January- June 2014
2nd Thursday of the month at 7.30pm
9th January – Puddings, Pomanders and Polish – what happens in National Trust properties when closed for the winter - Barbara Foster
13th February – Hazel Grove Full Circle– Rowcroft family history research reveals the unexpected - Norman Rowcroft
13th March – CheshireKnights and some of their Ladies - Part 1– a look at the wonderful medieval effigies found in some Cheshirechurches– Tony Bostock
10th April- ResearchingJohn le Mesurier’s Ancestry – Cathryn Walton
8th May - The Irish Potato Famine - conditions & migration of Sandra’s family - SandraMcLaren
12thJune– What’s in the News – Using newspapers for family history - Sylvia Dillon
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The Bramhall Groupmeets in the Main Hall of the United Reformed Church on the corner of Robins Laneand BramhallLane South, SK7 2PEat 7.30. p.m.
Unfortunately due to the increase in costs of room hire, speakers etc. since the group’s formation, our admission cost will increase to£2 including refreshments from January 2014.
Those of you who attend on a regular basis will know that at the end of the meetings we ‘make some time’ for refreshments and give people the chance to discuss their ancestral research problems with others in the hope that they can sort some of them out. Visitors are always very welcome but we trust that those who attend regularly will join the FHSC.
For further information
Please ring 01614395021 or email
Our Bramhall Group Website is www.bramhallfamilyhistory.com
Ian Cameron has taken over from Jim France as our new web-master
. The Family History Society of Cheshire Website is www.fhsc.org.uk
Our Library- We are in the process of cataloguing our library books & realise that some of the research sources mentioned in them are now out of date. The first place we search for information now is the internet to find out what records are available on-line. All the same, many original sources do need checking and some of our books do contain research tips that are still relevant – so please use our library or lose it. We do need volunteers to man it at our meetings. Books, CDs etc. can only be borrowed by members. Please return all library items by the following meeting as others may be waiting to borrow them. An up-to-date list of all items held in the library can soon be viewed on our website at www.bramhallfamilyhistory.com
We are grateful to Chris Bradley of Bramhall who has donated some books of his late father, Dennis, to our group library. Also thanks toother members & non- members for donations.
New Books in our Library:
The OxfordNames Companion – a definitive guide to surnames, first names & place names of the British Isles.
Discovering Cathedrals– David Pepin.
Tracing Your Family Tree – Jean Cole & John Titford.
The Genealogical Services Directory - Family & Local History Handbook
The History of Marple & District– Marple Local History Society
Remembered – Marple Men who fell in The Great War – Clarke, A. Cook & J Bintcliff.
McLaughlin Guides – Eve McLaughlin: Reading Old Handwriting, Simple Latin for Family Historians, Illegitimacy, The Censuses – 1841-1891
Gibson Guides - Electoral Registers since 1832 & Burgess Rolls,Poll Books c.1696-1872, Land Tax Assessments c.1690-c.1950.
An Introduction to Occupations – Joyce Culling. FFHS.
An Introduction to Poor Law Documents before 1834– Anne Cole. FFHS.
Records of the Church of England – Susan Bourne & Andrew Chicken
Discovering Your Old House– David Iredale & John Barrett
My Father was a Merchant Seaman – C & M Watts
Shoemaking– June Swann
Tales of Manchester Jewry & Manchester in the Thirties, More Tales of Manchester Jewry & Rothschild in Manchester etc.- Monty Dobkin
Workhouses & Hospitals of North Manchester- Susan Hall
Working Class Housing in Nineteenth Century Manchester- Jacqueline Roberts
The Invasion of 1745 - Peter JC Smith
Waterways into Castleford - John C Fletcher
Electricity in Manchester- Roy Frost
Hulme Memories- Mary Jordan
The Way to Glory - James W Bancroft
Directories of Manchester & Salford 1772 & 1778 - Elizabeth Raffald
Magazines – Selection of Family Tree magazines, Derbyshire Family History Society Journals & The Yorkshire Family Historian
BRAMHALL GROUP COMMITTEE
Ian Bickley Group Leader
Liz Wilkinson Treasurer
Susan Bickley Programme Organiser/ Publicity
Janet McMurray Refreshments Organiser
Mary Gash Refreshments Assistant
Norman Rowcroft Committee Member
Please let me know at your current email address if we do not have it. Thanks - Ian
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