Keighley Local Studies Library has asked us to let people know that they are starting a series of free Family History based sessions in the library. They will be led by genealogist and historian Jude Rhodes, and, if popular, will happen every month.
The first session is on Wednesday 23rd October, from 2.15pm to 4.15pm, and is entitled ‘The Asylum’. Jude Rhodes will take people through the background to the care of the mentally unwell before the building of County Asylums. Discussing the categories for mental illness using admission registers and census returns (please be aware that the terminology used in the past can appear to be offensive today). Using one of her ancestors, as an example, she will give an insight to life in an asylum in the 1900s and how to access records within the 100 year rule.
Please contact the Library for further details.