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.

Wed 1 October 2025 15:00 BST

Maps for Family and Local History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maps-for-family-and-local-history-tickets-865575428407

 

Fri 3 October 2025 14:00 BST

Ireland’s undiscovered past: the 1800s

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irelands-undiscovered-past-the-1800s-tickets-1363224283529

 

Wed 8 October 2025 14:00 BST

Human Resources: slavery and the making of modern Britain

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-resources-slavery-and-the-making-of-modern-britain-tickets-1566260700919

 

Thur 9 October 2025 18:00 BST

Broadmoor and Beyond: The history of high security hospitals

by Royal College of nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broadmoor-and-beyond-the-history-of-high-security-hospitals-bsl-tickets-1321076829359

 

Thur 9 October 2025 18:00 BST

Following the Trail: African Lives in Tower Hamlets with Dr Montaz Marche

by Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/following-the-trail-african-lives-in-tower-hamlets-with-dr-montaz-marche-tickets-1710062185029

 

Fri 10 October 2025 14:00 BST

The mirror of Great Britain: a life of James VI & I

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mirror-of-great-britain-a-life-of-james-vi-i-tickets-1566622071789

 

Sat 11 October 2025 14:00 BST

Manchester, Oldham and Lancashire Portraits

by MLFHS, Oldham & District 

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manchester-oldham-and-lancashire-portraits-tickets-1661072545699

 

Fri 17 October 2025 14:00 BST

Tracing your railway ancestors

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tracing-your-railway-ancestors-tickets-1363053913949

 

Wed 19 October 2025 17:30 BST

Sensing Spaces: The History of Colour, Art and Care

by Royal College of nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensing-spaces-the-history-of-colour-art-and-care-tickets-1683539444799

 

Wed 22 October 2025 13:00 BST

Eating with the Tudors - Dietary Changes in Tudor England

by Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eating-with-the-tudors-dietary-changes-in-tudor-england-online-tickets-1407037068749

 

Fri 31 October 2025 14:00 BST

Witch hunts and hidden truths

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/witch-hunts-and-hidden-truths-tickets-1569920587739

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. 

Thur 4 September 2025 18:00 BST

Biz in the Pris: A history of drug use in prisons

by Royal College of nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biz-in-the-pris-a-history-of-drug-use-in-prisons-tickets-1321068023019

 

Wed 10 September 2025 19:00 BST

Leading MI5

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leading-mi5-tickets-1237238165659

 

Fri 12 September 2025 14:00 BST

Tracing your railway ancestors

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tracing-your-railway-ancestors-tickets-1363053913949

 

Fri 12 September 2025 18:30 BST

‘Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare’, Online

by Royal Historical Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mars-and-britannia-the-british-imperial-way-of-warfare-online-tickets-1556356075919

Wed 17 September 2025 15:00 BST

Researching gender & sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

 

Fri 19 September 2025 14:00 BST

England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/englands-first-colony-medieval-ireland-1171-1500-tickets-136320179626

 

Tue 23 September 2025 10:00 BST

Reading from the Archives: No Place Like Home

by Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-from-the-archives-no-place-like-home-online-tickets-1406924211189

 

Wed 24 September 2025 13:00 BST

The Art of Nursing: Novel Nurses

by Royal College of nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-nursing-novel-nurses-tickets-1290154891009

 

Fri 26 September 2025 14:00 BST

Ireland, 1485-1798: colonial laboratory?

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ireland-1485-1798-colonial-laboratory-tickets-1363216058929

 

Events at the beginning of October you may be interested in

Fri 3 October 2025 14:00 BST

Ireland’s undiscovered past: the 1800s

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irelands-undiscovered-past-the-1800s-tickets-1363224283529

 

Wed 8 October 2025 14:00 BST

Human Resources: slavery and the making of modern Britain

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-resources-slavery-and-the-making-of-modern-britain-tickets-1566260700919

 

Thur 9 October 2025 18:00 BST

Broadmoor and Beyond: The history of high security hospitals

by Royal College of nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broadmoor-and-beyond-the-history-of-high-security-hospitals-bsl-tickets-1321076829359

Cheshire Archives reveal hundreds of 19th century maps and some amusing place names

Links for more details

Cheshire East 👉 https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/council_information/media_hub/media_releases/cheshire-archives-reveal-hundreds-of-19th-century-maps-and-some-amusing-place-names.aspx

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. 

Sat 9 August 2025 14:00 BST

The Secret World of the Victorian Lodging House

by Oldham and District Branch of MLFHS

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mlfhs-oldham-district-branch-monthly-meeting-tickets-1474406994009

 

Tue 19 Aug 2025 10:00 BST

Introduction to Family History - Online Workshop

by Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-online-workshop-tickets-1406909948529

 

Wed 27 August 2025 15:00 BST

Navigating the Maps Website

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-the-maps-website-tickets-884044299297

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. 

Wed 2 July 2025 18:30 BST

Refugee World(s): a Twentieth-Century Retrospective

by Royal Historical Society

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/refugee-worlds-a-twentieth-century-retrospective-online-tickets-1349452240979

 

Wed 2 July 2025 19:30 BST

Spies, Secrets and Archives

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spies-secrets-and-archives-tickets-1224848146779

 

Wed 9 July 2025 15:00 BST

Introduction to Family History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-tickets-910360571977

 

Fri 11 July 2025 14:00 BST

Burgess and Maclean Disappear

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burgess-and-maclean-disappear-tickets-1225218003029

 

Sat 12 July 2025 15:00 BST

The Archers of Ossett : A Family History talk.

by MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mlfhs-oldham-district-branch-monthly-meeting-and-talk-tickets-1413837699619

 

Fri 18 July 2025 14:00 BST

The origins of the Met’s Detectives

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-origins-of-the-mets-detectives-tickets-1356162210679

 

Wed 16 July 2025 15:00 BST

Researching your House’s History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-your-houses-history-tickets-1304084524919

 

Wed 23 July 2025 19:30 BST

The Murder of Emily Kaye

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-murder-of-emily-kaye-tickets-1356207646579

 

Fri 25 July 2025 14:00 BST

The Great Train Robbery – a Forensic Journey

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-train-robbery-a-forensic-journey-tickets-1356211257379

FindMyPast and the British Newspaper Archive [also available via the newspapers at FindMyPast] have included a tranche of Cheshire content this week 🎉🎉🎉🎉

FindMyPast added the following records for the Diocese of Chester

272,555 baptisms, 211,575 marriages, and 215,879 burials

 

British Newspaper Archive have added the following Cheshire titles

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝: 1857-1866

𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞 & 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐩 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝; 1889, 1897

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫: 1836-1842

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧; 1914-1918

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞; 1891-1892, 1894-1896, 1898-1906

𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫: 1969