Meeting Details
| Frequency |
Monthly (September to May) |
| Time | 10.00 am on Thursday |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | Castle Street Centre |
| Coordinator | Ann Knowles |
What we do
We are a group of like-minded people who enjoy the investigative nature of research and exploring social history. We share our family history, our brick walls, red herrings, and web sites. We provide help in researching the many sources of genealogy information, including:
- Civil Registration and Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates;
- The General Register Office;
- The International Genealogy Index;
- Local Record Offices and Parish Registers;
- Census records;
- Voting registers;
- Family History Societies;
- Magazines and newspapers;
- Trade Directories;
- Monumental Inscriptions (e.g. gravestones);
- Wills and Administration Orders.
We also arrange trips to conferences and to records offices, and have occasional visiting speakers (for which an extra charge applies).
Reports
November 2011
The September meeting of our group was well attended despite it being the same day as the Westmorland Show. Octobers' meeting was a great success, a tour of Lancaster Castle by 22 of us, was really amusing and interesting. The guide told us the history of the castle, gaol and court, and its links with Transportation of offenders to America before Independence. Believe it or not "Pilates" was developed by Pilate while a prisoner at Lancaster Castle.
Next year we will meet:
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January 12th - for a sharing and help session.
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February 9th - a talk and discussion on Ancestors Trades.
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March 8th - Dating Photographs.
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April 12th - Emigration Research.
Ann Knowles
June 2011
We were sad to learn that our former co-ordinator died 15th April this
year. Stella Booth had stepped in when the first co-ordinator moved
away, and with Carolyn Houghton and Sheila Morley kept the group going,
she only stood down a year ago. The group would have struggled to
continue without Stella.
The meetings this year have been well attended and a number of new
members have joined us.
The Programme for next term is as follows:
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September 8th: Welcome to New Members and Introduction to the group.
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October 13th: Trip to Lancaster Castle using own cars or 555 bus.
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November 10th: Talk on Wills
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December 8th: Finding Living Relations.
Ann Knowles
