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A full list of known Family History Fairs, events and activities can be found on the online calendar of GENEVA (GENealogical EVents and Activities).
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- Changes at FFHS Projects
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- The National Archives Expands Responsibility
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- Archives for London Seminar
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- Update on new Caird Library
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- London Family History Centre
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Fairs to be Attended by the Federation
During 2012 the FFHS will be represented at the following fairs to raise the profile of the Federation and to promote the study of Family History on behalf of our member societies.
Why not make a note in your diary and come along and say hello?
The Creative Craft Show, Five Lakes, Maldon, Essex 16-18 February 2012
Who Do You Think You Are? Live 24-26 February 2012 Olympia, London.
Visit the show website at http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.com/
The Creative Craft Show, The Malvern Showground 1 - 3 March 2012
Hobbycrafts NEC Birmingham 22 - 25 March 2012
The Creative Craft Show, Kings Hall, Belfast 19-21 April 2012
More shows to be added as details become available.
Other Fairs
Whilst the FFHS itself does not hold a Family History Fair, most of our member societies hold similar Open Days. Additionally, societies in specific areas often collaborate as a group to organise Family History Fairs on a regional basis. Details of these should normally be found on the web-site of the society concerned (see the "Our Members" pages).
A full list of known Family History Fairs, events and activities can be found on the online calendar of GENEVA (GENealogical EVents and Activities). This is part of the GENUKI pages but it is maintained on behalf of the FFHS as well, and our member societies are encouraged to post details of their main events to this List. A list of events organised as part of the Archives Awareness Campaign can be found at www.archiveawareness.com
Past Fairs
The Creative Crafts Show, Belfast 13-15 October 2011
The FFHS would like to thank all the volunteers from the North of Ireland Family History society who helped visitors to the show with their family history enquiries and flew the flag for the FFHS and its member societies.
The winners of the Prize draw were:
C. Shutt - Cleveland
Mrs M Ferris - County Down
Carole Murphy - Rostrevor
l-r Mike McKeag, Steve Benson (FFHS Publicity Officer),
Randal Gill, Ann Robinson, Etta Mann
l-r Steve Benson, Nuala McGee,
Randal Gill, Sandra Ardis
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 30 September - 1 October 2011
The FFHS would like to thank all those who helped on the FFHS stand. Thank you to all the visitors to the show who attended the talks offered by our volunteers and to those of you who stopped by the stand to say hello and thank us for help given. We wish you well with your family history research!
The winner of the Prize Draw for a copy of the National Burial Index Verison 3 was Valerie Morgan of Cardiff.
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts Westpoint, Exeter 22-25 September 2011
The FFHS would like to thank Maureen Selley Chair of Devon FHS and all those who helped on the FFHS stand. Thank you to all the visitors to the show who stopped by the stand to say hello and ask for our help. We wish you well with your family history research!
Festival of Living History
Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire 16-17 July 2011
The FFHS would like to thank Angela Malin, Chairman of Northamptonshire FHS and her team of volunteers who manned the stand at the festival. Despite the weather which did affect attendance, the team were kept busy assisting visitors to the show with their family history enquiries. Thank you to all who visited our stand.
The winners of the Prize draw were:
Dave Stuttle (Northants) - Saturday
Jane Backhouse (Beds) - Sunday
If you missed the show and are interested in researching your roots in Northamptonshire why not visit www.northamptonshireroots.com
Hobbycrafts 24-28 March 2011 NEC, Birmingham
The FFHS would like to thank volunteers from its member societies based in the East & West Midlands who were kept busy assisting members of the public with general research advice. Rugby FHG, Malvern FHS, Coventry FHS, Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry and Leicestershire & Rutland FHS were all represented at the show as well as The Guild of One Name Studies. Thank you to everyone who visited our stand, shared their stories and sought our advice.
Looking for lost ancestors, maybe the FFHS can help?!
The Knit, Stitch & Creative Crafts Show at Braintree, Essex
17-19 February 2011
The FFHS would like to thank everyone who visited them at Stand P13.
The lucky winners of the Prize draw for FindMyPast vouchers are:
Anne Hornett, Great Bardfield
R. Smith, South Woodford
K. Gibb, Broxbourne
Ann Cross, Needham Market
The lucky winners of the Prize draw for pairs of tickets for WhoDoYouThinkYouAre? at Olympia 25-27 February are:
Madeline Tuck, Haverhill
Marina Ellis, Earls Cone
