Come and visit us, at the Society's Open Day & Fair, Saturday 26th May 2012, 10:00AM - 4:00PM, The Shirehall, Shrewsbury. Admission £3 Pay on Door (or TBC including lunch, to have been booked in advance). Free Parking. Non-Members Welcome.
SPEAKERS:
11.00 am
Subject - "Records for The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century"
Speaker - Michael Gandy
Michael Gandy BA(Hons) FSG AGRA Areas of Expertise: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Italian, Army records, Birth certificates, Catholic ancestry, Census, Chancel Repairs, Chancery Proceedings, Civil Registration, Death Certificates, Historical research, Huguenots, Marriage certificates, Military records, Monumental Inscriptions, Nonconformity, Police, Police - Metropolitan, Quakers, Roman Catholics, Wills,
Special Interests and Areas of Work: Nonconformists, Quakers, Catholics (and Irish in general), Huguenots, India All records at the National Archives, British Library and Society of Genealogists
2.30 pm
Subject - "Sources for Family History in The National Archives"
Speaker - Mark Pearsall
Principal Record Specialist – Family History Advice and Records Knowledge Department, The National Archives. Mark Pearsall joined The National Archives in the 1980’s, and has many years’ experience of advising on its holdings, including immigration records. Currently he works in Reader Information Services Department. He is a contributor to Ancestors, The National Archives’ family history magazine and has published several books.
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Stands:
Family History Societies Parish Registers
Local Interest Societies Burial Indexes
Shropshire Archives Census Indexes
Monumental Inscriptions Books & Maps
Picture Postcards Quarter Sessions
Photograph Restoration Wills & Strays
Computer Software Internet Access
Family Trees IGI
Ephemera Railway Ancestors Research Advice
1881 Census Microfiche
SFHS Research Materials Available
Why not arrange to meet your newly found "Long lost relatives" there?
To contact us with a query about Open Day 2012 send an email to:- OpenDay @ sfhs.org.uk (remove spaces to use)
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