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Meeting: 4th Wednesday of each month, 2-4pm.
Venue: Northumbria Hall, St Cuthbert's Church centre, Lytham Road, Preston.
Joint Group Leaders: Malcolm Woods, (01772 862665). Andy Luscombe, (01772 861062), or by clicking here
Have you ever watched "Who Do You Think You Are?" or similar programmes on TV and wondered about your own family history?
In the Family History group we don't have a team of professional researchers to call on, but we do have friendly and willing "experts" and likeminded devotees who are are always happy to share their experience and provide advice to help your research, and possibly break through the "brick walls" that we all come up against.
Our meetings include regular help sessions, discussions on topics requested by group members, outside speakers and visits to local museums, archives and information centres.
Why not come and join us? You will be most welcome.
Next meeting: Wednesday 27 August
Topic: Open Forum - useful websites, main family history sources etc.
Our August meeting we will build on Malcolm's recently circulated list of his most useful websites ….. and also explore what we didn’t get round to last time!!
For the first part of the meeting, we’d like members to share their own favourite or most useful websites or online sources that perhaps aren't on Malcolm's list. We'll put any additional websites on a list and circulate them if members would find them useful.
In the second part, we’ll discussing tips and issues with some of the main family history sources, e.g. BMDs, census, parish records.
We also hope to have news about speakers for our "autumn term".
As usual, all contributions are welcome, and the projector/screen will be available if anyone wants to use it (help can be provided if needed ).
Family History Resources -
Useful Websites (MW)
This is a list of websites I made a few years ago and some members of the group have found it useful. These are websites that I've found particularly useful in my own research. I don't claim the list is up-to-date or complete and the comments are my own opinions.
Previous Topics -
Slides used in previous talks at group meetings (PDF format)
Back to Basics (how to start research, where to look, tips etc.) (2017)
Parish Registers (2018)
Adoption (2021)
Emigration (2022)
Wills & Probate (2020)
Graveyards & Cemeteries (2021)
Useful Links -
Group Library -
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