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Family History
Leaders :
Pat Broadhirst & Gillian Teague
Held on the 1st Monday of the month at 10.30am at the Memorial Hall
The family history group saw a reduction in numbers last year, although we have recently had two new members.
We have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the new library which we feel will give us a focus for the group and provide a more appropriate meeting place than the Memorial Hall which we use at the moment.
We have also been discussing what form our future meetings should take.
Last year we all felt that this was an indoor, winter occupation and so we did not meet between May and September. We will probably do the same this year.
Some of the group have done a lot of work on their family tree while others are just starting.
The genealogy websites have been most useful, particularly "Genes Reunited" which only costs £10 per year
and provided access to relations trees. Also there are constant contacts made from other people worldwide.
Access is also available to obtain copies of birth, marriage and death certificates at a cost of £7 percopy
although this is a bit addictive resulting in quite an expense !