GSV Webcasts

Stephen discusses various funeral and burial practices that have been in place in England over time. His presentation refers to the publication 'Old Parish Life' which is…

Stephen outlines a method of reconstructing the homes our ancestors lived in during the 17th & 18th centuries. He used books, held in the GSV Library, that show how to use…

Penny Mercer describes the experiences of her ancestor Arthur Mercer who served with the AIF in WW1. Patsy Daly talks about her ancestor John Learmonth who was stationed in the…

Martin Lock and Peter Collins provide an early history to Salisbury Plain together with a history of the Defence Forces training areas. Details of the Fovant Badges carved into…

Stephen Hawke reviews a number of histories of the seven counties of south west England, including an excellent book by Philip Payton on Cornwall. Stephen also covers the…

Stephen discusses William Bradbrooke's book 'The Parish Register' which was published in 1910. William, as the compiler, describes a number of interesting aspects of social…

This webcast examines the records of the Poll Taxes conducted in England during the 14th century. These records are a good resource for tracing your early ancestors.

David talks about the results of his research into four generations of the Cox Family who, in the 18th century, moved steadily west from Dorset into Devon.

Penny Mercer describes her research into her family of Surgeons and Apothecaries living in Cornwall during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Cathy Carman uses the diary of Devon vicar to describe the scenes in a Devon village during the cholera outbreak of 1832.

In this presentation Stephen Hawke explores the major cholera outbreak in the 1830s in south-west England and also the later outbreaks of the pandemic in the UK in the 19th…

In a series of talks on Online Parish Clerk schemes, Stephen Hawke speaks about the range of resources available through the Dorset OPC website with some records going back to…