October 3 is Unity Day in Germany and October 6 is German-American Day.
To celebrate, Geneanet are celebrating “Ahnenfest” – Ancestor Festival – with free access to their Premium German records from Oct. 1-6 inclusive
Link to learn more, please ensure you read the T&Cs 👉https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/post/2022/09/ahnenfest-free-access-to-german-records-for-a-week-at-geneanet
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/]
Link to listen and also catch up with Series one if you have not done so already 👉https://www.familyhistoryfederation.com/podcast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ellerton
c/o Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons & FHSC
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
Tickets! Don’t delay! Buy today only at:
www.fhf-reallyuseful.com
Just £12 gets you FULL access to:
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
Friday, September 2, 2022
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10:15 am |
10 Best Self-Publishing Tips for Family Historians |
Lisa Alzo |
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11:30am |
Changing Places, Changing Borders: Overcoming geographic challenges |
Dave Obee |
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12:45pm |
Tracing migrating ancestors: Who, what, where, when, why and how |
Myko Clelland |
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2:00pm |
Descendants of the Enslaved and Enslavers – Working Together to Discover Family |
Sharon Batiste Gillins and Cheri Hudson Passey |
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Pre-recorded |
What You Can Learn from Lineage Societies…Without Being a Member! |
Elizabeth M. O’Neal |
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Pre-recorded |
Italian Civil Marriage Supplements |
Suzanne Russo Adams, AG |
Friday, September 9, 2022
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10:15 am |
Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office |
Michael L. Strauss, AG |
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11:30am |
What’s Next When You Are Told Those Records Were “Burnt Up”? |
J. Mark Lowe, FUGA |
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12:45pm |
An introduction to Filae: the largest source of French archives |
Emmanuel Condamine |
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2:00pm |
Understanding and Using Scottish Kirk Session Records |
Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv |
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Pre-recorded |
Settlers in California’s Sacramento Delta – History and Resources |
Grant Din |
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Pre-recorded |
Entering the Old Northwest Territory |
Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG |
Friday, September 16, 2022
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10:15 am |
Germany to Pennsylvania: 18th Century Odyssey |
James M. Beidler |
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11:30am |
Using Google Books to Find the Law |
Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL |
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12:45pm |
The Pros and Cons of Collaboration on Geni.com |
E. Randol Schoenberg |
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2:00pm |
Essential Immigration Records for Researching Your Mexican Ancestors |
Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS |
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Pre-recorded |
Famine and Family History |
Wayne Shepheard |
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Pre-recorded |
Can Americans get a legal Coat of Arms from Scotland? |
Dr. Bruce Durie |
Friday, September 23, 2022
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10:15 am |
Strategies to Jumpstart Your Research |
Teri E. Flack |
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11:30am |
A Deep Dive into the Map Collection of the Library of Congress |
Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA |
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12:45pm |
Documenting Cemeteries with BillionGraves |
Cathy Wallace |
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2:00pm |
Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists |
Cyndi Ingle |
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Pre-recorded |
Swedish-American Church Books – Great Genealogical Source! |
Kathy Meade |
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Pre-recorded |
Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880 |
Ellen S. Kowitt |
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Pre-recorded |
Fruit of the Earth: Using Deeds to Uncover Your Ancestors |
Robyn Smith |
Friday, September 30, 2022
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10:15 am |
The Top Ten DNA Do’s and Don’ts! |
Michelle Leonard |
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11:30am |
Separate Even in Death – Black Funerals and Cemeteries |
Janice Lovelace, PhD |
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12:45pm |
Indirect Evidence, A Case Study: The Parents of Elizabeth Wingate in Maryland (1795–1860) |
Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL |
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2:00pm |
50 Mostly “Hot off the Press” Net Sites You Want to Check Out! |
Diane L. Richard |
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Pre-recorded |
Four Keys to Creating Complete and Accurate Transcriptions (and Why You Should) |
Shannon Green, CG |
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Pre-recorded |
The Tennessee State Library and Archives: A Mega Archives for Your Tennessee Ancestors |
Melissa Barker |
A new series of the popular BBC Rdaio 4 series You're Dead To Me has begun
The first episode is an very interesting one on the History of Timekeeping - Greg Jenner is joined by Dr David Rooney and Desiree Burch at the literal beginning of time to explore the history of timekeeping.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cwb369 Link to listen to previous episodes https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/player
A free exhibition winding the clock back to the Middle Ages with the help of today’s technology is opening at Chester Cathedral after captivating Museum visitors.
Featuring new virtual reconstructions of landmark Chester buildings in the 14th Century and bringing medieval and early modern artefacts rarely displayed to light, Medieval Chester Retold moves to Chester Cathedral from Monday, August 22 to Sunday, September 18, 2022.
Organised by the University of Chester and partners, the exhibition provides another chance to discover a new perspective of the city’s past, following a successful two-month run at the Grosvenor Museum. Visitors are again invited to step back in time and experience the medieval city with stunning digital recreations on screen of the city’s Water Tower and St John the Baptist Church, accompanied by specially-built backdrops.
Find out more https://www1.chester.ac.uk/news/cathedral-exhibition-offers-second-chance-experience-medieval-chester
Find out more by clicking on the link below which will lead you to a Family Tree magazine blog
Britain’s Secret War Babies airs on Channel 4 at 9pm on Wednesday 17 August
The programme follows the true stories of two children of African-American GIs from the Second World War and British mothers
To find out more read the blog from Who Do You Think You Are magazine here 
https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/tv-series/britains-secret-war-babies/
https://www.sites.google.com/.../che.../cheshire-history-day
The Crewe Family History Unit has been given permission by CEC to resume our monthly Saturday openings.
Starting on July 30th between 10am-12 noon
August and September dates to be confirmed soon
For records held see - https://www.fhsc.org.uk/new-research-centres/crewe-research-centre
Notice from the Railway, Work, Life & Death Project
The Railway Work, Life & Death project (RWLD) is proud to announce the recent update to its FREE open access online database with the addition of a further c.16,000 new cases of railway worker accidents. This recent extension of the project adds numerous opportunities for research by family historians and genealogists, academic researchers and students, heritage groups and societies, local historians and more!
This FREE online event is designed to help you understand what is included within the database and in its new case materials. The RWLD project's co-lead Dr Mike Esbester will host this Q&A - discussing opportunities or interests you might have and how the RWLD database may be insightful to your research and help with any queries you may have.
There are two sessions being run:
Tickets are free and can be ordered up to 10 minutes before each of the events. These are held online only and over video call via ZOOM.
Link to register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/railway-work-life-death-project-new-data-qa-tickets-388090307557
We would be really grateful if you could also complete the following short form (c.5 min) so we can gauge participants previous interaction with the project and database:
RWLD New Data - What will you discover?
About the RWLD project:
the RWLD project is an collaboration between the University of Portsmouth, the National Railway Museum and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick. The project also works with other institutions including The National Archives of the UK.
We’re making it easier to find out about railway worker accidents in Britain and Ireland from the late 1880s to 1939. We’re providing data about who was involved, what they were doing on the railways, what happened to them and why. Although today most people don’t realise it, working on the railways 100 years ago was incredibly dangerous, with hundreds killed and tens of thousands injured each year.
For more information about the project and to access the FREE database please visit: https:/www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/
For any further questions or to contact us please email:
Find us on Twitter: @RWLDproject
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Railway-Work-Life-Death-108745674380484
The BBC Reminiscence Archive [RemArc] is an online archive of BBC video clips, audio clips and images which provides access to a selection of content from the BBC Archives, designed to support reminiscence work with people with dementia,their carers and families.
The pictures and clips are organised in to Theme, such as family,childhood, sport; and Decade, ranging from the 1930s to the 2000s.
This archive of clips will also be of interest to both family and social historians
Link https://remarc.bbcrewind.co.uk/
The also BBC have a great film archive and members may be interested in the Rewind service which contains over 31,000 newclips, which are searchable by keyword
Link https://discover.bbcrewind.co.uk/
