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Making Tracks 200 at Chester Cathedral

It is 200 years since the first Intercity train carried passengers. In this year of Railway200, what better way to celebrate than with another year of Making Tracks with Pete Waterman OBE and the Railnuts. 

Making Tracks 200 runs from Thursday 24 July until Saturday 30 August. 

Opening hours Monday to Saturday from 10am – 4pm. 

Find out more 👉 https://chestercathedral.com/events/event/making-tracks-200

FHSC Monthly Newsletters

The eagle eyed among you will have noticed that there has been no FHSC Newsletter this month.

Following on from our survey, we have taken member comments on board and are looking to revamp the newsletter.  The new version will be launched in the next month or two. In the meantime, all FHSC news and events will be in the Chair’s newsletter at the end of the month.

Thanks go to Gay Oliver who originally started publishing the newsletter  as the ‘Lockdown Newsletter’ at the start of the pandemic, how time flies, that seems a lifetime away now!  Thank you so much Gay for all your work.

The new version will be akin to the Federation newsletter with a lead article of between 1000-1500 words and then snippets from around the various Local and Discussion Groups, as well as news and events.  If you have  story you would like to tell or share some research tips etc please send them in to me at Chair@

June edition of The Cheshire Ancestor available to download

The latest edition of the FHSC Journal - The Cheshire Ancestor is now available to download from the website - simply click on the Cheshire Ancestor tap on the left hand side of this page and navigate to 'Cheshire Ancestor 2025' and then download the June edition. 

Printed editions will be dropping on doormats soon, if not already. 

Lots of interesting articles, Society news and a new feature, a quiz [Cryptic Cheshire] - enjoy! 

Thanks as always to our Editor Rosie Rowley and the rest of the Ancestor distribution team - Geoff Johnson and Angela Moore

The Family History Show, Aintree Racecourse

We will be at the Family History Show at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday [tomorrow, 3rd May] talking all things Cheshire Ancestry.

Drop by and sell hello,  we are always happy to meet members from near and far

Browse our bargain book box

Have a go at geting your name on our Leaderboard in our genealogical patience game, 'Branching Out'

Full detail of how to attend 👉 https://thefamilyhistoryshow.com/liverpool/

There is a special discount code on tickets for FHSC members, email me on  to find out more 

FHSC Discussion Groups and more ...

Starting from the end of May, the current sub-groups of the Computer Club are being opened to the whole FHSC Membership as discussion groups. Additionally, we are launching our new 'Zooming in on Family History' chat session.

These groups are designed to allow members to chat about various topics with other members, building on the success of both the Computer Club and Research Buddies.

'Zooming in on Family History' – is a wide-ranging session whereby members can come along for help with their research, share success stories or just generally meet other members and chat about family history.

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