Since our project launch at the end of September we have been very busy with getting the research phase underway. We have a group of about 8 keen volunteer researchers including 3 who were involved in the earlier Birmingham Children of War project.
The volunteers have also been fortunate to be able to have had an afternoon of training on Archives and Research Skills with Corinna Rayner, Birmingham Archives Manager and a tour of the Heritage Research Area of the Library of Birmingham with Librarian Paul Taylor. And last week they were introduced to the use of newspapers in local history research with project co-ordinator, Liz Palmer.
Each volunteer is looking at a different theme including midwives, health visitors, infant welfare centres, health and mortality of infants and mothers, and illegitimacy. In the coming weeks you will be able to read about some of their initial findings as they share them via this blog.
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