Interesting blog from the team from Family Search -
'3 Ways to Unravel the Mysteries of Women in your Family Tree'
A blog of my interview with Tamesdie Local Media. There is a link to the audio near the bottom of the page where they gave me the opportunity to advertise our Family History Society
https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/ve-day/love-is-in-the-air-a-ve-day-romance/
e sure to check out Find my Past Friday today as they are marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day with an exciting release of rare wartime photos and a bumper collection of World War 2 records.
75 years on from Victory in Europe Day, two major wartime record collections have joined the site. Here is the link to the details on what's new this week.
A huge photo collection the first 10,000 issued today covering mostly the period of the Second World War. Lovely clear images taken from Daily Mirror and Manchester Evening News eventually will cover all their images from 1904 - 2020
Also another major relase of WW2 Military records
RAY MILLER
STREET NAMES WILL SURVIVE
Another article from Ray's archives, historical editor for the Runcorn Weekly News. Every Thursday Runcornians looked forward to Ray's item. To read this one he wrote 1 Feb 2001 click here pdf 1 FEB 2001 STREET NAMES WILL SURVIVE (2.14 MB)
ROY GOUGH
BY STUART ALLEN
The attached article is written by one of our passionate local historians. Stuart is a regular supporter to our monthly meetings. He has a vast knowledge of family and social history. He does a lot of research into our Town mainly of men and woman that have achieved and given a lot to our community and are worthy of a Blue Plaque.
The latest to receive this honour is our own Roy Gough, Roy was a member of the Runcorn Group, a very active member, due to ill health he had to retire. We are truly indebted to Roy for his years of Runcorn in pictures.
Thanks, Stuart, for yet another magnificent article........please click here to read Stuart's full story. pdf ROY GOUGH (4.02 MB)
My name is Rav Dehele and I'm researcher with BBC. We are currently working on some programming in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of VE Day.
As a part of this programming we are currently working on making a short film that involves family members of veterans sending in a short video message to say thank you, and to say how proud they are of their family members' contribution and sacrifice during the Second World War.
I was wondering if you would be able to share the official BBC flyer (see attached) with your members, or on your social media channels? We would love to try and as many video messages as possible.
The flyer directs people to an email address. Once they have sent an email to that address, they will receive instructions on what we would like to them film, how they need to film it - and will also provide a link for them to upload their videos.
Whether their family member was a solider, a Wren, an engineer, a pilot etc. - we think this short film would be the perfect way to honour and preserve their legacy.
If you need any more information please do let me know - I am reachable by phone/email at any time.
Alternatively, if you have any direct contacts of those who served during the war - even in munitions factories etc - we would absolutely love to get in touch :)
Kind Regards,
Rav Dehele
Researcher - BBC VE Day 75
mob: 07931 475 028
Free access to digital records
We are making digital records available on our website free of charge for as long as our Kew site is closed to visitors.
Registered users will be able to order and download up to 10 items at no cost, to a maximum of 50 items over 30 days. The limits are there to try and help manage the demand for content and ensure the availability of our digital services for everyone.
To access the service and download for free, users will be required to:
- Register/sign in to their Discovery account before adding items to their basket (maximum ten items per basket)
- Abide by the terms of our fair use policy
- Complete the order process to receive a download link, which will remain active for 30 days. (The link will also be saved in ‘Your orders’ in your account for 30 days)
Our usual terms of use still apply – digital copies can be downloaded for non-commercial private use and educational purposes only, and bulk downloads and web crawlers are not permitted.
How can I download documents for free?
You will be required to register for a free account on our website and be logged in to be able to download documents.
To find records that are available to download for free, filter your search results in Discovery to include records that are ‘available for download only’.
What sort of documents can I download?
You will be able to download records digitised by The National Archives and published through Discovery, our online catalogue. These include:
- First and Second World War records, including medal index cards
- Military records, including unit war diaries
- Royal and Merchant Navy records, including Royal Marine service records
- Wills from the jurisdiction of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
- Migration records, including aliens’ registration cards and naturalisation case papers
- 20th century Cabinet Papers and Security Service files
- Domesday Book
For more details click here: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/
Free Scottish Family History Virtual Conference - 1 May 2020
The Scottish Indexes Conference will start at 7 am (BST) on Friday 1 May 2020 and finish after 10 pm (BST). The virtual event will be live-streamed to the Scottish Indexes Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/
groups/scottishindexes) and will be available on Zoom. The interactive programme will feature the presentations “DNA Testing for Family History” by Michelle Leonard, “Tracing the Irish in Scotland” by Chris Paton, “Sources in Scotland for Tracing Scottish Emigrants” by Kirsty Wilkinson, among others. George MacKenzie, former Keeper of the Records of Scotland, will deliver an intriguing presentation, “...bread & cheese & kisses is not enough…”. There will be opportunities to ask the expert panellists questions throughout the day.
Speaking about the last conference, professional genealogist Cinda Baxter said, “A huge and hearty thanks again to Emma and Graham for providing the virtual conference. What a labor of love (and terrific gift) during these crazy times.”
Attendee Lyn Fogarty said, “Thanks to your guest speakers. Informative, funny and interesting.”
To register simply join the Scottish Indexes group on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/
scottishindexes), or to register on Zoom follow the directions on www.scottishindexes.com.
About www.scottishindexes.com
www.scottishindexes.com is run by husband and wife team Graham and Emma Maxwell, both experienced Scottish genealogists. As well as helping clients with their family history, Graham and Emma also index historical Scottish records and make them available for free on their website.
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We are attaching an image for your use. If you would like to know more about this event, please email Emma Maxwell -
Description
Online talk
What's On-Line is a series of free, pre-recorded online talks delivered by our experts, here at The National Archives.
Description
Using examples of records and case studies relating to both immigrants and emigrants held in our collection, this talk will explain how to search for and interpret records such as passenger lists, passports, registration and naturalisation records.
This talk will be delivered by Roger Kershaw, Migration Records Specialist at The National Archives.
Date And Time
Fri, 24 April 2020
14:00 – 15:00 BST
Register with Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whats-on-line-using-migration-records-tickets-101815274226?aff=portal
Happy Easter everyone!
Just a brief note to prove that we can now automatically post news items to our Facebook Page and our Twitter feed by just posting a news item to our website.
No reason to miss our latest news now.
Findmypast announce Easter offer
20% discount on all 12 month subscriptions
· Limited time offer available until April 15th
· Open to anyone without an active 12 month sub
· Findmypast invite new and existing users to join their online community
Leading family history website, Findmypast, are offering a 20% discount on all 12-month subscriptions in their Easter 2020 sale.
This limited time offer is open to all new and existing customers as well as all active 1, 3 or 6 month subscribers who wish to upgrade, from now until midnight (BST) April 15th.
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Findmypast’s unrivalled collections to continue to grow by an average of 4 million names a day and cover a wide range of resources, many of which can’t be found anywhere else online.
Findmypast to help isolated users stay connected
With most of us now remaining at home and limiting contact with loved ones, Findmypast is inviting anyone with an interest in family history to join their online community.
Findmypast has been working hard to ensure their online community can provide support to all those who need it and a way of staying connected to others through their popular Facebook page.
To keep members busy and encourage discussion, Findmypast will be running a programme of interactive activities including “Ask Me Anything” sessions with in-house experts, masterclasses on a variety of topics, live discussions, fun research activities and more.
Simply follow Findmypast on Facebook to keep up to date with the latest online events and activaties, chat to other community members, share knowledge, and stay connected.
Covid 19 up-date
Following Government advice, our research centres are closed at present and all group meetings have been cancelled, we hope to still keep in touch by sending out more regular newsletters and you will still be notified when the latest copy of the Ancestor goes online. While we are all social isolating/distancing this is a perfect opportunity to catch up on some research. You can visit our website to:
- register your surname interests in our surnames directory (worldwide locations allowed)
- post queries in our Research Forum to see if other researchers can assist you (separate forums for non-members and members)
- get access to the Worldwide Exchange Journals collection we hold, just in case there are any useful snippets
- download our research guides to help you with your research
- download material from our shop which has a growing collection of Memorial Inscriptions and other useful research material (available to anyone)
Membership Renewals at the end of June
Disruption to public services or being confined to home may make it more difficult for members to renew their subscriptons. We would, therefore, like to recommend members who normally pay by cheque to use one of the following methods
1) An instruction to your bank to transfer your subscription directly to the FHSC Santander bank account, Sort Code 72-00-01 Account Number 22835506. Using your membership number as the payment reference.
2) Set up a Standing Order with your Bank, using the mandate inside the March and June printed copies of Cheshire Ancestor.
Make certain to include your membership number as ID in the appropriate space on the mandate.
3) Make a payment using Paypal, quoting your membership number as ID.
4) Use the FHSC website to renew your membership directly.
Whichever method you decide to use, please remember to clearly identify your membership number and your Surname. It can be difficult for us to identify your payment without your membership number. The easiest way to find your membership number is to log on to our website and scroll down to the last column on the.right under My Membership Status then click Update my details/renew. You will find it under FHSC Membership. If you are really having problems logging in please contact: Gay J Oliver:
We are all hoping that the present sitiaution will abate as soon as possible. In the meantime, we wish everyone continuing good health and good progress with their family history research, and we look forward to resuming our normal activities as soon as it is safe to do so
Alan Bennett
Chairman
Macclesfield Group activities suspended until further notice.
The committee of the Bramhall Group has reluctantly decided to suspend our activities forthwith, with a view to resuming in September.
So, the April, May, June & August meetings are hereby cancelled, and there will be no July outing.
Be assured that we have every intention of bouncing back with a full programme of talks when things get back to normal, and we believe a September restart is a realistic hope. Needless to say, we’ll keep in touch with our Group members and followers between then and now, and we plan to produce a newsletter each month as before.
Crewe family History Unit will be closing from today until further notice in line with the govermemts advice on social distancing.
As with Mobberly the majority of volunteers as well as attendees are over 70 years of age. We are sorry to have to take this decision, thank you all for your understanding
Sadly due to coronavirus we are having to close our Research Centre at Mobberley from Monday 23rd March until Further Notice. Most of our volunteers are 70+ and will have to self isolate and similarly our visitors.
We are very sorry about this, but do hope it wont be too long bofore were are able to open again. Meanwhile you can use our online Forum to ask questions and hopefully will still be able to get help this way or to help other members.
Saturday 6th June 10.00-4.00
I am pleased to advise details of the relaunch of the London Branch.
Cumbria FHS and Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society have been operating a London Branch over a number of years and normally offer six meetings a year on a Saturday afternoon. This Branch helps to provide some additional benefit for some London based or near London based members. Interest from the members of this Branch has been falling so it was decided to relaunch the London Branch with some additional support from the North West and also inviting Members of other North West FH Societies to join them. Members of the NWGFHS’s gave a positive response and there is some commitment for financial support. Members of FHSC therefore are invited to attend these meetings, giving the opportunity to share your NW Family history research.
The first meeting under the new management committee will take place on Saturday 7th March 2020 at Saint Stephens Church, Gloucester Road, and Southwell Gardens, London SW7 4RL commencing at 2.00pm.
The speaker will be Ian Waller FSG FGRA and his subject will be "What Happened to Lucy?"
Before 1927 and legal adoption what happened to the unwanted child? Even after 1927 children were exploited, although supposedly cared for by institutions and well caring organisations. This talk looks at the plight of adoptees, foundlings, orphans and the Empire children (Child Migrants), essentially through the 19th & 20th centuries.
This is a new venue, St Stephens is easy to find on the junction of Gloucester Road and Southwell Gardens, South Kensington SW7 4RL There is a collection plate for admission, a free drink to lubricate the frank and friendly exchange of information and tips and hear relevant talks by guest speakers or our group members. There is another meeting planned for Saturday 2 May 2020.
Can anyone planning to attend please email to indicate numbers of those intending to come along.
Details can be found on the LFHHS website http://www.lfhhs.org.uk on the London branch page and it is planned to link to the NWG website www.nwgfhs.org.uk
I have put details on the LFHHS website http://www.lfhhs.org.uk on the London branch page and will be trying to add a late note to our February journal.
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Records from the historic Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium are now available to view on www.deceasedonline.com. Situated in Cheshire East and run by Orbitas, a company owned by Cheshire East Council, Macclesfield Cemetery is a beautiful Victorian cemetery first opened in 1866. The site includes a Grade II listed Neo-Gothic chapel, which is now used as office space. Macclesfield Crematorium was opened in 1960 in the building that was formerly the Non-Conformist Chapel.
Macclesfield Cemetery is arguably most famous for providing the final resting place of Ian Curtis, the lead singer and lyricist of the band Joy Division, after his tragic suicide in 1980. Curtis was born in Stretford, Lancashire, but grew up in Macclesfield. He did well at school, developed a keen interest in music, philosophy, and poetry, and received several scholastic awards. Ian Curtis, along with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Terry Mason formed a band named Warsaw, after a song by David Bowie. Warsaw was subsequently renamed to Joy Division in 1978, a name derived from the 1955 novel House of Dolls. Joy Division released two albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, before the death of Curtis.
George Harold Eardley, a recipient of the prestigious Victoria Cross and the Military Medal, also rests in Macclesfield Cemetery. Acting Sergeant Eardley of the 4th battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy in the Netherlands in October 1944. His platoon was ordered to clear enemy opposition from some orchards but, 80 yards from their objective, automatic machine gun fire swiftly halted their advance. Eardley dodged heavy fire to get close enough to one machine gun post to kill the enemy officer with a grenade, and then went on to destroy two more posts single-handed. His actions enabled his platoon to complete their objective and ensured the success of their whole attack. In 2004 a statue was erected in his honour in his home town of Congleton. First World War hero Private Harold Whalley of 21st Manchester Regiment, given the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery carrying messages under heavy shell fire, also rests in Macclesfield Cemetery. Private Whalley died in London aged 23, the result of injuries received in France in 1918.
Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium records comprise scans of the original burial and cremation registers, and details of those buried in the same grave in the cemetery. Other Cheshire East cemeteries and crematoria available to view on Deceased Online include:
Cheshire East records coming soon to Deceased Online:
Further information: Other records local to the region are available on Deceased Online courtesy of: |
A PERFECT TIME TO JOIN US - NOW
All paid subscriptions to the Family History Society of Cheshire run from 1 July to the 30 June the following year.
However, if you join between 1 April and 30 June you will be granted membership until 30 June of the following year. This provides up to 15 months membership for the cost of 12 months.
NEWS - For 2020 ONLY this offer has been extended so that anyone JOINING (not applicable to renewals) between 1 January and 30 June will be granted membership until 30 June 2021
Click on Membership where you can decide upon a membership plan which entitles you to be notified when our latest Ancestor goes online Normally £13 per annum, or if you would prefer to receive printed copies £18. This means that if you join now your membership will cost £1 per month or less. Your membership also entitles you to access surnames our members are researching and around twenty five other digital magazines from Societies across the world. We are constantly adding to our recources online.
FOR MORE INFORMATION read the instructions in the blue columns at the bottom of our website. You can join directly on-line, but there is also a printable application form if you prefer to apply by post.