Alsager Group: Treasures from the Staffordshire County Collections - Helen Johnson
FHSC Seminars: Transported to Tasmania by Kelly Cornwall

'Transported to Tasmania' explores both English and Australian records to help you discover more about your convict ancestors; demonstrated via the case study of a young girl from Shoreditch, her conviction, transportation and ensuing escapades in Tasmania
Kelly Cornwall is a Professional Genealogist, Speaker and Blogger, with over 20 years experience of researching family histories across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, U.S.A. and Australia,. An Associate of AGRA ( the Association of Genealogists and researchers in Archives), Kelly is also on the team of Pharos Tutors where she runs a course on the benefits of Using Social Media for Family History.
This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st February 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 17th February.
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
FHSC Annual Quiz

The inaugural FHSC Annual Quiz is here - Our new annual event, which should be fun.
Save the date 20th February at 7:30pm and register today.
Attendees will be randomly placed into teams of 4 or 5 in breakout rooms - don't worry Zoom will do it all for you - and each team will have a question master. All teams will be asked the same set of questions and then we shall come back together into the main zoom meeting to discover the answers and see which team is the winner.
I'm hoping that many members will join us for what will be a great social online evening
You will need to register, registration is open and closes on 18 February. Just press the 'Register [individual]' button below and then process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation of your booking.
Zoom links being sent out on the morning of the quiz - 20th February
Research Buddies: Nantwich

The February FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Nantwich - 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 among attendees beforehand.
You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left and process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the morning of 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.
"It's not what you research, it's the way you research it"

Margaret Roberts, Chair of the Family History Society of Cheshire, will be giving a talk entitled "It's not what you research, it's the way you research it."
(Image: "Orange County Archives, 1980s" is licensed under CC BY 2.0. and used courtesy of Orange County Archives)
Macclesfield Group: A Journey Along the Macclesfield Canal
Tameside Group: The Men Who Came Home
Kate Booth will be talking about her latest project which is to discover what happened to the men from her village who returned from the First World War. So far she has found and researched the stories of 500 who came home
Welcome to Chester, 1824, by Chris Fozzard
Runcorn Group A talk by Margaret Roberts - Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be? Auntie Jo is Lost in the Family Tree
Crewe & Nantwich Group: Who was the father? How DNA helped find the answer by Jane Hough

Jane’s talk combines her personal story of trying to identify the unnamed father on a birth certificate with explaining various aspects of DNA research in a simple, non-technical way. She will talk you through how she wove together the DNA research and traditional genealogical research and – ultimately – succeeded in identifying her mystery ancestor.
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