| Status: | Active, not currently accepting new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Mondays 11:00 am-12:30 pm 4th Monday |
| Venue: | The Hayloft |
Forthcoming events
We are a friendly group of people who share an interest in family history. Members include both those new to tracing their roots and others who are more experienced.
Please be aware that there is a limit on the number of members that can be accommodated and therefore you may be invited to join our waiting list. When a place becomes available you will then be contacted to see if you are still interested or when there are sufficient people we will look to start a second group.
Topics covered in recent meetings, included;
We looked at ‘cousin’ relationships and tried to get our heads around second/ third cousin relationships as well as ‘second cousin once removed’ which is all very complicated. Family search provide a useful chart available on their website.
Accessing records that take us back pre 1830s and where these might be found. Ron explained how he uses the Derbyshire Record Office and gave the group lots of advice on obtaining a readers ticket, what you can and can’t do and how to find those obscure records, which could be used in any county record office in UK ( you just need to allow plenty of time for your visit).
Discussions centred on what had got us interested in family history, how much we’d achieved and our goals going forward. Also finding out out how attendees had found family that they may not have otherwise known
Additional tools members have found helpful in addition to the usual suspects
Free websites, including FamilySearch and FreeBMD
Ancestry now offer a scoring system for your family tree advising on potential errors.
Wide name research and DNA
Chat room designed for mutual advice and support