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Ancestors on the Margins: tracing misfortunate ancestors in Britain

Janet Few, Ph.D.
Sep 3, 2025
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Asylum Inmates
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Fanny Amelia's Story
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Ada's Story
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Workhouses
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The Lawbreakers
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Illegitimacy
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About this webinar

This presentation focusses on helping family historians with British ancestry to research those whose conditions or behaviours may have led them to become marginalised, or discriminated against. Their circumstances were often the result of personal misfortune, exacerbated by society’s intolerance and they are often the ancestors who are not given due attention when we research, perhaps because their life experiences make us feel uncomfortable. Now is the time to focus on the Illegitimate, the poverty stricken, the sick and the lawbreakers and restore them to prominence in the family’s story. The presentation will also consider the ethical issues that arise when telling the stories of the marginalised.

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About the speaker

Janet Few, Ph.D.
Janet Few is a British family, social and community historian who has lectured across the English-speaking world and at sea. She is an author of both historical fiction and non-fiction, as well as many magazine articles. As an educator, Janet runs
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    Gloria Lawrie
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    Lots of good information I hope to enjoy exploring the new sources discussed in the webinar.

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    Murray Archer
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    An overview of a broad topic presented well with case studies.

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    Heather cherry
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    Fantastic quick but comprehensive overview clearly explained, with lots of links to good resources, most of which I had never considered or heard of.

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    Julie Smart
    1 day ago

    Fascinating topic, brilliantly explained and illustrated with excellent examples. Thanks Janet – you are always a clear and interesting presenter of detail, particularly on areas of society we often fail to illuminate!

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    Diana P Enser
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    Sadly I missed the beginnig but it sounded so interesting and informative that I’ll be catching up with the replay later.

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    Belinda Shaw
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    really interesting and informative

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    Margaret Anderson
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    Lots of information and easy to understand.

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    Great information and well presented, I like that fact there was always a story to go with each of the record type

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