From Buckinghamshire History Festival 2020

When we went into Lockdown back in March, Jo Lester made the most of the extra time by picking up the threads of her family history.  As part of the team at Buckinghamshire Libraries she knew that her library card gave her access to lots of different online resources: Ancestry, British Library Newspapers courtesy of Gale Publishing, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica.  In this podcast she tells the tale of how she was able to learn more about a Suffolk-based branch of her family, using these tools.  Warning: Suffolk Punch horses may feature heavily.    

Jo Lester is a Customer Service Officer with Buckinghamshire Libraries. She has a life-long fascination with the past, and is particularly interested in social history, both of her own family’s, and more generally.

Access to the resources discussed, and more, for Buckinghamshire Library holders, here