Telephone: +44 (0)1227 768664
Email: enquiries@ihgs.ac.uk


Our Anytime Talks are a collection of recorded lectures by expert tutors, available on-demand anytime via the website. These pre-recorded sessions cover topics like researching ancestors using newspapers, Scottish heraldry, poor law records and more. New talks are regularly added to the series, complementing the live Zoom Tutorials, Bitesize courses and our distance learning courses.
This flexible, self-paced format lets anyone access professional guidance in genealogy and heraldry whenever convenient, without scheduled commitments.
IHGS Anytime Talks can be purchased through our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by clicking the link below, you will need to set up a free account on the VLE to purchase the talk. You will not be able to login to the VLE using your IHGS login details.
| 19th & 20th Century Census Substitutes with John Hanson |
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An English Village: How to find out about a Place with Judith Batchelor |
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| Poor Law Records with Julie Muirhead |
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| Report Writing with Elizabeth Yule |
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Researching Ancestors in Kent with Elizabeth Yule |
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Researching Your Ancestors Using Newspapers with Chloe O'Shea |
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Treasures of the Parish Chest with Judith Batchelor |
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Tracing Your Illegitimate Ancestors with Elizabeth Yule |
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Tracing Your Nonconformist Ancestors with Elizabeth Yule
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| Scottish Heraldry at its best. The Thistle Chapel and the Knights of the Order of the Thistle with Lorna Kinnaird |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Pt 1: Establishing the rule of law with Sarah Pettyfer |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 2: Manorial Courts |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 3: Quarter sessions, Petty sessions, Assize courts and Old Bailey |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 4: Quarter sessions (civil and administrative) |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 5: Deeds and Land records (including probate) |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 6: Civil courts: Kings bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 7: The Court of Chancery |
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| Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 8: Other equity courts and those with specific jurisdictions (Star Chamber, Requests, Court of Ward etc) |
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Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 9: Church Courts |
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Unlock Your Family's Legal Past Part 10: Researching your Legal Ancestors |
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