FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Saturday 26 October 2013
Girton Glebe Primary School, Girton, CB3 0PN
10.00-16.00
Have you been inspired by ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ to look into your family history? Have you been researching your family history for a while and come up against a brick wall? Come along to the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Fair and get free advice from local family history experts. There will be a free internet research room run by the Society’s volunteers with access to findmypast.co.uk, ancestry.co.uk, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk as well as the Society’s own transcribed parish records.
Plus talks from expert speakers…
- Using The National Archives - Simon Fowler
- 20th Century Research - Ian Waller
- Newspapers - Mike Petty
- Dating Victorian Photos - Tom Doig
- Computer Research - Helen Tarbox
- 200 Years of Civil Registration - Louise Clover
- War Memorials - Martin Edwards
and more than 20 exhibitors…
- CFHS March Branch
- East of London FHS
- Essex FHS
- Felixstowe FHS
- Federation of Family History Societies
- Histon History Society
- Huntingdonshire FHS
- Norfolk FHS
- Northamptonshire FHS
- Peterborough FHS
- Romany & Traveller FHS
- Royston FHS
- Cambridgeshire Archives
- Cambridgeshire Local Studies
- CAB Search – acid free storage products
- Desira – old postcards
- Family Tree magazine
- Keepsake Imagery – photographic restoration & retouching
- Maxbal Genealogy - family tree charts
- Robert Parker – myfamilygenealogy
- Roll of Honour – war memorials
- Tom Doig – Victorian photograph identification & dating
Admission to the fair is free, but attendance at talks is priced at £2 per person, per lecture. Free car parking will be available on site. The Citi 6 bus stops very close to the school and runs every 20 minutes from/to Cambridge city centre.
(With thanks to Lisa Newman)
Chris
My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs, starts Nov 13th - see http://pharostutors.com.
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