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!!
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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!
This talk, by Carolyn Huston took some of us back to our Science lessons, visiting the basic genetics behind DNA testing and how it can be useful for family tree enthusiasts. It provoked a lively discussion and we were surprised how many of our group had already been tested.
A good time was had by our fairly small number of members who joined us for a look back at the history of the group. We had a quiz, mainly about 2001, a look at some past photos of the group, discussed who was missing (!) and who was on them most often! Members were asked to join us with fancy dress, hat, drink of choice and cake. Here's to the next twenty years!!
11th May - Harold Hoggarth treated us to a walk down memory lane, reminding some of us of items and events which were commonplace not so long ago - rationing, scrubbing the doorstep, Saturday matinee at the pictures, washing in a dolly-tub, etc. A very good presentation.
Malcolm, one of the co-founders of the site, gave us a whistle-stop tour of the facilities contained in the pages and the amazing amount of information which can be accessed. He was joined by Colin Hinson who spoke about the Yorkshire information.
