Any posties in your family?
This talk will guide you through the process of researching ancestors who worked for the British postal service. The records held in The Royal Mail Archive are a rich resource for family historians and cover the whole of the UK and, up until 1920, Ireland too. The talk will include which family history records can be accessed remotely. It will also give some insights into how the postal service has shaped our lives, transforming communication, and how one young woman changed a Post Office rule that had a positive and significant effect on women’s working lives.
- You can attend in-person at our library in London where the presenter will be live or alternatively watch online via Zoom. The option to choose either online or in-person appears before checkout.
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About the Speaker
Susannah Coster
Susannah Coster is an Archivist for The Royal Mail Archive, which is part of The Postal Museum in London, UK. There she is part of a team who care for the records of the British Post Office dating back to 1637. She has extensive experience of working with the genealogical resources in the archive and of advising family historians. She is also fascinated by how much the records reveal about staff working conditions and social history, and the wealth of records on how Post Office innovations have shaped our lives.
04/12/2025
14:00 - 15:00
Society of Genealogists / Online
In -person talk with the option to watch on Zoom by Susannah Coster, Archivist at the Royal Mail Archive