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.

Mon 2 Dec 2024 18:30 BST

Capturing the Paralympics: A Photographers Story

by Uni of York Open Lectures

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capturing-the-paralympics-a-photographers-story-tickets-1041831765857

 

Wed 4 Dec 2024 19:30 BST

The British High Street at Christmas

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-british-high-street-at-christmas-tickets-998466248427

 

Tues 10 Dec 2024 19:00 BST

Livestream: Carols by Candlelight

by National Churches Trust from Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-carols-by-candlelight-with-the-national-churches-trust-tickets-1026760587557

 

Thu 12 Dec 2024 19:00 BST

George Tate: From draper’s apprentice to eminent geologist and historian

by Northumberland Archives  

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/george-tate-from-drapers-apprentice-to-eminent-geologist-and-historian-tickets-976125526727

 

Advanced notice of talks taking place early in January 2025 that may interest members:

 

Sat 4 Jan 2025 10:30 BST

Using the Discovery Catalogue

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-discovery-the-national-archives-online-catalogue-tickets-1088510597499

🎉 Celebrating 40 years of Family Tree magazine! 🎉

To mark 4 decades of family history, here is the chance to read the very first issue!

Link 👉https://www.family-tree.co.uk/news/read-the-very-first-issue-of-family-tree/

The latest series of the Federation of Family History's - Really Useful podcast is now out

There are 6 episodes in all covering the following topics: Researching Women, Introduction to Archives, Yorkshire Ancestors, Talks, Sporting Ancestors and Beyond the 19th Century

The series features 4 FHSC members - Jane Hough, Dave Annal, Dave Day and Margaret Roberts 

Pop along and have a listen https://www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/podcast

Wallasey Central Library, including the former Earlston House has been added to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest and it is now listed at Grade II.

A Carnegie library of 1910 to 1911 by Ralph B MacColl of Bolton and George E Tonge of Southport, of red Ruabon brick and buff terracotta, in Edwardian Baroque style; incorporating a house of around 1840, of buff sandstone in Scottish Tudor Gothic style

Read more 👉https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1487459?section=official-list-entry

Last week Margaret Roberts [FHSC Chair] and Margaret Spate [Crewe Research Centre Leader] attended the launch of the booklet produced by Colin Hayes of Alstom - More than just their names: The War Memorials of Crewe Works 

Copies of the booklet are available at the Crewe Research Centre, a small donation would be appreciated with all donations going to support the Armed Forces Charity, SSAFA - see https://www.ssafa.org.uk/

More on the project - https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/11/tributes-at-cheshire-works-to-mark-remembrance-day.html

📷Alstom 

The final part in the series of blogs by FHSC member & Crewe Research Centre volunteer Paul Chiddicks which tell the stories of the six brave bomb disposal men that died during WWII in Nantwich 

Read the story of Sapper George Lucas here 👉https://chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/07/26/sapper-george-lucas/

FindMyPast are continuing wth their free access weekends and for the final weekend all their records including the 1921 census are free to access, this offer is between 8-11th November

Ancestry have free access to their global Military Records between 7-13th November

 

Please remember to watch the T&Cs 

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.

Fri 1 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Bright Stars of Black History

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bright-stars-of-black-british-history-tickets-998387051547

 

Wed 6 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Navigating the Maps Website

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-the-maps-website-tickets-884044299297

 

Wed 6 Nov 2024 19:30 BST

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies with Terry Deary

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-of-britain-in-ten-enemies-with-terry-deary-tickets-998447141277

 

Fri 8 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Secrets of the National Archives: Thomas Cromwell’s Notebooks

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secrets-of-the-national-archives-thomas-cromwells-notebooks-tickets-998456719927

 

Wed 13 Nov 2024 09:00 BST

Truth Telling: Colonial and Racial Legacies

by Uni of Edinburgh  

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-truth-telling-colonial-and-racial-legacies-tickets-1041865165757

 

Fri 15 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Secrets of the National Archives: Shakespeare’s will

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secrets-of-the-national-archives-shakespeares-will-tickets-998461674747

 

Wed 20 Nov 2024 13:00 BST

Rope Making in Norfolk, a lost trade

by Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rope-making-in-norfolk-a-lost-tradeonline-tickets-1046702223527

 

Wed 20 Nov 2024 15:00 BST

Researching Gender and Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

 

Fri 22 Nov 2024 18:00 BST

RHS Presidential Lecture: Prof Lucy Noakes

'War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain'

by Royal Historical Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-rhs-presidential-lecture-professor-lucy-noakes-tickets-1022691928087

 

Fri 29 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Secrets of the National Archives: Letter from Robert Dudley to Elizabeth 1

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secrets-of-the-national-archives-letter-from-robert-dudley-to-elizabeth-i-tickets-998463821167

 

Advanced notice of talks taking place early in December that may interest members:

 

Wed 4 Dec 2024 19:30 BST

The British High Street at Christmas

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-british-high-street-at-christmas-tickets-998466248427

 

Tues 10 Dec 2024 19:00 BST

Livestream: Carols by Candlelight

by National Churches Trust from Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-carols-by-candlelight-with-the-national-churches-trust-tickets-1026760587557

Ancestry are offering a DNA test kit from as little as £39.

Watch the T&Cs 

Link for offer https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/dna/pulse

FindMyPast is offering free access to a different set of its records each weekend for the next four weekends in the run-up to Remembrance Day on 11 November.

The campaign is running with the slogan 'No Story Left Behind' and is hoping to encourage more people to discover the men and women who served in their family.

These are the weekends with the records that will be made free to researchers:

• 18-21 October: First World War records, the 1911 census, and birth, marriage and death records.
• 25-28 October: Findmypast's newspaper archives.
• 1-4 November: The 1939 Register.
• 8-11 November: All Findmypast records, including the 1921 census.

For full details see 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/findmypast-free-records-access-remembrance-day-2024

Explore 405 digitised volumes of the Foundling Hospital archives, inluding those from Chester

Link 👉https://archives.coram.org.uk/

Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers 20 new items have been added to the shop.  

The new items scroll along the top of the website OR click on 'Shop' in the left hand menu and from the dropdown list click on 'Latest Products', all available to download instantly from as little as 50p a file. 

 

Who Do You Think You Are magazine Transcription Tuesday volunteer event will return on 5 November.

This year, they are supporting two incredible projects, transcribing Irish Catholic parish records and a unique Welsh Women's Peace Petition from 1923. 

Here's how to get involved 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/transcription-tuesday-2024

 

The Genealogist has some exciting news this week -

Mark Bayley, Head of Online Development: "We're proud to announce the completion of our project to "map the census". Never before could you pin down your ancestors through each year, from 1841 all the way to the 1939 register. This visual approach to genealogy brings the past to life in ways never before possible."

Find out more https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/

Read the related blog https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/.../eliza-roberts-a.../

REMEMBER that The Genealogist is available to members at our research centres in Crewe and Mobberley

Also that Mark is the guest speaker at the Crewe & Nantwich Group meeting held via Zoom on 12th November. He will be explaining all about the site and how to get the best out of it,  See https://www.fhsc.org.uk/events/crewe/142-crewe-fhsc-org-uk.html for full details 

The Law Commission is seeking to reform the law of burial in England and Wales and is also gauging solutions for unresolved issues in cremation law.

The consultation paper and a summary have been published and they are looking for views on the proposals. The consultation is open until 9 January 2025.

Read more here https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/burial-and-cremation/ 

and a related article by the BBC 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93pdj9w3plo

 

October is here - the year is flying by

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.

Tue 27 Sept – Sun 6 Oct 2024

All About That Place: "Put Your Ancestor in Their Place".

140 bitesize talks over 10 days

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.sog.org.uk/all-about-that-place-2024/

 

Wed 2 Oct 2024 15:00 BST

Maps for Family and Local History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-for-family-and-local-history-tickets-865575428407

 

Thu 3 Oct 2024 17:30 BST

Professions of power and powerlessness: reflections on nursing history

by The Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professions-of-power-and-powerlessness-reflections-on-nursing-history-tickets-951489981147

 

Sat 5 Oct: All Day Event

NextGENeration: Discoveries

A full day of talks by the NextGENeration of GENealogists

by Family History Federation & Society of Genealogists [Pay what you can event]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://members.sog.org.uk/events/66141a9f1fce380008a49ebe/description

 

Tues 8 Oct 2024 19:00 BST

Where there’s a will there’s a lawyer: using solicitor records for family research

by Glamorgan Family History Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cardiff-vale-branch-agm-and-talk-on-solicitor-records-for-family-research-tickets-1024599493667

 

Wed 9 Oct 2024 19:30 BST

The Eagle and the Hart: the Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV with Helen Castor

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-eagle-and-the-hart-the-tragedy-of-richard-ii-and-henry-iv-tickets-998417723287

 

Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:30 BST

Learning on the job: The history of mental health care

by The Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-on-the-job-the-history-of-mental-health-care-tickets-970303512927

 

Wed 16 Oct 2024 18:00 BST

Civic Splendour: The Use of Civic Insignia in Heraldry 

by The Heraldry Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civic-splendour-the-use-of-civic-insignia-in-heraldry-tickets-1005252085047

 

Wed 16 Oct 2024 19:30 BST

Finding Billy Waters: How A Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-billy-waters-how-a-black-sailor-found-fame-in-regency-britain-tickets-998434022037

 

Fri 18 Oct 2024 14:00 BST

Disability through the Ages

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-through-the-ages-tickets-998381103757

 

Wed 23 Oct 2024 14:00 BST

Histories of the British Political Left: A Panel Discussion

by Royal Historical Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/histories-of-the-british-political-left-a-panel-discussion-tickets-920812985427

 

Wed 23 Oct 2024 15:00 BST

Researching Gender and Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

 

Fri 25 Oct 2024 14:00 BST

SS Daggers Drawn with Diamen Lewis

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sas-daggers-drawn-with-damien-lewis-tickets-998435867557

 

Wed 30 Oct 2024 19:30 BST

Agent Zo: In Conversation with Clare Murray

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agent-zo-in-conversation-with-clare-mulley-tickets-998444222547

 

 

Advanced notice of talks taking place early in November that may interest members:

Fri 1 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Bright Stars of Black History

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bright-stars-of-black-british-history-tickets-998387051547

 

Wed 6 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Navigating the Maps Website

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-the-maps-website-tickets-884044299297

 

Wed 6 Nov 2024 19:30 BST

A History of Britain in Ten Enemies with Terry Deary

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-of-britain-in-ten-enemies-with-terry-deary-tickets-998447141277

 

Fri 8 Nov 2024 14:00 BST

Secrets of the National Archives: Thomas Cromwell’s Notebooks

by National Archives (Free to attend but donation suggested)

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secrets-of-the-national-archives-thomas-cromwells-notebooks-tickets-998456719927

Special promotion: all advanced DNA features are free forever for DNA data uploaded this week!

Expires October 6, 2024

Link to find out more 👉https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/09/limited-time-offer-upload-your-dna-data-and-enjoy-free-access-to-all-dna-features/

Read carefully and mind the T&Cs 

Reviews of the Gemma Collins episode of WDYTYA.

An interesting story that didn't take Gemma that far from home

The Genealogist 👉https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/who-do-you-think-you-are/gemma-collins-7664/

WDYTYA Magazine 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/gemma-collins-who-do-you-think-you-are

 

Image Credit: Wall to Wall/ Stephen Perry via WDYTYA Magazine 

RootsTech takes place between 6-8 March in 2025 . To register and find out more click on the link 👉https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/

Discover more about your family history and connect with others at this global event. Don’t miss out on RootsTech 2025. Register today!