The Family History Society of Cheshire

With its close proximity to the educational, academic, medical and commercial heartland of Manchester, Didsbury became the home of such well-known figures as physicists, Lord Rutherford and Lord Bragg; mathematicians, Douglas Hartree and Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw; engineers such as Daniel Adamson, Henry Simon and his family and medics such as Sir Geoffrey Jefferson. Who were they? In this talk their work, their lives, their achievements and their homes will be illustrated.

This session covers a range of sources, many of them under-used, which help to shed light on the working lives of our rural British ancestors.

Exploring some of the attractive villages in the County and something of their past.

There are many facets to the FamilySearch website which enable family historians to contribute to a world-wide tree including the use of memories, photographs and the addition of sources. This talk examines the way in which the site can be used by contributors to its best advantage.