Archive 2025: Family history

DateTopic
28 JanPlanning your family history research – what will you achieve in 2025?
Please note this month’s meeting is on the fourth Tuesday of the month
18 FebUsing archives
Are you missing out on the wealth of fascinating material available in our archives?
18 MarResearching your Caribbean ancestors
15 AprSearch like a fiend…..
Make sure you find that elusive document despite mis-transcription and mis-spelling
20 MayWorkhouses and the Poor Law
17 JunBreaking down a few brickwalls…..
Bring along your sleuthing challenges and let us help you with them
15 JulGenealogical evidence
How good is the evidence underpinning your family tree? How much better could/should it be?
19 AugA house history
An example of the history of a twentieth-century local dwelling
16 SepAn introduction to using Irish records
Many of us have some Irish connections – here’s how to start tracing them
21 OctInvestigating our agricultural ancestors
There’s an “AgLab” in most of our families – here’s how to trace them (Susan Browning)
18 NovAn Irishman Missing in Manchester
A real-life story of genealogical detective work (external speaker)
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