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.

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 a few days before the meeting

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

An extra opportunity for those who missed this excellent talk OR if you want to watch it again, Andrew kindly allowed a recording to be taken.  This recording will be shown at 11am on Thursday 23rd January. 

Explore how Artificial intelligence can be used in Family History. Using many practical demonstrations, Andrew will show how to best make use of AI from research to data analysis to image generation and lots more. Key principles and ethical considerations of privacy, security, transparency and bias will also be discussed and some key starting points for those new to AI.

Andrew Redfern is an accomplished speaker and passionate family historian, having delivered many workshops and presentations over the past 20 years.  Recently his work on AI and Family History has been sought after by numerous family history groups in his home country of Australia as well as internationally.  With professional background in education and technology, the integration of AI into his genealogical toolkit was a natural progression and he is excited by the possibilities while remaining aware of the limitations. 

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.

NOTE: Registration closes at midnight on Tuesday 21st January and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded on the morning of Wednesday 22nd 

Our First Meeting under our new regime of solely ZOOM meetings.

I will be taking people through all the various resouces in Tameside to help with your research.  Not everything is on the various pay sites, there are some free Tameside websites and other resources only to be found in Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre.

The January FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Farndon/Shocklach/Tilston - Do you have ancestors in the area, 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.

-Auntie Jo is Lost in the Family Tree.

Representing women equally in our research is challenging because they are not equally represented in the historical records. Nevertheless, every ancestor deserves thorough, accurate, and honest research, this can be especially hards when researching women. Margaret offers hints and tips to think creatively and expand your perspective, all of which will help you put your female ancestors into their context. 

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

Helen Johnson will be talking about the vast collections in the Staffordshire County Archives.

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 a few days before the meeting

'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

The inaugural FHSC Annual Quiz is here - Our new annual event, which should be fun.

Save the date 20th February 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 

Usual registration applies and will close on February 18th, with zoom links being sent out on 20th 

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.