Ruins Relics and Monsters. Public History and Placemaking in Cheshire and Beyond

Please be aware that the use of the large scale plotter for printing family trees (as advertised on the Mobberley Flyer) is no longer available at Mobberley. An updated copy of the flyer will be uploaded as soon as possible

This year for our GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY we held our AGM at the Lion Salt works at Northwich. It proved a very good format and an excellent venue.  We had two excellent talks, one by David Thomas our Northwich Group leader all about the Anderton Boatlift where he had worked for several years.  A Marveloous feat of engineering and a feature of the landscape fascinating to watch it in action.  Our second talk was by Peter Solan all about the history and extrraction of salt in Cheshire; how it was laid down and created in the first place and the vast millions of tons lying underneath Cheshire. I was particularly interested in his study of the linguistics of the word SALT prefixed SAL this side of Europe and over the Alps prefixed HAL.

The museum has an intersting shop with many books and crystals for sale.  Somee of us ate lunch atthe Salt barge Pub across the road. and after the afternoon talk wa a complimentary cream tea.

The business of our AGM was failry short and brief, with a report from our retiring Chairman, Victoria.  All the very best for you travels. our webmaster, Alan Bennett, was voted in as our new Chairman.  He has done the job before so knows what is expected.  He will continue as our Webmaster and will see us through a period of change for Family History Societies.

We also presented Ian Hartas with a lifelong membership for all his years of work creating and  implementing the UKBMD project now covering eleven geographical areas of the UK.  Thank you Ian.

Family History Open Day

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Victoria Road, Macclesfield will be holding a family history open day on Saturday 9th November 2019 from 10.00am to 4.00pm. The Macclesfield group of the Family Histroy Society of Cheshire will be represented.  See below for details.

A brand new publication for those with an interest in Alsager.

The output of a very professional project to document and verify the memorials in great detail.

https://www.fhsc.org.uk/products-2/downloads/download-christ-church-alsager-mi

its available for download now for £6.

FHSC sends lots of emails to our members and website users for a multitude of reasons.

We deliver them through a professional email service provider called Elastic Email.

It has come to my attention that a reasonable number of our emails arentbeing delivered because Elastic Email have got a block on some of your email addresses.

If you find you are not receiving any emails from us then please use the following link to re-enable delivery to you:

https://api.elasticemail.com/contact/subscribe?version=2&pID=f65a4548-8a8a-42d5-994c-721c718b57f8

You just provide your email address and then you will then recieve an email with another link in it. Clicking on that link will confirm to Elastic Email that you wish to receive emails from FHSC.

You can control the types of emails you get from us at:

https://www.fhsc.org.uk/?Itemid=9222

The other issue is that we still hold lots of invalid email addresses for a number of you. These are primarily caused by:

- you not having provided one

- ones provided by email providers that are no longer in existence, e.g. wanadoo and fsnet

Please log in and check your details as soon as possible at:

https://www.fhsc.org.uk/new-my-membership/my-profile-2#login-details

Regards

Alan

Webmaster

Over the last week I have added about 70 new downloads to the online shop, Sales are going very well.

Hopefully you will find some items of interest.

We held our 50th Anniversary AGM yesterday at the Lion Salt Works.

During the meeting our chairman, Victoria Doran, stood down as she has decided to spend the next 18 months touring the world. I am sure we all send our good wishes for what should be a fantastic experience for Victoria.

I have been elected to fill the void as chairman,  a role I previously held from 2008 until 2012.

I will also continue as webmaster and hope that I can find the necessary time for both roles.

I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in my new role.

My main focus will be how to restructure the society to provide what members need and our survival through turbulent times for family history societies.

Kind Regards

Alan Bennett

Chairman and Webmaster

The issues with the shop have now been resolved.

The shop is again open for business with an improved checkout process that means less clicks of the mouse.

Alan

The AGM of the Macclesfield group was held on the 24th September and the following committee were elected:

Group Leader:                                Jean Laidlaw

Secretary:                                      Gill Parry

Treasurer:                                      Rosie Rowley

Front of house at Meetings              Babs Johnson

Projects Administrator:                    Peter Ramsden

Programme Secretary:                    We still have a vacancy for a programme secretary - volunteers are vey welcome.

The AGM was followed by five brief talks and a display on World War II ancestors. The display be will available at the next meeting for those who missed it.  

Dig up your roots in West Lancashire

Saturday 5th October 2019

10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Emanuel Methodist Church

Derbys Street, Ormskirk

L39 2DC

 down load the flyer for full details and directions

See the above poster for details of the next Bloor society Meeting and AGM

On 1st and 2nd of July 2019 Thomas Duckenfield and his family visited Dukinfield. This was a long awaited visit. Tom and I have been friends and collaborators for around 12 years via the internet with our joint interest in the Dukinfield Family's ancestry, particularly their slave plantation interests in Jamaica and North Carolina.

This was a whistle stop tour visiting as many sites as possible connected with the Dukinfield Family and a Civic Reception at Dukinfield Town Hall, (photograph above. Thomas pictured with his ancestor Robert Duckenfield of Civil War fame).

Tom, a descendant from the Dukinfield Plantation in Jamaica, is a gracious, distinguished man with a lovely family which Dukinfield was delighted to entertain.

The main point of his visit was to meet with the Friends of Old Hall Chapel, Dukinfield to help further their ambition to preserve the Chapel as a Conserved Ruin. More on their website, http://www.oldhallchapel.org/

I have written a summation of my research into the Slave Connections in Jamaica and North Carolina.  Its an exciting story including slaves, pirates, the Lost Colony of Roankoe Island and the foundation of New Haven Connecticut by the Eaton family from Cheshire http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/duckenfieldvisit.html

My webpage also contains a couple of videos I took on the day.

Advance notice of Tameside Group's AGM Wednesday 11th September at 7.30 pm at Old Chapel Community Rooms, Dukinfield.

Sorry for this late notice but I have been inordinately busy. Thank you for your patience, agenda and reports later this week.

STRETFORD FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY FAIR

SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2019

10 A.M TO 4 P.M.

ST MATTHEWS CHURCH HALL, CHESTER ROAD, STRETFORD, MANCHESTER M32 9AJ

ENTRANCE FEE £2

A talk on Local History is by Bill Newton & Bill Mather

Slides and Re-discovered Films From the Stretford House 50 Project.      A collaboration between Stretford Local History & Manchester Modernist Society at 10.30 a.m.

A talk on Family History is by Sylvia Dillon

The talk will be about death certificates and causes of death from 1837 through to the 20th century at 2.30 p.m.

Whether a beginner or experienced family historian or interested in local history there will be something for everyone

The stands and exhibitors includes a variety of family and local history societies, maps and genealogical supplies

This year the FHSC will be celebrating 50 years of Family History.

To Celebrate why not join to take part in the celebrations and what we have to offer. Over the 25 years I have been a member I have met wonderful friends, shared interests, visited many of the other groups, all very friendly and make you most welcome.

Becoming a member opens doors to exciting offers, free help, we show you how to help yourselves, you must do the hard work, its addictive once you get started you don’t want to stop! Who knows you could be related to Royalty or maybe not, but I can promise you, your journey takes you on a long path of twists and turns, intriguing, sometimes frustrating but never dull!

Let’s make this Golden Anniversary one to remember.

At the AGM held on Jul 3rd 2019, the following changes were made to the Committee

Group Leader  Peter Rowley

Secretary        Pat Eastup

Treasurer       Christine Leith

Committee      Linda Wilding & Maurice Littlemore

I would like to pay tribute to Linda who has been forced to stand down as Group Leader after 17 years of very active service. She has kept the Group going through a number of tough years for which we are grateful.  Although she has given up Group Leader position, she has agreed to stay on the committee to help me through my first year as Group Leader. I would like to thank Pat for staying as Secretary and Christine for taking on he task of Treasurer.

Welcome to the new and improved FHSC website.

You will notice the striking gold colour scheme to celebrate our golden aniiversary this year.

We will resort to our more traditional green on New Years Day 2020.

We have done extensive testing of the new look and feel, but ........................... there may be issues we havent found.

Please notify the webmaster via Contact Us if you find anything that is broken.

The main functional change on this revision is an improved Links system. We hope you like it. If you have any suggestions for additional links then just let the Web Administrator know via Contact Us.

Alan

FHSC Webmaster

The Family History Conference
at The Palace Hotel, BUXTON, SK17 6AG
organised by The U3A Peak District Family History Network on Saturday 21st September

• Adele Emm – Mill Workers - Reachers, beamers, carders and throstlers? What on earth did your mill worker ancestors actually do? An hour’s talk by Adèle Emm, author of several genealogy books, will explain the role of more than just spinners and weavers.
• Alison Kay - Driver, Draughtman, Cleaner, Clerk: Discovering your railway family at the National Railway Museum. This talk will describe how NRM resources can help you discover your railway family and learn more about their lives. It will describe some of our key personal archive collections and will feature newly discovered film footage as well as highlights from the vast oral history collection.
• Doreen Hopwood - Migration – why and how our ancestors moved. Our ancestors were more migratory than we think, over both short and long distances. This presentation explores the reasons why they moved and the mechanics of their migration. Whether your ancestors chose to migrate or had the decision made for them, it explains the many sources which are available to follow your ancestor’s movements within the United Kingdom- and beyond.
• Dr Susan Buckham – Graveyards – Dr Buckham specialises in the interdisciplinary study of historic graveyards, with a particular focus on Scottish burial sites of the post-Reformation period. Drawing on 20 years of experience in graveyard recording, conservation, research and interpretation, Susan’s knowledge and skills spans graveyard history and development, conservation good practice, and the policy and legislation relevant to burial ground management and protection. This talk will describe the history of graveyards and their present day focus for visitors and care by local societies but will also describe the differences graveyards make to communities.

14 exhibitors, a mix of commercial and family history societies will also be in attendance. The cost for the day, which includes the talks, refreshments and a 2-course finger buffet lunch is £23. There may be some free parking at the hotel otherwise please use side streets or the pay and display car parks in town.

For more details and a booking form email