The Family History Society of Cheshire

OUR WORLD FAMOUS HOTPOT SUPPER AND QUIZ

Lovely meal and 'Margaret Hughes' quiz.

Our annual Christmas Social, with raffle and home made cakes will take place on Tues 10th December starting at 6:15pm at the Wishing Well, our usual meeting venue. 

This will be followed at 7:30pm with a talk via Zoom by Debbie Bradley [Family History Federation administrator] called  - 

Suffragettes & Suffragists. 

The talk will be a hybrid event, waiting room opens at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. 

Debbie looks at the Suffragette and Suffragists movements and how they started and introduces some of the peole who were involved in the first groups.  She explains how you can research your suffragette ancestors and provide information about the prominent ladies of Norfolk who campaigned to obtain the Vote for Women.

To express an interest in joining this zoom meeting please email  putting the date of the meeting in the subject line of the email.

Joining links will be forwarded to you the day before the meeting

We are delighted that Janet will be joining us again and for this talk Janet will be using a series of case studies in order to look at those who may have found themselves on the margins of society and the sources that we can use to trace their stories. Janet will use examples for groups of people including those such as the sick, prostitutes, those accused of crimes, those in asylums, the poor, the illegitimate and others who were stigmatised by society. 

This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st. Dec, when the ‘Register [Individual]’ button will show on the bottom left of the Event details on the FHSC website for you to click and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on  16th. Dec

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 TALKS

Join us for our annual quiz, nothing too difficult -  BUT a lot of fun 

To express an interest in joining this zoom meeting please email 

Putting the date of the meeting in the subject line of the email.

Joining links will be forwarded to you the day before the meeting

Studying the three Rs 

Introduction into school and education records for Family Tree research.

Admission: £2 for members of the FHSC & £2.50 for non-members including light refreshments.

Please note this meeting will be at Sale Moor Community Centre, Norris Road, Sale M33 2TN

FHSC Seminars: The Enumerator Strikes Back by Dave Annal  

Wednesday 15^th January 2025

We are delighted that Dave is able to join us again, a regular in our Seminar series now. Dave has worked for the National Archives at the Family Records Centre for many years and became Principal Family History Specialist after the move to Kew. He has written several family history books and is also a contributor to Family Tree Magazine. The enumerators first went to work on the UK census in 1841 and have performed a vital role in each successive decennial census ever since then. It hasn’t always been an easy ride: confronted by hostile householders and at the mercy of the decisions made by the census authorities, their stories shed a fascinating light on one of the most important sets of records used by family and local historians today. Using original documents, contemporary newspaper reports and the census returns themselves, this talk will turn the spotlight onto the men and women who created the UK census returns

 This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st January, when the ‘Register [Individual]’ button will show on the bottom left of the Event details on the FHSC website for you to click and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on  13th January.

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

Our monthly workshop/helpdesk held in Nantwich Library on 3rd Monday of every month 

All welcome, free to attend 

A talk that concentrates on the experiences at home rather than on the Western Front.
Mike will cover the conditions at home, rationing, air raids and the changing role of women. There is also the aftermath of war, including war memorials and remembrance.

Gavin Chappell, author of "Wirral Smugglers, Wreckers and Pirates" will be giving a talk based on his research.

Poynton’s Mining, Brickmaking and Gasworks History. 

For further details: 

 Admission charge £2 for members £3 for visitors, including refreshments.

📸Park Oval pithead c1935. Lawrance shaft behind. Source: https://www.brocross.com/poynton/book/poyco2.htm