Find out more, register and book classes etc - https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
Have you ever searched this fabulous website
The Chester Consistory Court
An archive of cause papers from the oldest complete ecclesiastical courtroom in England. The aim of this project is to make available online images of the surviving sixteenth-century cause papers relating to causes heard in the church court at Chester together with a transcription of each and a translation of those in Latin plus a searchable database of people, places and subjects
Find out more about this amazing free database 
https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/
To search https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/directory
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.
Cheshire Archives reveal hundreds of 19th century maps and some amusing place names
Links for more details
Cheshire West 👉 https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news/cheshire-archives-reveal-hundreds-of-19th-century-maps-and-some-amusing-place-names
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
With it being August there are not a lot this month, everyone is on holiday!
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
A brand new website for the British Library, I notice that due to the cyber attack in 2023, they are not
taking online registrations for new readers cards at the moment, that will mean a trip to London or Boston Spa!
In the meantime, have a look at the site - Link 👉 https://www.bl.uk/
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
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@
Don't forget the Chester Festival of Ideas
Happening this week 3-6 July, lots of events, talks etc
Full details 👉 https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/
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.
FindMyPast and the British Newspaper Archive [also available via the newspapers at FindMyPast] have included a tranche of Cheshire content this week 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Philomena Cunk actor Diane Morgan traced her family history in Bolton, Germany and Scotland
Reviews below - but SPOILER ALERT - don't read until you've watched the programme
Cheshire Archives have released an artist's impression of both the new centres at Crewe and Chester in the form of a virtual fly through
Link to watch 👉 https://www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/a-moving-story-take-a-virtual-tour-of-our-new-centres