Hi All, Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a conference at York University entitled: "England’s Immigrants 1330 – 1550 Resident Aliens in the Late Middle Ages "., during the course of which they introduced a new database: "England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England". "The project is a collaboration between the University of York, The National Archives and the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield .....and is a collaboration between the University of York, The National Archives and the Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield." The DB allows the use of wildcards and searching for an asterisk produces a total of 64773 records for the above period. It should be noted that included are immigrants not only from outside the current UK but also from Ireland, Scotland, and perhaps more puzzling, also Wales. The French total 4,564. compared with Scotland 3,355 and even fewer Irish. The website states: "The information within this database has been drawn from a variety of published and un-published records – taxation assessments, letters of denization and protection, and a variety of other licences and grants – and offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in the origins, destinations, occupations and identities of the people who chose to make England their home during this turbulent period.". It should be added that it is searchable on any field. References are given for the Sources and although the images are not available I was assured that the details published had been checked and doubled checked, and they are very happy that they give an accurate transcription of the original data. I believe them :-). After the launch of the DB the conference was presented with a number of papers illustrating the use of it to show the origins of the immigrants and where they resided in England, their occupations. I was particularly impressed with the maps which perfectly illustrated the movement of the immigrants. It would be remiss of me not to draw attention to a two day lecture and conference to be held in London on Medieval Migrants to Britain between AD 500-1500 and their movement in Britain between 5th and 6th centuries. Thursday 26 March 6-7.30pm The British Academy, "Medieval Migrants: "On the move in Britain after Rome's Fall" Friday 27 March 9.30am-5.00pm The British Academy, "Aliens, Foreigners and Strangers in Medieval England c. AD 500-1500. Amongst are some familiar names! Ron Ferguson GOONS #5307 Ron Ferguson GOONS#5307