The Family History Society of Cheshire

A talk by Derek Arnold about Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton

Granelli Family in Macclesfield

June 25th 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

All Welcome

Admission Charge £2 for members £3 for visitors

including refreshments

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The Woodhead Railway Heritage Group set up in 2016 have been working for some time to set up a museum at Guide Bridge Railway Station: officially opening early this year. Both Woodhead and Guide Bridge have fascinating and gloomy histories and this visit should be fascinating.

Members and visitors tell us about some of their own family history research and discoveries

The June FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Bebington- Do you have ancestors in the town, or are you researching a local family and want some help, perhaps on the other hand you live in the locality and could offer help with photographing gravestones or buildings. This is the chance for members to help each other, I'm sure there are many members out there with knowledge of the area that they could share. If you have a research question then please feel free to email me on  and I will circulate it among attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left and process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the morning of the helpdesk meeting. If you run into any difficulties with this then please contact Margaret Roberts on .

NOTE that registration closes at 10am on the morning of the meeting.

Can you resist a good research discovery?

Decision making lies at the heart of every genealogical process: which record set to look at, how to search, and how to interpret what we find. Each new page in a family’s narrative has the power to intrigue, shock or delight us with its revelations – yet our research can sometimes be a delicate dance between the joy of discovery and the battle with biases as we try to judge the evidence before us.

In this talk, I’ll lift the lid on how we make decisions in family history research. Taking inspiration from Mischel’s famous “marshmallow test” of willpower, we’re going to hunt down the genealogical marshmallows in our work: those moments where the tempting promise of a new discovery might sway our judgment. Journeying through some real-life examples, we’ll identify common cognitive biases, explore how they can influence our work and how we might combat them, and embrace genealogical thinking for the digital age.

‘A History of the City that Shaped the Modern World’

An illustrated presentation given by Brian Groom,

author of his soon-to-be published book of that title,

and of 'Northerners - a History'.

The astonishing story of how the people of Manchester and its region shaped the emergence of the modern world, from the Romans to today, will be outlined by

Brian Groom, author of the bestselling 'Northerners: A History'. Based on his forthcoming book, 'Made in Manchester: a People's History of the City that Shaped the Modern World', Brian will talk about individuals, famous or not, who built the region and its culture and ask what part it can play in Britain’s future.

The July FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Chester - Do you have ancestors in the town, or are you researching a local family and want some help, perhaps on the other hand you live in the locality and could offer help with photographing gravestones or buildings. This is the chance for members to help each other, I'm sure there are many members out there with knowledge of the area that they could share. If you have a research question then please feel free to email me on  and I will circulate it among attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left and process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the morning of the helpdesk meeting. If you run into any difficulties with this then please contact Margaret Roberts on .

NOTE that registration closes at 10am on the morning of the meeting.

Postcards of Old Macclesfield

by Peter Kirk

Aug 27th 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

All Welcome

Admission Charge £2 for members £3 for visitors

including refreshments

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