Hackney Routes.
Hackney Routes motif.
A message from Cheryl Bowen, Hackney Museum …
Hackney Routes is a family history project with the aim to support local people to record and document their ancestors and descendants from Africa and the Caribbean by exploring the inter-connection between Hackney and the international dimension which have shaped family history and cultural identity locally.
The project will work with individuals and family members who live or have strong family connections with the borough. Participants must be willing to develop a case study based on interviews and research of an aspect of their family history which can be shared with others in the borough.
We are looking for people who will have an interest in family history, commitment to write or be interviewed as part of the case study and to attend sessions.
There will be sessions on using archives/records, preserving documents and photographs, creative writing, interviewing and the importance of DNA. The end product will be case studies on the Hackney Route blog/website. Future plans could be the development of a family history network, potential future exhibition and publication.
Participants will have a chose of choosing one or more areas to focus on their family history and the connections with Hackney:
Being in Hackney.
- When our family first came to Hackney.
- Spirituality/Places of worship.
- Night clubbing, raving and house parties.
- Our front room.
- Living in Hackney (any period from the 1940s to the 1990s).
Travels.
- The ones who were left behind.
- Travelling for the first time to my parents’/grandparents’ homeland.
- Ancestors from different parts of the world.
- Achievements and success of individuals/family members.
Memories.
- Herbs/medicine and spices.
- Soul Food/Recipes from back in the day.
- We Are Family (three generations that are still connected).
- What my Mama used to say (folk stories/tales from the past).
The course is free of charge and the workshops will take place in Hackney Museum, Hackney Archives and other community venues in the borough. Due to nature of the workshops and activities we can only have a limited number of participants.
Course orientation: Thursday 26 November, 6 pm at Hackney Museum, Reading Lane, E8 1GQ.
The sessions will be facilitated by Every Generation.
To register for the course please contact Cheryl Bowen on 020 8356 3500, or email cheryl.bowen@hackney.gov.uk .
