The Mayflower Connection
Helen Baggott
- Region:
- South West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Author & Researcher
- Fee:
- Paid: £50+
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 23rd January 2020
This talk focuses on a group of postcards sent in the UK and in America in the early 1900s that help share the story of The Mayflower.
By illustrating the talk with postcards associated with The Mayflower, and sharing the stories of the people who sent and received them, this talk offers more than the re-telling of the voyage and early years in America.
Some of the postcards connect to other events of international importance, including the War of Independence and the American Civil War – reinforcing the idea that history has no boundaries.
The talk also explains the research – using genealogy – that connects the postcards to American and UK history.
As the celebrations and commemorations throughout 2020 draw to a close, this talk will continue to be of interest.
Views: 1336 | Enquiries: 5About Helen Baggott
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Helen Baggott is a freelance editor and writer from Dorset.
Her most recent project is researching the stories behind postcards sent more than 100 years ago. Three collections of stories have been published as Posted in the Past, Posted in the Past Second Delivery and Posted in the Past Hands Across the Sea.
She has written for regional magazines; national magazines include This England, Discover Your Ancestors, Who Do You Think You Are?, Picture Postcard Monthly, Dorset Life and The Card Scene, and has also contributed to Family Tree magazine's blog. Her work has been recognised by national newspapers as a 'postcard detective' in I newspaper and an 'heirloom detective' in The Mail on Sunday's You magazine.
Through the power of Zoom she speaks to groups on both sides of the Atlantic and has been a speaker at the Family History Federation 's Really Useful Show and THE Genealogy Show.
"I thoroughly enjoyed your talk last evening, both content and delivery. It opened aspects of postcards that I had not thought about and has given me some useful ideas for developing my own family history research. I hope I have the pleasure of hearing you again."
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Helen Baggott
- Posted in the Past
- The Empress of Ireland – Canada’s Titanic
- From Paper Kings to Hardware Barons
- From Log Cabin to the Palace of Westminster... and other true stories
- The Crippen Connection
- Diplomat, Author, Grocer: the remarkable story of Ranald MacDonell CBE
- Hands Across the Sea: a miscellany of stories written by our ancestors
- From Bombs to Bournville... and other true stories
- Travels with my (great-great) aunt
- Lifeboats and Lighthouses – a tour around the coast exploring stories of heroism
- With Love from Grace...
- The Victorian legacy – what our ancestors did next
- Memories from the Future
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