Three reviews of Rose's episode,  this week the programme featured friend of FHSC - Mike Esbester who many of you will have listened to at a seminar talking about the wonderful Railway Work, Life and Death project.. Find out more about the project here 👉https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/

Read the reviews, which of course contain details of the programme, so spoiler alert! 

Railway Work, Life and Death 👉https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/james-welland-rose-ayling-ellis-who-do-you-think-you-are/

The Genealogist 👉https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/who-do-you-think-you-are/rose-ayling-ellis-7656/

WDYTYA Magazine 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/rose-ayling-ellis-who-do-you-think-you-are

📷Rose Ayling-Ellis holding the family photograph showing her Great Great Grandfather James Welland and his family. Courtesy Rose Ayling-Ellis via Railway Work, Life & Death

September already!

1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.

As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details, Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.

Ancestry have added a whole new tranche of Cheshire records, which go far beyond the ones on FindMyPast, they are taken from the orginal parish record books and are in colour,

List and direct links to the collections below. You need to be an Ancestry subscriber to view the records but with a free account you can search the indexes.  Ancestry is available at both our Crewe and Mobberley reserch centres as well as in Cheshire libraries and most libraries across the country

Burials:  https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62259/

Baptisms:  https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62257/

Marriages: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62258/

Non-Conformist Records: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62786/

Reviews of the Mel C episode of WDYTYA.

The Genealogist 👉https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/who-do-you-think-you-are/melanie-chisholm-7564/

WDYTYA Magazine 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/mel-c-who-do-you-think-you-are

Image Credit: Wall to Wall/ Stephen Perry via WDYTYA Magazine 

Reviews of the Paddy McGuinness episode of WDYTYA. I enjoyed this one very much

The Genealogist 👉https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/who-do-you-think-you-are/paddy-mcguinness-7563/

WDYTYA Magazine 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/paddy-mcguinness-who-do-you-think-you-are

Image Credit: Wall to Wall/ Stephen Perry via WDYTYA Magazine 

John Olson, the co-founder of GEDmatch, has passed away at the age of 73.

Read his obituary here - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/baytown-tx/john-olson-11935050

A couple of reviews of the Vicky McClure episode of WDYTYA, which you may find interesting and useful

WDYTYA Magazine 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/vicky-mcclure-who-do-you-think-you-are

The Genealogist 👉https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/who-do-you-think-you-are/vicky-mcclure-7560/

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Image Credit: Wall to Wall/ Stephen Perry via WDYTYA Magazine 

The fourth the series of blogs by FHSC member & Crewe Research Centre volunteer Paul Chiddicks which tell the stories of the six brave bomb disposal men that died during WWII in Nantwich 

Read the story of Sapper Michael Lambert here 👉https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/08/09/sapper-michael-lambert/

The third in the series of blogs by FHSC member & Crewe Research Centre volunteer Paul Chiddicks which tell the stories of the six brave bomb disposal men that died during WWII in Nantwich 

Read the story of Sapper Albert Edward Fearon here 👉https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/08/02/sapper-albert-edward-sa-fearon/

Series 21 of Who Do You Think You Are? will air on Thursday 15 August on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm.

Link for for full details 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/who-do-you-think-you-are

I will be publishing a list of the resources used after each programme as a downloadable PDF which will be posted in the Members Documents section of the website 

Link to read the latest update from the British Library regarding restoring their services

Link 👉 https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2024/07/restoring-our-services-30-july-2024-update-.html

1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.

As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details, Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.

Members may be interested in the latest panel discussion from the Royal Historical Society:  ‘AI, History and Historians’ 

This discussion (held on 17 July 2024) brought together a panel of experts to consider the opportunities and challenges of new AI technology in the field of History. 

The recording has been made available at the following link 👉https://youtu.be/_tYfC0d1Bqc

Ancestry have released the first in a tranche of Cheshire based records, more to come over the next little while, watch this space! 

Cheshire, Roman Catholic Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1913

Direct link https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62256/

You can search the database for free but need a subscription to view or download or if you are within striking distance of our research centres at Crewe or Mobberley you can search Ancestry there OR your local library should also have access - check first before making a journey 

FHSC member Paul Chiddicks has completed two of the six biographies telling the stories of the six brave bomb disposal men that died during WW2 in Nantwich 

You can read both stories on his website by clicking HERE  

The Radio 4 podcast 'Sliced Bread' has recently included an episode on Ancestry DNA tests and is excellent listening. 

Link to listen 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0020xzb

Celebrate Bastille Day with free access to French census records on MyHeritage from July 11-16!  

Discover your French roots and explore 17 collections with over 131 million records.

Mind the T&Cs as always

Link - https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/07/discover-your-french-roots-with-free-access-to-french-census-records-for-bastille-day/

Why not sign up to the new FHSC newsletter where you will get information on all the latest free or reduced offers directly into your inbox. Simply log into the FHSC page, click on the black 'Profile/Renew/Upgrade' box under your name, then click on 'My Profile'.  There is a list on the left hand side of all the newsletters that the Society produces, click on the ones you wish to receive and the click Subscribe - all done! 

1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.

As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details, Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.

You may be interested in the following

Celebrate Canada Day with free access to all Canadian records on MyHeritage from June 27 to July 2, 2024!

As always - watch the T&Cs

Click HERE for link to the blog with full details

FHSC members can opt to receive notifications of all the 'Latest F amily History Offers' direct to your email inbox. To subcribe to this service just click on the black ‘Profile/Renew/Upgrade’ button at the top left of this page, the click on 'My Profile'.  You will then see a list of all the newsletters that members can subscribe to, simply click the box next to the ones you wish to receive and then click 'Subscribe' at the bottom of the list. 

Cheshire Villages Great War Society are holding an exhibition at Bickerton Village Hall, 10am-5pm on Saturday 29th June 

Free admission 

See poster for more details