Both Crewe and Mobberley Research Centres will be closed from Tuesday 16th December
and will reopen at 10am on Monday 5th January 2026.
Thank you to all our volunteers for their hard work this year
The list is a bit sparse this month!
Fri 5 December 2025 14:00 GMT
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧
by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]
Link with more details and to register 
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../the-real-jane-austen...
Wed 10 December 2025 19:30 GMT
𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]
Link with more details and to register https://www.eventbrite.com/.../jane-austen-at-christmas...
The National Archives is to raise its fees in February 2026 for the first time since 2019, and to introduce a new Request A Military Service Record service.
'From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. This is the first increase since 2019.
The changes affect fees for document copies, research and search services, and authentication, and also introduce a new fee for accessing recently transferred historic Ministry of Defence service personnel records'.
Find out more about the fee rise https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/our-fees/
Request A Military Service Record 👉https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/.../faqs-mod-service.../
UPDATE
Good news - Surname Interests issue now resolved and its fully back on line.
One of the questions asked most regularly in the run-up to the Cheshire Archives big move is:
“Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?”
Find out more from Cheshire's archives: a story shared
Link https://www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-collections-story-moving-methods
The book sale will take place next week. Out of county books will be included, most between £1- £3
[Card and cash payments accepted]
The opening hours for this week are being extended
Monday 24th Nov 10am - 4pm and 5.30 - 8pm
Tuesday 25th Nov 10am - 4pm
Thursday 27th Nov 4pm - 8pm
Saturday 29th Nov 10am - 4pm
The list of books for sale can be found 👉https://www.fhsc.org.uk/public-documents/public-news.html
We are happy to post any out to members at cost price + postage, or can hold books for a week for collection
FindMyPast are offering FREE ACCESS to millions of military records for the weekend of 7-9th November
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
During the week of 24 - 29 November
This will include any duplicate books held in the centre and also those nor being transferred to the new 'Cheshire Archives Crewe' on its completion in 2026
Out of county books will be included, all will be sold at good prices [Card and cash payments accepted]
The opening hours for this week are being extended
Monday 24th Nov 10am - 4pm and 5.30 - 8pm
Tuesday 25th Nov 10am - 4pm
Thursday 27th Nov 4pm - 8pm
Saturday 29th Nov 10am - 4pm
Over 2 million WW2 service records to go online for the first time
Over two million WW2 service records will go online at Ancestry and be freely available for the week leading up to Remembrance Day 2025
For full details see - https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ww2-service-records-online-ancestry
📷 Image: Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images via Who Do You Think You Are website
This new 4 part Chanel 5 programme starts tomorrow night [Friday 17th October] at 9pm
The first episode is CHESHIRE!
Find out more 👉 https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/268079-5/
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
Find out more, register and book classes etc - https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
Have you ever searched this fabulous website
The Chester Consistory Court
An archive of cause papers from the oldest complete ecclesiastical courtroom in England. The aim of this project is to make available online images of the surviving sixteenth-century cause papers relating to causes heard in the church court at Chester together with a transcription of each and a translation of those in Latin plus a searchable database of people, places and subjects
Find out more about this amazing free database https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/
To search https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/directory
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.