This morning, about 24 of us gathered together and remembered some of the events of the last 20 years, verbally and with pictures. There was a quiz and several members had brought lovely food for us to share. Glasses of bubbly were consumed and Sheila provided a cake with our logo printed on it. Thanks to all who helped before, during and after the event. It was a lovely morning.
About 16 of us met in the Town Hall for a catch-up and chat. Some of us had been 'Zooming' from home, others had not and we also welcomed new visitors. A good time was had by all. Next week is our twentieth year celebration, so bring along some food and be prepared to be entertained. Have you looked out a picture of yourself in 2001? Send it to Sheila or me.
There have been some questions posted on our other website and sent out to members by e-mail, encouraging a little searching among the censuses on Ancestry or Find my Past. Have a go!
About a dozen of us met for a chat and discussed some of our annoying ancestors who have caused research problems. We also revealed the winner of the website competition to find the hidden gift-box. Martin's name came out of the hat, well done!Now for a break during August, but there will be items here on the News page to keep you entertained. Keep checking back👀
Gay took us through several instances of how our ancestors misled us/covered their tracks/lied about events/dates. Re-visiting our research is always worth a look and new records are coming along all the time. Don't give up!!
Some members met up to discuss what we had been told about last week, researching the archives of the CWGC. We had a good chat about the archives and several other topics too!
Kim Davies took us through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from its beginnings to the present day. It was an interesting morning - thank you Kim.
We had an interesting meeting. Mark shared some photos of a relative who he had spoken of earlier, but this time we had pictures!! I shared some information found on Ancestry about a lady who was born on a prison hulk, The Leviathan, in 1837 who possibly had an interesting life if the records are to be believed!
Transported across the seas - a talk by Les Mitchinson about the process of transporting convicts to America, the West Indies and Australia. There were many hints as to how to research these events and the dates which may decide where you start. Les has a great website, at http://www.mitchinsongenealogy.com/
There was a re-visiting of the glass slides, now given to us by Selby Camera Club (thanks), and a comparison with new information stored with the original slides. Another interesting meeting and a few new pieces of information were shared. Now to put all the pieces together! Mark is going to send me more info on one of the slides from someone who is actually in one of them.
A brief report of our meeting
This morning we discussed the talk by Carolyn Huston last week and added our own thoughts about the value of testing and which company should be used. One or two had made discoveries from the results but others preferred the traditional approach of newspaper archives, etc.
We also looked at some images provided by Selby Camera Club, of events and gatherings in the fifties and sixties. Some were identified, others remain a mystery!
