Migration Stories – Downloads & Resources

For those links that are downloads, right-click the text (or ctrl-click for Mac) and choose ‘Save Link As’.

Click HERE for photos of archive documents that we have taken

Volunteer Forms (to download)

Volunteer Research Time Log

Volunteer Monitoring Form

Volunteer Registration Form
(this is also available to fill in as an online form at https://crossingfootprints.com/migration-stories/registration-form/ )

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Guides and Tutorials (to download)

Guidance on Using Archives

‘How To’ Guide to Research


Frederick Kramer Ancestry Presentation

Presentation Notes on Ancestry and Research


Template for keeping track of research info

Getting Started with research – some strategies from Mickela (presented at the session on 21/4/2022)

Writing your Map Entries – guideline template

Referencing Guidelines

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Subscription Logins

– go to https://crossingfootprints.com/migration-stories/subscription-logins/

Includes full institutional access to the Ancestry international website via https://ancestry.co.uk and also The British Newspaper Archive at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (access to hundreds of scanned historic newspapers (local and national) from Britain and Ireland).

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Online Archives

Greater Manchester Lives to search for archive records around Greater Manchester – http://www.gmlives.org.uk/about.html
Search using this page: http://www.gmlives.org.uk/results.html

Manchester Archives Plus Photo-sets on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums . This is not easy to find things in, so you might even just use Google to search within ‘Manchester Archive Plus Flickr’, but there may be useful leads, for example:

England’s Immigrants 1330 – 1550 Resident Aliens in the Late Middle Ages
https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: The National Archives online catalogue flags records held both at the National Archives in London as well as other archives across the country:  https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

ARCHIVES HUB: Another online catalogue linked to archives across the country, recommended by the Archivist at the Labour History Archive! https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk

England Emigration and Immigration: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Emigration_and_Immigration#English_Records_of_Emigration
List of useful sources and topics to explore.

National Archives ‘Moving Here’ project: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20131105215903/http://www.movinghere.org.uk//default.htm
Project documenting stories of migration to the UK during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Find My Past https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ available in most libraries and Archives for free. Has census records, birth, marriage, death and military records and lots more.

The Times Digital Archive: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lancs?db=TTDA
Newspapers from 1785-1985, free to access with a local library card.

John Rylands Library, Manchester: Browse catalogue: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/search/
See Special Collections on ‘Jewish, Near Eastern and Oriental Studies’ & ‘Military, Colonial and Diplomatic History and Travel’ – https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/subject-groups/

Working Class Movement Library, Salford: https://www.wcml.org.uk
Catalogue includes collections on different trades and an international collection

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Local Archives

Here are some archives with primary sources for local history. However, you could also think about:

  • Local mills, factories, faith organisations, schools, youth organisations, trade organisations… (all of which might have their own archives or may have deposited their archives elsewhere)
  • Contacting local history societies and academic historians and look out for any projects that already exist that explore migration in and out of your area

Greater Manchester Lives (see above) which includes the Archives Plus at Manchester Central Library lets you search for archive records around Greater Manchester – http://www.gmlives.org.uk/about.html and you can request to see specific items at: https://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history/7378/access_our_archives_rare_books_and_collections/2 . The different local partners across Greater Manchester are:

John Rylands Library, Manchester: (as above) Browse catalogue: https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/search/
See Special Collections on ‘Jewish, Near Eastern and Oriental Studies’ & ‘Military, Colonial and Diplomatic History and Travel’ – https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/special-collections/exploring/subject-groups/

Working Class Movement Library, Salford: (as above) https://www.wcml.org.uk
Catalogue includes collections on different trades and an international collection

Labour History Archive & Study Centre, People’s History Museum (PHM), Salford
https://phm.org.uk/collections/labour-history-archive-study-centre/explore-the-archive/

Manchester Jewish Museum https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/

Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives https://gmpmuseum.co.uk/

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Background Reading

History Of Migration in North West England (powerpoint slideshow – download)

‘Staying Power – the history of Black people in Britain‘ by Peter Fryer

‘Bloody Foreigners: The story of immigration to Britain‘ by Robert Winder – also see this synopsis of the book.

Migrants to Britain c1250 to the present overview https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2mn2p3/revision/1

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