Two recent articles published on the BBC website about the history of D-Day and Cheshire 

The pub where Eisenhower and Patton made D-day plans

Link to read 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqq7zw5g27o

Country park's huge role in D-Day airbourne assault 

Read the article here 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgee5dvnnl5o

Marking 80 years since D-Day, Findmypast's records and newspapers will be free to explore from 10am (UK time) on Thursday 6 June, and over the weekend.

Sign up for news and updates 👉https://bit.ly/3WWhjGt  (the site is very busy and you may have to keep trying the link] 

Watch the T&Cs

Marking 80 years since D-Day, Findmypast's records and newspapers will be free to explore from 10am (UK time) on Thursday 6 June, and over the weekend.

Sign up for news and updates 👉https://bit.ly/3WWhjGt  (the site is very busy and you may have to keep trying the link] 

Watch the T&Cs

Ancestry is offering free access to its entire international military collection from June 5th to June 11th to commemorate the 80th anniversaryof D-Day

To find out more here 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-free-records-d-day

As always, if you do sign up for this offer, mind the T&Cs 

1st of the month, white rabbits and all that - also my usual list of free online events.

Please note that there are no events from the The National Archives this month, this is because they have paused all online public talks due to take place during the pre-election period. As a government department, The National Archives is bound by government guidelines and much of their usual work is paused during the official pre-election period until the new government is formed.

As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details, Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.

Wed 5 Jun 2024 15:00 BST 

Exploring the Climate Resources at the National Library of Scotland

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-the-climate-resources-at-the-national-library-of-scotland-tickets-884097949767

Thu 6 Jun 2024 18:30 BST 

Live Stream of ‘Maggie & Me, from Page to Stage’

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-of-maggie-me-from-page-to-stage-tickets-862054788077

Tue 11 Jun 2024 10:00 BST

Reading from the archives: A World of Sport

Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-from-the-archives-a-world-of-sport-online-tickets-835942806437

Wed 12 Jun 2024 15:00 BST

Researching Gender & Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

Wed 12 Jun 2024 15:00 BST

Researching Gender & Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

Thu 13 Jun 2024 BST 19:00 BST

Photo Restoration

By Glamorgan FHS

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/photo-restoration-tickets-905198582327

Fri 14 Jun 2024 14:00 BST

Getting Published: A Guide to Monograph Publishing

by Royal Historical Society  

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-published-a-guide-to-monograph-publishing-tickets-867369334027

Wed 19 Jun 2024 15:00 BST

Introduction of Family History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-tickets-875907160897

Wed 26 Jun 2024 10:00 BST

Reading from the archives: Writing Home

Norfolk Record Office

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-from-the-archives-writing-home-online-tickets-911966756117

Wed 26 Jun 2024 15:00 BST

Navigating the Maps website

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-the-maps-website-tickets-884044299297

Fri 28 Jun 2024 14:00 BST

Family History: Using military history records

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-history-using-military-history-records-tickets-865382591627

Advanced notice of talks taking place early in July that may interest members:

Wed 3 Jul 2024 18:30 BST

On the Challenges and Purposes of Global History

by Royal Historical Society  

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rhs-prothero-lecture-peter-frankopan-online-tickets-905962156197

Wed 10 Jul 2024 19:30 BST

The Waiting Game: the untold story of women who served the Tudor Queens

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-waiting-game-the-untold-story-of-women-who-served-the-tudor-queens-tickets-912646699847

The statutory price for GRO Certificates/PDF/Digital Images has been increased

This applies to certificates from local councils too

New costs are - 

Certificate: £12.50

PDF: £8

Digital Image: £3

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Please note that the Cheshire Records Office will now close from 8th August, when access to the collections at the Records Office will be on hold until the new centres open in Crewe and Chester from Winter 2025/26. 

For more infomation  👉https://www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/about-us/about-us.aspx

Remember that you can get help from FHSC Research Centres at Crewe and Mobberley, where our knowledgeable volunteers are always keen to help. 

This weekend (May 24th-28th) you can enjoy free access to the 673 military record collections available at MyHeritage

Watch the T&Cs!

Link for full details 👉https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/05/honoring-our-heroes-free-military-records-for-u-s-memorial-day-on-myheritage/

The June edition of the Cheshire Ancestor should have landed on your doormat if you opt to receive a printed version, otherwise the digital version is now available to download at the following link 👉https://www.fhsc.org.uk/new-cheshire-ancestor-3/cheshire-ancestor-2024/3533-cheshire-ancestor-june-2024-vol-54-no-4.html

The Festival of Ideas is a programme of free, inclusive, and accessible public events on a wide range of themes in and around Chester, co-created by the University of Chester, alongside other including the Grosvenor Museum, Chester Market and Chester Cathedral

For full deatils, whats on etc then click on the Event webpage link 👉https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/

This may be of use to you to download and save 

A quick reference list of the dates of the UK Census dates, including the 1939 National Register 

Thanks to @BTGenealogy for the image 

1st of the month means my usual list of free to attend online events, I hope you find something to enjoy, please let me know 

Full details in link under each event

Wed 1 May 2024 15:00 BST

Women’s Lives and Writing: Online Resources

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-lives-and-writings-online-resources-tickets-850674559507

Thu 2 May 2024 14:00 BST

Treasures: Life in the 20^th Century

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/treasures-life-in-the-20th-century-tickets-862048419027

Fri 3 May 2024 14:00 BST

The Blazing world: A New History of Revolutionary England

with Jonathan Healey

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-blazing-world-a-new-history-of-revolutionary-england-tickets-825078801907

Fri 3 May 2024 18:00 BST

Possible Maps: Ways of Knowing and Unknowing at the Edge of the Empire

A Lecture by Professor Julia Laite

by Royal Historical Society

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/possible-maps-lecture-with-professor-julia-laite-online-tickets-823901400267

Wed 8 May 2024 13:00 BST

The Growth of Genetic Genealogy

Library Association of Ireland Genealogy and Local Studies Group

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-growth-of-genetic-genealogy-tickets-887656302897

Wed 8 May 2024 16:00 BST

Researching Gender & Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-857069466847

Fri 10 May 2024 14:00 BST

Mary I

with Alison Weir

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mary-i-with-alison-weir-tickets-825122723277

Sat, 11 May 2024 14:00 BST

19^th Century Book and Bust; Exploring Business and Family Fortunes

by Oldham & District Branch of MLFHS

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/19th-century-boom-and-bust-exploring-business-and-family-fortunes-tickets-873955984877

Wed 15 May 2024 15:00 BST

Introduction to Family History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-tickets-840041515787

Wed 22 May 2024 14:00 BST

Navigating the Maps Website

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/navigating-the-maps-website-tickets-841449045747

Thu 23 May 2024 18:00 BST

Making the Rounds, Stories of Workhouse Nursing

by Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-the-rounds-stories-of-workhouse-nursing-online-tickets-885445149277

Fri 24 May 2024 10:00 BST

Maps for Local and Family History

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-for-family-and-local-history-tickets-851484682607

Wed 29 May 2024 15:00 BST

Women’s Lives and Writing

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-lives-and-writings-online-resources-tickets-850681379907

Wed, 29 May 2024 19:30 BST

SAS Great Escapes

with Damien Lewis

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sas-great-escapes-with-damien-lewis-tickets-754474863627

Advanced notice of talks taking place early in June that may interest members:

Fri 7 Jun 2024 14:00 BST

Using Discovery: The National Archives Online Catalogue

by National Archives [Free to attend but donation suggested]

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-discovery-the-national-archives-online-catalogue-tickets-845836709367

Wed 12 Jun 2024 15:00 BST

Researching Gender & Sexuality

by National Library of Scotland

Link with more details and to register 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-gender-sexuality-tickets-893733981397

Press Release;

In honour of Anzac Day, all 130 million historical records from Australia and New Zealand on MyHeritage will be free to access from April 23–28, 2024.

Over the past year, MyHeritage have expanded their collection to include a vast array of historical newspapers. This new collection comprises over 24 million pages from 1,705 newspaper titles, covering every state and territory in Australia.

They also host many essential military collections, including the esteemed Anzac Memorial records and the comprehensive Australian World War II Nominal Roll, 1939–1945.

These resources, among others available on MyHeritage, can illuminate Australian and New Zealander relatives’ military service and contribute to a richer understanding of their lives.

PLEASE NOTE:  you may have to sign up for a free trial to view records, so be mindful of the T&Cs 

Link 👉 https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?location=Oceania

The letters of George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (1886 –1924), mountaineer who participated in the first 3 British Mount Everest expeditions, have been published on the Magdalene College, Cambridge website.

Hot off the press this morning [17th April]

The Record Office will now close to research visitors on Thursday 25 July, not 27 June as originally planned. There has been a small delay in getting the sites ready for our contractor to start work. 

All online services are unaffected, and we will continue to respond to research and digitisation requests. Please let me know if you or your members have any questions.

These amazing treasurers, a set of WWI dog tags and medals together with the envelope they were delivered in, were brought into the Crewe Research Centre today by a FHSC member.  We are helping Sue to research her family history, and these belonged to an ancestor, who happily survived the war.

The dog tags, over 100 years old, astounded us all, they were very light in weight but perfectly preserved and have obviously been treasured by the family – it was a privilege to be able to hold such a tangible set of artifacts from WWI

Great news, the lift is now working, so we once again have full access to our Research Centre/Family History Unit in Crewe.

We are closed on Bank Holiday Monday [6th May] but open as usual from Tuesday 7th 

I have mentioned the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure previously and advertised the website in the Ancestor - reently they have launched a new interactive website which allows user to map occupational structure from 1600-1911 and 2011

Find out more and give it a try http://economiespast.org