Volunteer

VCH historians work with local volunteers in several counties. They are engaged in a wide range of activities in Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Essex, Herefordshire, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Those activities include transcribing wills and anaysing census data, investigating and photographing sites and buildings, searching newspapers and taking oral testimony, as well as fundraising, administration and website management.

Some volunteers are trained historians, others learn new skills by working with experienced professionals. In some counties, such as Kent, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, established local history and buildings recording groups contribute to the VCH on particular places and projects. All sorts of skills and experience are needed.

For more information about what volunteers do and how they do it click here.To find out whether new volunteers are needed in your area, please make contact with the VCH in your county or contact Matthew.Bristow@sas.ac.uk at VCH Central Office.

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