Convenor: Debra Charnley
To contact Debra, please email salfordu3a@gmail.com marking the subject line of your email ‘FAO: Debra Charnley‘.
Our members are keen family historians, each of whom is working on building out their own family tree and collecting the stories that surround it. We meet once a month to help each other research ancestors, overcome brick walls, and explore new resources, tools and approaches. The group is geared more to those who have some experience of working on their family history, and we offer a warm welcome to newcomers.
We do not offer any form of taught course but aim to learn from the shared experience and expertise of our members. Our meetings normally address a specific subject and can include presentations, group discussions and, increasingly, interactive sessions where the group works together on a genealogical task.
Venue and time/date: We meet in one of the three Community Rooms at Eccles Gateway on the third Tuesday of the month from 10:30-12:30.
To cover the cost of hiring the room and refreshments, we ask for a payment of £15 to cover the first six sessions of the year. Those attending occasional meetings – new members for example – will be asked to pay £2.50 per meeting.
Programme 2024
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 16 Jan | Planning your family history research – what will you achieve in 2024? |
| 20 Feb | Finding those elusive Civil Registration documents How to get the best out of the many resources that are now available online for finding birth, death and marriage records in the UK |
| 19 Mar | The Last of England One family’s emigration story – with some tips on how to access passenger lists and immigration records |
| 16 Apr | Getting the most out of FamilySearch This portal has come a long way and is full of useful material. How can we get the most from it? |
| 21 May | Wills and probate How to find wills for your ancestors and what you can learn from them |
| 18 Jun | Sharing your family history Options for capturing and sharing all the marvellous research you have done |
| 16 Jul | Tracing your ancestors forward in the 20th century Sometimes we want to know what happened to our modern-day relatives – so here are some ideas how. |
| 20 Aug | Adoption and ethics Adoption can create brickwalls in our family research – and poses some challenging ethical dilemmas |
| 17 Sep | Tracing other people’s families How do you embark on researching the history of unknown families – some tips and hints |
| 15 Oct | Understanding and learning from your old photos There is an enormous amount of information to be gleaned from family photos – if you just know how to find it. External speaker: Steve Gill www.photo-consult.co.uk/about |
| 21 Nov | Visit: Greater Manchester Police Museum A chance to learn about the history of policing in Gtr Mcr and hear about the archives the museum keeps. Note: visit will be on a Thursday – details to follow |
| 17 Dec | Ancestral heirlooms What can those treasured possessions tell you about your family history? |
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