GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 143

Presenter: Peter Collins

Peter Collins describes the life of William Smith, a UK Parliamentarian from 1784 to 1830. William Smith campaigned…

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Duration: 9 minutes
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Presenter: Neil Horsburgh

Neil relates the story of Novello Nettelingham Burr, who was born on the Victorian goldfields, married into the…

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Duration: 38 minutes

Presenter: David Cox

David talks about the results of his research into four generations of the Cox Family who, in the 18th century,…

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Duration: 30 minutes

Presenter: Susan Wight

Susan describes the life of Booth Hodgetts, 1758-1822, a nail ironmonger and industrialist, from Dudley, the capital…

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Duration: 10 minutes
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Presenter: Jenny Scammell

Jenny Scammell outlines her research into the life of her ancestor John Moushall who was an ivory turner in…

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Duration: 19 minutes
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Presenter: Michael J. Reynols

Michael Reynolds, a resident of Nenagh in County Tipperary, speaks about the military history of the town from the…

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Duration: 50 minutes
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Presenter: Cherilyn Tillman

Cherilyn Tillman provides a brief history of tuberculosis and talks about the impact of the disease on her family in…

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Duration: 34 minutes
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Presenter: Penny Mercer

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

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Duration: 14 minutes

Presenter: Cathy Carman

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

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Duration: 17 minutes

Presenter: Stephen Hawke

In the second of his talks on migration Stephen Hawke examines the conditions emigrants experienced prior to and…

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Duration: 28 minutes
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Presenter: Jill Watson

Jill Watson discusses the history of clock and watchmaking in England through the eyes of seven generations of her…

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Duration: 32 minutes
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Presenter: Stephen Hawke

In this presentation Stephen Hawke explores the major cholera outbreak in the 1830s in south-west England and also…

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Duration: 28 minutes