The Family History Society of Cheshire

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

Open Forum - School days remembered, photographs of school or people. Also any records of ancestors attending church schools or with a supported school place.

Open forums are an opportunity for members and visitors to share their research with the whole group.

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

Marion Armstrong, having been a Registrar for many years, will give a light hearted talk about the working life of a Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths. Marion will also show how to build family trees from unexpected sources without spending a fortune. You will also be able to see certificates of famous people.

Join LSE curator, Indy Bhullar, for a presentation which unlocks the incredible story behind Charles Booth’s famous enquiry into Victorian London. Booth created his (in)famous maps to show where wealth and poverty were concentrated in the city at the time and they remain an incredible sociological resource. The archive contains a fantastic array of sources for those with an interest in London at the time and the lives of the Londoners who lived there.

This event is for members only and registration opens on 1st March, 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 March.

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 ad 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 March FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Frodsham - 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.

"Although often over-shadowed by its neighbour across the Mersey, Birkenhead has more than its fair share of beautiful buildings which deserve to be better known."  David Hearn will be illustrating his point of view.

From Early Balloon Flights To The Present Day, (including Avro and Fairey Aviation)

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

As requested by one of our members who would like to have a refresher of what can be discovered and how to use the National Archives website.