Happening this weekend if you are in the Macclesfield area - a wonderful cause so please support if you can 

Members of the public can nominate archive services and professionals for recognition in three categories

 

The Archives and Records Association (ARA) is asking members of the public to nominate their favourite record-keeping service or record keeper for recognition in the ARA Excellence Awards.

The Awards are returning in 2022 after a two-year break during the covid pandemic.

For more deatils click on the following link  https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/nominate-your-favourite-archive-for-an-ara-excellence-award/

Online conference on May 7th from Society of Genealogists and Family Hitory Federation

All welcome to come and listen to some fabulous young researchers

 

Cost just £1.50 and place must be pre-booked - details below - or download the PDG from the Public Docs area of the website - 

Link https://www.fhsc.org.uk/new-documents/public-documents

 

A number of interesting free to attend online talks from various institutions - 

 

 

Staffordshire History Day

Free Online Event via Zoom

7th May 2022 

10am - 3:30pm 

 

As many FHSC members also have an interest in neighbouring Staffordshire this event may be of intereest 

 

The Staffordshire History Day is an annual event which brings together historians, researchers, local history societies and members of the public, together with their partners at Keele University and Birmingham University, to explore and discover the stories of the people and places of Staffordshire.

After a two year break Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service are hosting the History Day online for the first time.

You are invited to join via Zoom to celebrate our history and the new Staffordshire History Centre project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

 

Programme

10.00 Welcome and celebration of the Staffordshire History Centre Project - Joanna Terry, Head of Archives and Heritage

10.30 Research Paper: To put all to hazard: Motivations of Gentry Participants at the Battle of Blore Heath - Mark Hinsley, Keele University

10.45 Research Paper: A Moral Weapon: Recreational Reform and Wednesbury Town Hall Organ - Mie Berg, Midlands History Centre, Birmingham University

11.00 Questions

11.15 Break

11.30 Keynote: Forging Ahead – Dr Malcolm Dick in Conversation with Dr Simon Briercliffe

12.15 Victoria County History News - Dr Andrew Sargent, Keele University

12:30 County Archaeology News - Shane Kelleher MCIfA, County Archaeologist

12:45 Lunch

13.45 Welcome back - Joanna Terry, Head of Archives and Heritage

13.50 Keynote: A Case for the Ordinary: Staffordshire Asylums and the patient experience - Lucy Smith, PhD Researcher, Keele University

14.30 Keynote: Staffordshire Enamels: People, Place and Production - Dr John Grayson, Staffordshire University

15.15 Plenary

15.30 Close

 

Link to register and book your place - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staffordshire-history-day-tickets-313666824917

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers records are now listed on The National Archives’ catalogue and available to order

 

All British military service records after 1920 were previously held by the MOD in Glasgow.

Records of deceased servicemen and women can be ordered by their next of kin for a £30 fee.

The records are those in series WO 420 and relate to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) regiment.

The records added are of service personnel born more than 115 years ago so only servicemen born before 1917 are included, with more being added over the coming days, with relevant restrictions to protect individuals’ privacy.

To access service records for REME servicemen born later, you need to contact the Access Service Team at  who will check whether the record includes sensitive medical information. For those born less than 100 years ago, you may be asked to provide a death certificate.

You can now access the records by searching for ‘WO 420’ in Discovery, TNA’s online catalogue, and browsing the record listings, which include each man’s name, date of birth and service number.

The actual service records are not available online.

To access a record, you must click ‘Details’ by the man’s name and follow the instructions to order a record to view at TNA’s buildings in London.

It is also possible to order a paper copy of a record using TNA’s record ordering service.

The record will take four working days to prepare.

With thanks to the WDYTYA magazine online for updated information 

An unidentified woman's body was found near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in 1981.

 

North Yorkshire police are hoping that family history researchers could help them unlock this cold case mystery.

 

Police revisiting a cold case investigation into a woman’s mysterious death more than 40 years ago have taken the unusual step of calling on help from amateur genealogists. 

Investigators believe gaps in people’s family tree could give them fresh leads that could finally unlock the secrets of the case.

 

The unidentified woman’s body was found decomposed in undergrowth near Sutton Bank, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, in 1981.

However, police believe she died in 1979. While there are theories that foul play was involved, there has never been enough evidence to officially categorise it as homicide.

 

For more information on the case click on the following link https://www.family-tree.co.uk/news/police-seek-help-of-family-history-researchers-with-cold-case

 

 

The Cheshire Roll Of Honour

More Than a Name 

 

The Cheshire Roll Of Honour was originally started to remember all those who lost their lives in the Great War of 1914-1918 who came from the county of Cheshire England. The roll was extended to also remember the men and women who lost their lives in the 1939-1945 world war (WW2). It was decided that along with remembering the ones who never came back, it should also contain those who did. The Cheshire Roll Of Honour NOW also includes the Boer war and all conflicts since 1945.

You can not only read a soldiers profile but also locate where they are buried or commemorated around the world. By putting their stories together and whenever possible a face to a name, keeps the memory of those who gave all, so we could live in freedom today and in the minds of the future generations.

No other county has a Roll of Honour such as this as it covers all conflicts from the Boer War to the present day. 

• 22,633 People listed under WW1
• 7,154 From WW2
• 14 From the Boer War
• Other conflicts 28
• 932 Civilians
• In total 30,761 are listed in The Cheshire Roll Of Honour

Link to website - https://www.cheshireroll.co.uk/

Follow on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cheshireRemembers/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/cheshire1418

 

The website is now collecting the names of men who fought and returned home so if you can add to the information with any of you own family then please get in touch with Stephen Benson via the Contact form 

History For Ukraine is like Live Aid for history lovers.

 

A stellar line-up of leading historians and genealogists from all over the world, and over 24 hours, they’ll be live-streaming their talks for your entertainment.

There’s no charge to watch, and throughout the live stream, you'll be inviting you to donate to the JustGiving page, with all funds being passed to the DEC Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.

 

See the press release below and keep your eyes on the website for more information http://historyforukraine.co/

 

 

The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society - History in the City Fair

 

To be held in the Performance Space at Manchester Central Library

Saturday, 26th March. 

The Fair will be open to the public from 10.00 a.m. until 4.00 p.m.  

 

FHSC will be there 

 

For those not familiar with Manchester or the Central Library then the maps below show the library in the general area and also of the interior indicating where the exhibition will take place.