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What's New on this Web-Site

25/01/10 Gloucester FHS Fair added to the list of events we attend.

19/01/10 This year's Coach Trips to The National Archives added on Meetings Page.

15/12/09 Astley Church and Hadnall History Group Links added.

24/11/09 The "Never on a Sunday" Stiperstones book now has a lower price.

21/11/09 Overseas Joining Fees plus Australian Single Membership price corrected.

12/11/09 Change of date for February 2010 Monthly Members Meeting from 16th to 23rd because The Shirehall was already booked up.

01/11/09 Fairs updated, expired ones removed. New link on Shropshire Links added to Borders Historical Aviation Archaeology site. Link to Gaynor LEECH's website added.

13/10/09 Some new fairs added.

05/10/09 MessageBoard Trimmed and Fairs updated.

25/09/09 Overseas Non-Members pricing added to Shropshire Marriage Index CD Forms.

19/09/09 New Books for Sale added.

16/09/09 Llangollen Fair added to fairs, WHATMORE Blog added to Member's Web-Sites page.

14/09/09 New Dollar Conversion Rates Added. Journal Article Index updated to Sep 2009

31/08/09 Thursdays added to our presence in Shropshire Archives and Tuesdays removed.

21/08/09 Links added for Weston Lullingfields and Stanwardine web-sites added to Shropshire Links Page.

11/08/09 Removal of Society Tuesday attendance at Shropshire Archives removed because the Archives are now closed on both Monday & Tuesday. Date for our attendance next year at the national "Who Do You Think You Are?" Live event at Olympia added. Mention of upcoming Worcester Fair.

24/07/09 Brecon Fair & Talk at Weston Park added, plus updates to West Midlands & Glamorgan Fairs placed on Meetings Page. Also Shropshire Archives reopening added.

21/07/09 A link to both "RAF Bridgnorth" & "32 churches in the Anglican Deanery of Bridgnorth" sites re-added now they are back up and running.

01/07/09 Updated Meetings page.

22/06/09 Corrected error of date of Coach Trip to Kew to 17 Sept 2009 on meetings page.

19/06/09 Link to Wellington Town Council web-site added, Correct date (17th Sep 2009) added for Coach Trip to TNA.

15/06/09 Speakers for dates up to June 2010 added to Meetings page.

06/06/09 Open Day advert removed from Home Page because it has now taken place for this year.

31/05/09 Prices corrected for Overseas purchases of Gazetteer.

27/05/09 Links to Ruyton-XI-Towns web-sites added.

12/05/09 Social Networking (e.g. Facebook) & Blogging (e.g. Digg This) icons added to allow visitors to add links to this web-site from their own Profiles. Added a link to show our Open Day on visitors Facebook Profile.

21/04/09 Cassini Map Sales page updated to include some images and a special link for those wishing buy personalised editions of maps centred on their ancestral home. All "Family History OnLine" Vouchers Sales removed

17/04/09 War Memorials Database on Resources page updated to include Memorials from Cockshutt, Weston Lullingfields, Edstaston, Shrewsbury Postal District & thanks to the Toomers - Market Drayton.

16/04/09 Warning of upcoming "Trim" of MessageBoard Posted. Shropshire Archives Building Work Closures warning.

16/04/09 New Local Interest Books added and postal prices updated.

05/04/09 Updated Publications Catalogue, due to Changes in UK Postal Rates.

30/03/09 Update from Heather to Parish Register section of Projects Page added, plus links to both Rushbury & Hope Bowdler's Web-Sites added.

24/03/09 Speakers added up to Nov 2009.

11/03/09 Antony Poulton-Smith added as our Speaker in May 2009

09/03/09 Original Parish Register dates for Priorslee corrected.

07/03/09 Gloucester added as our next Fair to attend Apr 18th.

04/03/09 Position of Chairman being vacant added to Committee Page. Link to Pulverbatch site added to Shropshire Links

03/03/09 Descriptions of some ongoing projects add

26/02/09 New link to Whitchurch Cemetery site added and (Dawley) Bank History link updated.

22/02/09 Welshpool now shown as next Fair we will be attending.

17/02/09 Our probable attendance at Glamorgan FHS' Open Day in Cardiff Oct 3rd added.

14/02/09 Northwich added to home page as the next Fair we are to attend.

13/02/09 Speakers for Open Day 6th June 2009 Added

19/01/09 A new Project page added to the web-site and the left-hand side menu buttons.
Index to Society Journal Articles added to Resources page.

18/01/09 1911 Census Vouchers added to FindMyPast Vouchers page.

12/01/09 Shropshire Burials Index Edition 4 CD Order Forms corrected, Parish List Updated and Edition 4 Screenshot included.

07/01/09 Outline of some projects added to Home Page
Our attendance at Montgomeryshire GS Open Day Welshpool added.

03/01/09 List of 2009 Events Added.

02/01/09 Warning of upcoming "Trim" of MessageBoard Posted.

11/12/08 Change of December Speaker Announced.

05/12/08 Edition 4 of the Shropshire Burials Index CD Announced.

16/10/08 Sue Harvey's death notice added.

07/10/08 Additional speakers added on Meetings Page.

26/09/08 Revised Publication Catalogue and Dollar Conversion rates uploaded.

11/09/08 Revised price for the reprint of Isaac Watkin's book on Oswestry £19.99 posted to home page.

09/09/08 "Made in Shrewsbury" Web-Site added to Shropshire Links page.

03/09/09 Our attendance at Attingham Park NT Heritage Day removed as we have heard no more from NT about the event.
Date for next year's SFHS Open Day added - 6th June 2009
Also two local evening events in Church Stretton (Sept) & Ruyton-XI-Towns (Oct) added.

02/09/09 Latest Members Interest's loaded onto web-site

22/08/08 The attendance of Shropshire FHS at the Shropshire Steam Rally added to home page.

11/08/08 Tidied up meetings page and removed "32 Bridgnorth Churches" + "RAF Bridgnorth" local links following closure of the sites.

05/08/08 Corrected naming of photo of Whixall (03) that was actually of Edstaston.

28/07/08 Speakers added to the Autumn/Winter  schedule of Meetings. Local Books for Sale page updated.

22/07/08 Local Books for Sale page updated.

21/07/08 Added next Coach Trip to TNA (The National Archives) and uploaded latest Members Interests file.

19/06/08 September Speaker added.

29/04/08 Warning that stocks of SBI 3rd Edition have run out and will be replaced by 4th Edition in due course. Revised list of Local Books for Sale added.

23/04/08 Out of Date events removed

11/04/08 Telford Town Centre Fair on 19th April cancelled.

03/04/08 Exact date for 2009 Worcester Fair Added to Meetings page

20/03/08 New Members' Interest Data loaded and Shropshire Mining Industry Link added.

19/03/08 A Date for Coach trip to The National Archives added to Resource Page.

13/03/08 List of Local Interest Books for Sale updated and extended.

12/03/08 Pages for the New Shropshire Marriage Index CD Added.

13/02/08 Due to a change of programme, John Shearman will talk after the AGM on 19th Feb.

07/02/08 Members Own Web-Sites page updated - STREFFORD added and MANTELL & WYCHERLEY links removed as they no longer appear to exist.

06/02/08 New Dates added to Meetings page for the extra fairs we will be attending.

15/01/08 Link to Willey Parish Registers added to Shropshire Links Page

14/01/08 Changed home page to show Tuesdays Speaker and added a list of Churches/Burial Grounds included in the MI Surname Searches.

10/01/08 Added preliminary details of our Open Day 7th June 2008.

09/01/08 Discovered that some entries weren't showing up in Members Interests so split them all from e.g. SYNAR;SYNER to two separate entries.

11/12/07 Added new MI Surname Index & War Memorial Names databases, together with posting a message from Joye Minshall about her notebook, which she lost at Worcester Fair earlier this year and finally the new Members Interests have been loaded.

05/12/07 Replacement speaker for December Monthly Meeting added to meetings page

19/11/07 Open Day 2008 on June 7th added to meetings page.

16/11/07 Gift Aid & Standing Order Forms added for download from the Membership Page, also closure dates for The National Archives during December 2007 & January 2008.

11/11/07 Added Cassini's Revised New & Telford Past & Present to the Maps for Sale page, Added several fairs into next years events page and put a notice on the Home Page about the Shropshire Archives Closure Week.

04/10/07 Shropshire Archive Family & Local History Fair together with the Telford Family History Fair and Hadley Flower & History event added to the Home Page. Apologies about the delay in updating but I couldn't get access to our Servers.

06/09/07 Correction to Shropshire Archives Local and Family History Weekend dates now Sat/Sun 13/4th Oct, link added for this event and minor tweaks to details of Telford FH Fair. Coventry Fair moved to Other Events as we will not now be attending this Fair.

04/09/07 New Conversion Rates applied to Membership Page.

28/08/07 Attingham Park Event added to Meetings Page.

19/08/07 Brecon removed from and Southport Fair high-lit on Home Page

17/08/07 October Coach trip to FRC cancelled because of uncertainty as to what records would still be available due to some records moving to Kew that month. New Cassini Popular Inter-war Series of Maps added to Map Sales Page

14/08/07 Address for Fiche Sales amended on Committee & Publications Pages

11/08/07 A thank you to all who attended Worcester placed on web-site.

08/08/07 Ruyton XI Town Village History Exhibition added to our Meetings Page. Also following a recce by one of our committee and update on the state of the car parking at Saturdays' Worcester Fair has been added to our Home Page.

01/08/07 Worcester Fair still on despite rains last month + Small Groups Questionnaire now removed as it has expired

25/06/7 All August Fairs announced together with Winter/Spring 2007/2008 Speakers added to Meeting Page.

19/06/07 Some Members Help Wanted added to the Resources Page

14/06/07 Latest Members Interest Data uploaded as used in the June '07 Journal.

12/06/07 Photos of the Churches at Adderley, Bayston Hill, Cardington, Church Preen, Condover, Fauls, Frodesley, Hales, Leebotwood, Longford, Longnor, Market Drayton, Moreton Say, Mucklestone, Norton-in-Hales, Prees, Tyrley, Woolstaston & Woore added.

10/06/07 Small Groups Questionnaire added.

09/04/07 Photos of Leighton church added.

08/04/08 Photos of Bromfield, Halford (which covers Craven Arms) & Leintwardine (yes I realise that it's Herefordshire, but it is on our border) churches added.

07/04/07 Our Chairman, yesterday supplied a good selection of South East Parish Church photos, Alveley, Aston Botterell, Bridgnorth, Button Oak, Chetton, Cleobury North, Farlow, Kinlet, Neenton, Oldbury, Quatford, Quatt, Stockton, Stottesdon, Sutton Maddock, Tuck Hill & Worfield, which I have now loaded.

06/04/07 Photos of the Churches at Maesbury, Morton, Trefonen & West Felton added.

05/04/07 Request from an MP added to Help Wanted March 2007

02/04/07 Warning of Web-site unavailability over Good Friday & Easter Saturday due to Service Providers network changes added.

01/04/07 Not an April Fool Joke, I have really added Photos of the Churches at Billingsley, Chelmarsh, Glazeley, Highley, Middleton Scriven, Morville and Sidbury.

 29/03/07 Photos of Hope, Hyssington and Snead Churches together with a Local History Day in June at Hanwood that we shall be attending have been added.

28/03/07 Photos of Ketley, Oakengates, Uppington, Wellington Christ Church & Wrockwardine churches added.

27/03/07 Photos of Wem, Whixall & Edstaston Churches added.

23/03/07 Photo's of Shrewsbury's Oxon, The Abbey, Holy Trinity, Sutton Churches added.

22/03/07 Photo of Rushbury Church added

19/03/07 Instructions and Maps of how to get to The Shirehall added + photos of Churches in Shrewsbury (Frankwell, Castlefields, St Michaels & Harlescott) + photos of buildings in Castlefields & Ditherington added. Plus created separate photos page for Shrewsbury because "S" was getting too unwieldy.

17/03/07 Photos of the Society Stand at the 2006 Salop Steam Rally together with photos of Great Wollaston Church added.

15/03/07 Photos of the Society Stand at MGS Open Day at Meifod added as link off Meetings Page.

10/03/07 Change of Address for Mary Astley (Microfiche Sales) in Publications Catalogue, also Photos of Bedstone, Bettws y Crwyn, Bucknell, Chapel Lawn, Clunbury, Clungunford, Clunton, Edgton, Hopesay, Llanfair Waterdine, Lydbury North, Newcastle on Clun and Sibdon Carwood added (Guess where we went for a drive this afternoon!).

09/03/07 Photos of Petton Church added.

06/03/07 Photos of Broughton (North Shropshire) and Weston under Redcastle Churches added.

27/02/07 WHEELER/WALL Reunion added to events page. Railways Staff Register link added to Shropshire Links page.

26/02/07 Added Photos of Astley, Albrighton, Lyneal cum Colemere, Newtown (Wem) & Welshampton. Also added are the Speakers for our Open Day in June. Montgomeryshire GS Open Day Mar 3rd at Meifod.

21/02/07 Added POTTER Family Gathering and Southport Fair to Events Page

18/02/07 Worthen, Marton & Churchstoke Photos Added.

17/02/07 After a stroll round Shrewsbury today there are now additional Photos of most of the Town Centre Churches and also some place of interest added.

14/02/07 Added photos of Cruckton, Cardeston, Ford, Westbury & Yockleton Churches

12/02/07 Added Fridays to list of our morning attendances at Shropshire Archives, list accessible from Resources Page.

09/02/07 Added link for Newport on Shropshire Links page.

08/02/07 Pontesbury "Switch on Shropshire" event on 22nd Feb added to our list of events we will attend.

06/02/07 The venue has been added for the Montgomeryshire Open Day at Meifod on 3rd March also Photos of Dorrington Church loaded. Also a link to a new web-site on Ercall Magna added on the Shropshire Links page.

29/01/07 The option to browse Members Interests has now been fixed - 1 digit incorrect was all it took! Members Interests is available from the Resources Page.

28/01/07 After a few drives around the North West of the County I have now added several more photos of Churches in those parts of Shropshire to the Photos section accessible from the Resources Page.

27/01/07 The Areas with Photos of Shropshire Churches and Places are now back available from links on the Resources Page.

25/01/07 A revised copy of our Publication Catalogue (4E) has been placed on the Sales Page with hitherto "lost from visibility" publications for Acton Round & Quatford

24/01/07 Book on Tong available directly from the Author

24/01/07 A Small number of Non-Conformist Fiches added to the Loan/Look List

23/01/07 We are now able to offer UK Members the chance to loan some of our Parish Registers we hold on Microfiche and do some looks-ups, by email, for all our membership, see Resources Menu for more details.

16/01/07 We are now able to sell the Cassini Historical Maps range, plus there are a few additional maps for sale on the Old Ordnance Survey Maps section.

16/01/07 March 22nd sees our first Coach Trip, this will be to the Family Record Centre, London, see the Resources Menu for more details.

Graham Williams

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