Multicultural

Gypsy, Roma, Traveller

Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month

Gypsy, Roma, Traveller
A guide to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sources, in the Virtual Library's 'A-Z how to find information' section.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ multicultural_gypsy.htm

Introductions to everyday life, history and culture

Famous Gypsies
Brief details of famous people who 'are/were Roma or who have/had Romani ancestry'
http://www.imninalu.net/ famousGypsies.htm

Friends, Families and Travellers
Useful and informative site for the traveller and gypsy community giving guides to education, evictions, health, history, law, media, planning and sites. Has a long list of contacts and links
http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/

Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (ITM)
Introduction to Irish travellers and the issues they face. ITM seeks to 'promote the interests and welfare of the Irish Traveller community in Britain.'
http://www.irishtraveller.org.uk/

Romani Cymru - Romany Wales Project
An archive of information and photographs of the the Romani people of Wales.
http://www.valleystream.co.uk/ romhome.htm

Travellers' Times
The UK magazine for Gypsies and Travellers and those who work with Gypsies and Travellers. Gives you news and photographs.
http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk

More detail

Gypsy Lore Society Collections at the University of Liverpool
Includes letters and administrative files relating to Gypsy research and the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, as well as the Scott Macfie Gypsy Collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, illustrations and press cuttings. Mainly covers mid-19th to mid-20th century. Links include British Romany families, the Romany vardo, horse fairs and photographs.
http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/ collections/ colldescs/ gypsy/ index.html

Manchester Romani Project - Romani language and liguistics
Detailed information on Romani language and linguistics from a project based at the University of Manchester.
http://romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/

National Fairground Archive (NFA)
Articles and many photographs on fairs past and present. See the 'History of Fairs' section for fairground cinema, fairground shows, fairground rides and more. See the 'Picture Gallery' for an online image database of 1000 photographic images. Has links to other sites on fairs and circuses
http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/

Romany & Traveller Family History Society
Family history site for people interested in their British gypsy and traveller roots. Includes examples of some gypsy first names and surnames; details of the society's many publications; catalogue of books in the Robert Dawson Romany Collection housed at the University of Reading; and links to many other sites.
http://www.rtfhs.org.uk/

Rombase
A large amount of well-researched information on the Roma. Covers many social, cultural and historical topics, including language, work, music, family, beliefs, food, celebrations, literature, history and politics and famous individuals
http://romani.uni-graz.at/ rombase/ index.html

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