Our Christmas tree in Selby Abbey

This year, we were invited to have a Christmas tree in Selby Abbey to celebrate and promote our activities as a group. Baubles have been placed on the tree with surnames of the families we are researching. At the top is our overseas member, not Father Christmas, but Tonkinson, the surname of the family which emigrated from Yorkshire in the 1820s. Alongside the tree is our Chair, Jenny, holding a list of surnames we are researching.