises
from their pasts. The series travels the globe as each celebrity embarks on
a voyage of personal discovery, exploring their personal history and
discovering fascinating facts that had been hidden by the passage of time.
After each programme, viewers will be shown practical tips on how to trace
their own family history and will be encouraged to do their own research,
inspired by the celebrities' stories. Complementing the BBC 2 series, Family
Ties on BBC 4 is a collection of moving and inspiring stories of ordinary
people who have discovered extraordinary events through their own
genealogical research.

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