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Episode 1: Beginning Your Family History
Joe Saunders is joined by:
Mish Holman, professional genealogist who is particularly interested in theatre ancestors and census enumerators [https://www.familyhistorygifts.co.uk/]
Kelly Cornwell, professional family historian, blogger and speaker [https://whoamifamilytreeresearch.co.uk]
Jane Hough, amateur genealogist, blogger & FHSC member [https://www.allthosebefore.org.uk/]
Andrew Martin, family historian, author, digital archivist and host of The Family Histories Podcast [https://li.sten.to/familyhistoriespodcast& https://www.familytreeuk.co.uk/]
Every family historian has a story about how they got into family history. We share our experiences of starting out with this great hobby and share tips for others who are just beginning.
Link to listen and also catch up with Series one if you have not done so already 👉https://www.familyhistoryfederation.com/podcast
An interesting Cheshire connection to the Queen's funeral on Mondsay 19th September.
Thanks to Crewe in the Past facebook member Michael Walker for posting this orginally -
John Ellerton was a clergyman and prolific Hymn writer. In 1860, he became chaplain for Lord Crewe and Vicar of Crewe Green.
As chairman of the education committee at the Mechanics Institute he reorganised and made it arguably the best in the country. he also taught there himself.
He is purported to have composed the Hymn in his head while walking from Crewe Green Vicarage down Hungerford Road as the sun went down.
Link to learn more about John Ellerton 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ellerton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ellerton
c/o Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons & FHSC
In honour of the Queen, the Find My Past newspaper archive is free of charge:
from Friday 16 - Tuesday 20 September.
Delve into stories and pictures from the life of an iconic monarch.
Invitation to a Public Consultation
The development of a new History Centre | Lightfoot Street | Chester
Wednesday 21st September 2022 | 2pm - 7pm
Hoole Community Centre, Westminster Road, CH2 3AP
Download document via the following link https://www.fhsc.org.uk/new-documents/public-documents/2977-cheshire-archives-chester-consultation-leaflet-pdf
The Modern Records Centre [MRC] at Warwick University has digitised 100,000 pages of union journals.
Since shifting its approach on digitisation to make as many union journals as possible available online, the MRC has managed to scan a vast quantity of material and make it available free of charge to researchers Link to a blog from the Society for the Study of Labout History
Direct link to the MRC database https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/archives_online/digital/unionjournals/
Bringing you up-to-date with the 2022 FHF REALLY USEFUL Family History Show
Keynote Speakers-
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 7.00PM
Diahan Southard with Connecting Your DNA Matches
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 10.15AM
Paul Nixon with British Army Detective – Piecing Together the Jigsaw
Talks and Presenters -
David Turner
Forgotten Staff: Victorian and Edwardian Railwaywomen
Sophie Kay
Just a Job? Revitalise your family history with occupational research
Janet Pennington
Shops and Shopping:
The Small Shop through the Ages
John Titterton
Making the Most of a Will
Gill Thomas
Migration and Wales
Julie Goucher
Researching European Ancestors
Helen Baggott
Posted in the Past
Wayne Shepheard
Impacts on Families during the Industrious Revolution
Linda Hammond
The Hidden Secrets of the 1939 National Register of England and Wales
Penny Walters
Turning your Tree into a Talk
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Booking of practical workshops
All talks until 11.59pm 19th November
Opportunity to visit booths in the Exhibition Hall and talk to local experts when show is live online