Due to the unavailability of our arranged speaker for Preston Branch’s meeting on 29th March, we have obtained the services of Anna Watson MBE, formerly Chief Archivist at the Lancashire Archives who will present an illustrated talk on ‘Women in Wills’.
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Due to the unavailability of our arranged speaker for Preston Branch’s meeting on 29th March, we have obtained the services of Anna Watson MBE, formerly Chief Archivist at the Lancashire Archives who will present an illustrated talk on ‘Women in Wills’.
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From LFHHS Rochdale Branch Don't forget, non-members of the LFHHS are very welcome to attend all of the Rochdale branch talks. The branch meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 7.30 pm at St Andrew's UR Church (Entwisle Road). The complete programme of events for 2017 has been announced and you are very welcome to come along. 29 March - AGM 26 April - Norden Riviera, Rochdale by the Sea (Gary Heywood) 31 May - Growing Old Disgracefully (Linda Sawley) 28 June - Research Evening 26 July - Out Visit to St Edmund's Church, Rochdale 30 August - Life during the Industrial Revolution (Kathy Fishwick) 27 September - Scottish Ancestry (Ina Penneyston) 25 October - The history of the Co-op (video evening) 29 November - Murder in the Victorian Lancashire family (Martin Baggoley) From the GRO website BREAKING NEWS GRO Phase 3 is open. We are trialling a service from 16 March to provide PDF copies of our non-digitised records. Records will not be immediately viewable, but emailed as a PDF. Applications for each PDF cost £8, must be made online and include a GRO index reference. England and Wales records which are available as PDF's in pilot 3 include: Births: 1935-2006 Deaths: 1958-2006 Marriages: 1837-2010 Full details are in About the PDF Pilot Note: A PDF is not a certificate and has no value for services where a certificate is required e.g. a Passport or Driving Licence application, or Notice of Marriage Pilot phase 3 closes at 4pm on 12 April or when 40,000 PDF's have been ordered, whichever is sooner. Analysis of the pilot will then follow. From LFHHS Preston Branch LFHHS Preston Branch take the pleasure to announce that their March meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 29th March, 2017, at the Kingsfold Methodist Chapel, Padway, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 9EJ, will be a presentation by Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines on the story of herself and sister Eva’s escape on the Kindertransport from Prague in May 1939, and the impending Holocaust. This is probably our most celebrated speaker to date. It is a non-ticketed open meeting with a capacity of c.100. A small car park, with a narrow entrance, serves the Chapel but there is public parking very close by at the shops. If you park on the adjoining streets, please respect the neighbours. If you require a map/directions please e.mail the branch secretary on preston@lfhhs.org.uk stating your intended direction of travel i.e. Fylde/Preston, Blackburn/East Lancs/Leyland, or Liverpool /Southport. There will be a display of relevant articles and the meeting will close with tea/biscuits. ” BBC Radio Lancashire visited LFHHS Chorley Family History Research Centre today and broadcast live during the Brett Davison / Sally Naden morning show. If you missed it you can hear it on the BBC IPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04v334p. The main segments can be found at 41 mins, 1hr 23mins, 1hr 38 mins, and 2hr 21mins. From Dick Eastman's Blog Announcing the Launch of the Journal of Genealogy & Family History A new, scholarly genealogy journal is about to be published by the Register of Qualified Genealogists, based in the United Kingdom. Here is the announcement: Launching in April 2017, the new Journal of Genealogy and Family History (JGFH) will address the current need for a high quality, peer reviewed publication, covering broad scholarly research in genealogy and family history in a 21st century online format. The journal will be offered to readers and contributors for free, on an open-access, non-commercial basis, with content available under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The scope of the journal will include any field or academic discipline associated with genealogy or family history research such as heraldry, demography, education and record conservation. Articles will offer the reader insights into current thinking and practice and provide an outlet for theoretical and speculative ideas within genealogy and family history. Topics will be wide ranging, and include for example:
The Editor, Jessica Feinstein, says: “I am very excited to be part of the great team involved in this venture, and look forward to enabling authors in our field to publish academic articles that will advance genealogical research in many areas.” The editorial board will include prominent individuals from within the field of genealogy and family history as well as associated disciplines. The Journal of Genealogy and Family History is registered at the British Library with ISSN 2399-2964. The journal was initiated and designed by the Register of Qualified Genealogists and will be published via their website at: http://www.qualifiedgenealogists.org/jgfh. Ancestry have just announced free access to the following data sets this weekend from 18th until 20th February. Data Sets included are: 1812 Bristol Poll Book 1818 Norwich Poll Book 1820 Westmorland Poll Book 1831 Edinburgh Almanac - Universal Scots and Imperial Register 1841 Channel Islands Census 1841 England Census 1841 Isle of Man Census 1841 Scotland Census 1841 Wales Census 1851 Channel Islands Census 1851 England Census 1851 Isle of Man Census 1851 Scotland Census 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample 1851 Wales Census 1861 Channel Islands Census 1861 England Census 1861 Isle of Man Census 1861 Scotland Census 1861 Wales Census 1871 Channel Islands Census 1871 England Census 1871 Isle of Man Census 1871 Scotland Census 1871 Wales Census 1881 Channel Islands Census 1881 England Census 1881 Isle of Man Census 1881 Scotland Census 1881 Wales Census 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1891 Channel Islands Census 1891 England Census 1891 Isle of Man Census 1891 Scotland Census 1891 Wales Census 1901 Channel Islands Census 1901 England Census 1901 Isle of Man Census 1901 Scotland Census 1901 Wales Census 1911 Channel Islands Census 1911 Channel Islands Census Summary Books 1911 England Census 1911 England Census Summary Books 1911 Isle of Man Census 1911 Isle of Man Census Summary Books 1911 Wales Census 1911 Wales Census Summary Books A brief history of a branch of the Guthrie family : beginning with the residence in Edinburg, Scotland, in 1680, of John Guthri A calendar of chancery proceedings : bills and answers filed in the reign of King Charles the First A calendar of the marriage licence allegations in the Registry of the Bishop of London : 1597 to 1700 A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court (City and Deanery of Bristol Division) of the Bishop of Bristol, 1572-1792 : A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court of the bishop of Gloucester : with indices nominum et locorum A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester Vol. 1 - 1541-1650 A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester Vol. 2 - 1660-1800 A calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland : proved in the court of the archdeacon of Northampton, A Calender to the Feet of Fines for London & Middlesex, Richard I- Elizabeth I A catalogue of the library belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne : inclusive of the manuscripts, drawings A Century of Birmingham Life, from 1741-1841 - J. A. Langford http://search.a A Chronicle of Kingship 1066-1937 A Collection of Biographical Sketches of Leading Men of London, 1895 A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, Compendium Set - Cansick A Collection of Quaker Testimonies A complete history of the great flood at Sheffield on March 11 & 12, 1864 : being a true and original narrative, from authentic A Concise History of the Ancient and Illustrious House of Gordon A Cotswold family : Hicks and Hicks Beach A day in Dartmouth, England A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames A Dictionary of Universal Biography of All Ages and all Peoples A Dictionary of Violin Makers A genealogical account of the family of Aldersey : of Aldersey and Spurstow, Co. Chester A genealogical account of the Mayo & Elton families of Wilts and Herefordshire and some other adjoining counties, together with A genealogical account of the Rosses of Dalton, in the county of Dumfries A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. III A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV A genealogical chart of the family of Tatham, of Tatham in the county palatine of Lancaster : from about the year 1580 to the p A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire A genealogical history of the Harwood families : descended from Andrew Harwood, whose English home was in Dartmouth, Devonshire A genealogical history of William Shepard of Fossecut, Northamptonshire, England, and some of his descendants A genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Carhart, of Cornwall, England A genealogical record of the families of King and Henham in the county of Kent A genealogy of several branches of the Whittemore family : including the original Whittemore family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, A General Description of the East Coast of Scotland from Edinburgh to Cullen A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills and many others... From Stewart McLoughlin - Preston Branch A new-look website of historic local photographs/postcards/newspapers and other archive material has been launched this month by the Lancashire County Council. The “Red Rose Collections” image archive will be available to search for people, places and events and will replace the current “Lancashire Lantern” website. Go to:- https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/home?WINID=1486766193770 for full tour around the site. Be aware that there may be charges for some of the images you request. From Dick Eastman Findmypast launches Catholic Heritage Archive Findmypast has announced immediate availability of millions of exclusive Catholic records published online with more coming soon. The records are from the United States, Britain and Ireland. Thursday 9th February 2017 Leading family history website, Findmypast, today announced the creation of the Roman Catholic Heritage Archive, a ground breaking initiative that aims to digitize the historic records of the Catholic Church in the United States, Britain and Ireland. Findmypast is today releasing over 3 million exclusive records including sacramental registers for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1757 to 1916 as well as for the British Archdioceses of Westminster and Birmingham from 1657 onwards. This builds on last year’s publication of more than 10 million Irish Catholic parish registers. The Catholic Church holds some of the oldest and best preserved genealogical records ever created. However, as many of these documents memorialize important religious sacraments such as baptism, marriage and burial, their privacy has long been protected and access to original copies has traditionally been hard to come by. In collaboration with various Archdioceses of the Catholic Church, Findmypast is helping to bring these records online in one unified collection for the first time ever. Exclusively available on Findmypast, images of original documents will be completely free to view in many cases. Fully searchable transcripts will also be included, providing family historians from the around the world with easy access to these once closely guarded records. The next phase of the Catholic Heritage Archive will include records from the archdioceses of New York and Baltimore as well as additional records from Philadelphia. There are over 30 million records in just these three dioceses. The digitization of the whole archive is a monumental undertaking and, when complete, will contain hundreds of millions of records for the USA alone. |
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