The Family History Society of Cheshire

Quiz – Join us on zoom for a quiz, nothing onerous but lots of fun.

There will be a Family History component to the quiz but not exclusive.

If you would like to join us for this zoom meeting please email me at   including 16th January in the subject line.

I will forward joining links a few days before the meeting. 

Brick walls are an inescapable component of every family historian’s world. If you think about it, every line you’ve ever researched starts [or ends, depending on which way you look at it] with an individual whose parentage is unknown. But isn’t it that what makes family history research so fascinating? It’s the challenge of discovery; the detective work; the intellectual process of exercising out enquiring minds. In this talk, Dave will take a practical, hand on approach to solving brick walls using worked examples.

This event is for members only and registration is required. Registration for this talk opens on 1st Jan, when the 'Register [Individual]' button will show on the left for you to click on, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration closed on the 15^th Jan

The zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the day before the talk. If you run into any difficulties with this, then please contact us on the dedicated seminar email address –  or see the 'Seminar Talks and how to Register' section under 'Online Talks and Meetings' in the FAQ section of the website.

The Seminar series is co-ordinated by Margaret Spate, Jean Laidlaw and Margaret Roberts and ALL correspondence, queries etc should be sent to the dedicated email address -  

PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT RECORD SEMINAR TALKS

The January FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Runcorn - 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 amoung attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded 2 days prior to 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.

"Liverpool and Slavery" - a face-to-face talk given by David Hearn

(Image: Relief, Martin’s Bank: By Phil Nash from Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 & GFDLViews, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)

Come along and tell us all about any birth, marriage or death certificates that are intriguing, interesting, that reveal family secrets or were helpful for your family research.  A follow-on meeting from our September forum 'The Ins and Outs of Civil Registration' 

Gay will talk about what can be found on the website and how to find what you are looking for. 

Please contact  to be sent the Zoom links 

The February FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Congleton - 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 amoung attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded 2 days prior to 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.

"Mersey Ferries" - a face-to-face talk by Ron Martin