The Family History Society of Cheshire

Chester Group run a family history help desk at the Library at Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester CH1 2AR, from 10 am to 12 noon on Tuesdays which is open to everyone looking for help with their family history.

If you are a newcomer to family history or are looking for some local knowledge or have run up against a brickwall or would like some help on a computing or internet aspect of family history, just ask. There is always somebody who would be pleased to help

Gay Oliver will be at Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre on the first and third Tuesdays of each month there to help anyone on a one-to-one basis either to start your family history or to solve queries between 2.00pm and 4.00pm

Please ring them on 01613424242 to make an appointment or contact Gay via:  

Run by local FHSC members this is weekly helpdesk held at the Wallasey Central Reference Library, EarlstonRd, Wallasey CH45 5DX every Friday between 10am and 1pm 

Step free access is available via a ramp and internal lift and all are welcome

The Online Historical Newspaper Discussion group meets on the first Friday of the month at 2pm via Zoom.

The group is led by Margaret Roberts and all members are welcome to chat about using historical newspapers, to pick up hints and tips from other members and generally to discuss any successes or failures! 

To be included in the emailing list to receive the zoom link for these meetings please return to the Homepage of the website, scroll down the left-hand menu and click on Discussion Groups, then click on 'Subscribe' for this or any other Discussion Group you would like to attend.

Talk by member Dave Thomas: THE EGERTONS OF TATTON

This talk covers the 360 years of ownership of Tatton Park, by several generations of Egertons. From Sir Thomas Egerton, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, to Maurice Egerton, who died in 1958.

Chester Group run a family history help desk at the Library at Storyhouse, Hunter Street, Chester CH1 2AR, from 10 am to 12 noon on Tuesdays which is open to everyone looking for help with their family history.

If you are a newcomer to family history or are looking for some local knowledge or have run up against a brickwall or would like some help on a computing or internet aspect of family history, just ask. There is always somebody who would be pleased to help

'In Georgian and Victorian Cheshire, salt was one of the county’s most important exports. In the early 1790s, over 80 Mersey flats were kept busy transporting 58,000 tons of salt yearly to Liverpool. In fact Cheshire had more salt than it knew what to do with, and the manufacturers tried to strictly control output in order to keep prices up.

By 1850, 525,000 tons of white salt and 86,238 tons of rock salt were transported along the Weaver Navigation from the Cheshire salt towns.' 

Join us as we listen to Cheshire author Sue Wilkes, who specialises in family history, social history, industrial history and literary biography, take us through the history of this important Cheshire industry 

Sue's website  👉 https://suewilkes.blogspot.com/

NOTE:  This meeting is via Zoom and takes place at 7:30pm 

This event is for members only and registration is open, please press ‘Register [Individual]’ button below on the left and then click 'Process your Registration, you will receive an email confirmation. Registration will close on 11th November at noon and the links will be sent out that afternoon. 

Image: Open pan salt making, Illustrated London News, 24 August 1850

Please note we are meeting the 2nd Wednesday of the month due to Bonfire Night. I'm sure those of you who have pets will need to spend the 5th with them.

A talk on the airfields of Manchester by George Cogswell, local historian. Evacuated from London during the war. George is know for saving a rare WWll air raid siren located Cecil Rd, Hale which has now been given Grade II listed status

George also runs the Trafford War Dead Website and Greater Manchester Blitz Victims

Run by local FHSC members this is weekly helpdesk held at the Wallasey Central Reference Library, EarlstonRd, Wallasey CH45 5DX every Friday between 10am and 1pm 

Step free access is available via a ramp and internal lift and all are welcome