The Family History Society of Cheshire

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

'MY JOURNEY INTO HISTORICAL FICTION' Talk by James Bryan, as an introduction to his Civil War novel 'The Tailor Spy and the Little Maid'

Essentially about the Battle of Worcestershire. Many people are aware of the escape made by young Charles II after the battle, but the story of the townsfolk and the Scottish Battalions who suffered in the build up to the battle, has hardly been told. This focuses on two people (historically recorded) who influenced the outcome.

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

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

Tony talks about the life and loves of an Elizabethan Maid of Honour from Gawsworth. Was she Shakespeares’s Dark Lady of Sonnets?

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Entrance fees: 
£2.00 for Members
£3.00 for Non-members

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:  

Susannah Coster is an archivist at The Postal Museum in London, which is home to The Royal Mail Archive. The archive holds the records for Royal Mail and the Post Office. Susannah has extensive experience of working with the genealogical resources in the archive and of advising family historians with their research.

This talk will guide you through the process of researching your ancestors who worked for the British postal service. The records held in The Royal Mail Archive are a rich resource for family historians. The talk will show which family history records can be accessed remotely. It will also give some insights into how the postal service has shaped our lives and transformed communication; Susannah will be including some Cheshire examples.

Link to the Postal Museum website - https://www.postalmuseum.org/

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 16th 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 – . 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

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

Helpdesk held in Nantwich Library monthly

Led by Sheila Mitchell.

Use the resources available in the library to help your research.

All welcome