More speaker and information on the Family History Federation: Really Useful Family History Show on 14th November:

 

Ask the Experts Announced

FHF are pleased to be able to offer expert advice at the show from a wide range of family history disciplines. A

At the FHF REALLY USEFUL Family History Show advice will be provided by professional genealogists who are members and associates of AGRA (Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) plus information and assistance from specialist family history society members.

They are available to help with questions you may have about resolving research challenges and general assistance on a wide range of family history topics.

Learn more about this service NOW at https://www.fhf-reallyuseful.com/ask-the-experts/

 

More Speakers also announced -

IAN WALLER - The railways were one of the largest employers in the United Kingdom and some of the 900 or so pre 1923 companies have left a legacy of staff records. This talk examines how those records can help piece together the career of a railway worker using a variety of records up to grouping in 1923 and nationalisation in 1948. You may even have railway employees that you did not realise. They also employed merchant seamen, chambermaids and artists! Many of us will have railway navvies amongst our ancestry and these were not employed by the railway companies but by the contractors building the railway network. Part of the talk is devoted to finding their details, Ian's talk is called - On the Right Track – Railway Ancestors

JIM RYAN - This fully illustrated talk will outline Irish Catholic records and the history of their creation and survival. It will detail the format and content of surviving records and where they be accessed. Ireland has historically been a predominantly Catholic country. However, for historical reasons, the earliest Catholic church record is for 1670, and records are sparse until the early 19th century. Nevertheless they are the only evidence of most 18th and 19th century Irish people. It is therefore useful to understand the history of Irish Catholics, and the political and social factors which affected record-keeping. ​The talk will be a comprehensive account of Irish Catholic records and the historical events which affected their creation and survival. It will cover which records survive and what they contain; why the availability of records varies between regions and parishes, and other factors. It also covers where the records may now be accessed; which have been indexed, and other useful background. The talk is titles - Irish Catholic Church Records

EMMA MAXWELL - A look at the sources you will need to begin your Scottish family history research. This presentation will focus on ScotlandsPeople by showing you how to get the best out of the website and how to interpret the records you find. We will also look at some other sources you will need to research your Scottish family tree. This talk is titled -  Beginning Scottish Research 

JEANETTE ROSENBERG - The presentation will cover both UK and overseas resources and will mention specialist Jewish community records and archives and how to find them, Jeanette's talk is called - An introduction to Jewish Genealogy Sources and Resources

 

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Stockport council are proposing to close and replace Stockport Central Library with a much reduced library service located in the empty ex-Argos unit in the Merseyway. The link below will outline the propsosal and it implications, and also allow you to sign a petition opposing the proposal. 

Link to the proposal and pettion

Widening Horizons Webinar Series by the Guild of One-Name Studies 

*** this webinar series will launch at 8.00pm [London, UK time] on Wednesday October 7th ***

In place of the planned virtual seminar at Solihull being run jointly by the Guild and the Local Population Studies Society  this will now be a series of weekly ‘tools and techniques’ webinars and features six speakers looking at ways of collecting, analysing and interpreting data collected in the process of one-name or one-place studies, family history or local population analysis.  The data is based mainly on UK records, but records from other countries are cited where appropriate. It will be possible to submit questions for speakers to respond to following each presentation.

The Guild will launch all of these presentations at 8.00pm [London, UK, time] on 6 consecutive Wednesdays starting on October 7th.  You may watch them at any time over the following 14 days (at which time they will be only available to Guild members on the website).

You will need to register to take part in each webinar.  Please go to the seminar webpage - https://one-name.org/seminar-events/ and click on the event you wish to attend to register 

Provisional Programme

20:00 Wednesday	Presentations available online
October 7th	Mortality and Morbidity: a study of National Registration death certificates for two families 1837 to 2009 – Elizabeth E Green
October 14th	One-Place Studies – thinking laterally:  how a one-place study can support surname and population studies – Paul Carter and Pam Smith (Co-founders of ‘Name and Place’)
October 21st	Creating a publicly-available common format database of parish register data on baptisms, marriages and burials – Dr Andy Hinde (University of Southampton)
October 28th	The Ruby One-Name Collaborative Study: how it worked and what I learned – Dr Nikki Brown
November 4th	Looking at single trees and whole orchards: how genealogists and demographers can work together – Dr Eilidh Garrett (University of Cambridge)
November 11th	Identifying business proprietors from the census; and using the online Atlas on entrepreneurship – Professor Bob Bennett (University of Cambridge)

After 14 days each presentation  will be only available to Guild members logged into the website.

If you need any further information please email  or telephone the Guild Help Desk on 0800 011 2182.

The names of the next set of speakers at the FHF REALLY USEFUL Family History Show [14th November 2020] have been released and they are:

 

The Royal Historical Society ~ Eighteenth Warwick Symposium on Parish Records

This year takes the form of a webinar

To be held on Saturday 7th November 2020 - 10.00am-6.00pm GMT

 

This year the theme of remembrance is addressed and very broadly defined.

In five panels dedicated to ‘Buildings’, ‘Communities’, ‘Records’, ‘Revolution’ and ‘Environments’, speakers from four countries explore aspects of material culture and natural settings, local commemorative cultures, various types of primary evidence and the long-term repercussions of moments of change from the Middle Ages to the present.

 

Keynote address:  Nicola Whyte (Exeter), ‘Remembering the Parish Landscape’

 

Confirmed contributions:

• Ian Atherton (Keele), ‘Remembering the English Civil Wars in parish registers’
• Mary Carrick (Independent), ‘A very peculiar parish: Wawne, also Waghen in Holderness, East Yorkshire’
• John Craig (Simon Fraser), ‘Record keeping and remembrance in early modern London parishes’
• Lydia Fisher (Exeter), ‘Removed and rearranged: Recovering medieval stained glass from 19thC accounts’
• Alexander Hutton (King’s, London), ‘Remembering and forgetting the English historic county since 1945’
• Fiona McCall (Portsmouth), ‘The wickedly wicked times: loyalist memories of the interregnum parish’
• Imogen Peck (Warwick), ‘Veterans, commemorations and the politics of the parish in early modern England’
• Hannah Reeve (Newcastle), ‘Perambulation in Yorkshire: Boundary beating in the long eighteenth century’
• Michael Roth (Heidelberg), ‘Church foundation stones as time capsules in early modern European perspective’
• Michael Sewell (Essex), ‘Use of siege ruins in Colchester in the long nineteenth century’
• Hàìghlèàgh Winslade (Winchester), ‘Parish churches in the downland and their connections to the landscape’
• Stanisław Witecki (Kraków), ‘Recollections of 18thC everyday life in egodocuments of Polish-Lithuanian priests’

 

The Warwick Network for Parish Research warmly invites anyone with an active research interest in parishes to join the event as a discussant.

This virtual gathering will be facilitated by the Blackboard software – all you need is a device with an internet connection. For organizational reasons, however, advance registration is required.

All registered participants will receive access details shortly before the Symposium.

On the day, the hosts will strive to run everything as simply and smoothly as possible but please bear with us in case of any practical issues.

 

TO REGISTER FOR THE ‘REMEMBERING THE PARISH’ WEBINAR

Please send your name, email and a brief description of related research interests to:   – registrations will close on 31 October 2020.

For a full programme and future updates please visit our Symposium homepage at: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/parishsymposia/2020remembering/

 

Birmingham Heritage Week [10-20 September - bit of a long week!] 

Slightly out of Cheshire I know - BUT interesting for FHSC members all the same, who may have family connections 

 

Eleven days of varied and fascinating events, from displays, walks and talks to open days. This year yoiu are invited, for the first time, to explore Birmingham’s heritage through virtual events as well as in person visits. You can test your Birmingham knowledge with our Brummie Quiz and take the post box challenge; what do you know about your local postbox?

Enjoy discovering Birmingham’s history and heritage, in person or from the comfort of your home.

 

For more details follow the link below: 

https://birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/

 

 

This bottle was uncovered while workmen were replacing a gas main in Wilmslow. If you are interested please get in touch - 

FamilySearch has announced that the RootsTech 2021 conference previously planned for February 3–6, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah - will now be held on February 25–27, 2021, as a free, virtual event online 

               

.RootsTech Connect 2021 will enable attendees to participate from around the world and will feature inspiring keynote speakers, dozens of classes in multiple languages, and a virtual marketplace.

Reserve your place today at RootsTech.org.

 

“The pandemic is giving us the opportunity to bring RootsTech to a broader audience worldwide,” said Steve Rockwood, FamilySearch International CEO. “A virtual event also allows us to expand our planning to truly make this a global celebration of family and connection.” 

RootsTech Connect 2021 will be global in scope while offering many experiences that attendees have come to know and love from RootsTech events—including inspirational keynote speakers, dozens of classes to choose from, and an expo hall.  

Throughout the three-day online event, attendees will have the ability to interact with presenters, exhibitors, and other attendees through live chat and question and answer sessions. 

“Classes will be taught in many languages, and presenters will teach from a number of international locations,” said Rockwood. “We will celebrate cultures and traditions from around the world, with activities that the audience can participate in from home—such as homeland cooking demonstrations, storytelling, and music performances. This is one virtual event you won’t want to miss.” 

RootsTech Connect 2021 will offer a combination of both livestream and on-demand content to accommodate differences in time zone for participants. In addition, sessions will be available to view on-demand after the event concludes. 

Rockwood says that FamilySearch is looking forward to the opportunity to deliver the signature RootsTech experience and helping tens of thousands of participants worldwide to discover, gather, and connect their family story.  

RootsTech hopes to gather in-person again in the future but anticipates the RootsTech Connect virtual opportunity will become a regular addition to the event. 

Register for free at rootstech.org.