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For some years now I have held the post of Company Secretary and Honorary Legal Adviser for The Federation, it is a role that I accepted when I came to the end of a six year term of office as FFHS Chairman during the 1990’s. I see my role as two fold, to help and advise the Trustees of the FFHS and to give advice to our member societies, when asked to do so. I have written various specialist guides for the benefit of our members in which I try to guide them through the legal complexities of Copyright, Data Protection and Disability Discrimination. I have been involved with family history at society level for 32 years and am an active member of both the FHS of Cheshire and the Metcalfe Society of which I am Chairman. I enjoy giving talks on various aspects of family history, although aspects of the law are my speciality! If you are a Programme Organiser and need to find a speaker for your society or local group? Why not take a look at the FFHS Directory of Speakers, an online Directory maintained by the Education Committee of the FFHS which allows you to search for talks given by a particular speaker or on a specific topic.
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FFHS represented its Members at the WDYTYA event over three days 27 February to 1 March 2009 at Olympia in London. The number of Family History Societies exhibiting at this event was down on previous years so it was even more important that FFHS was there to represent them. The FFHS stand, manned by volunteers, was well attended, there being a constant stream of enquirers about family history. FFHS was able to provide answers and to provide contact details of Societies for further help. In this respect the FFHS Really Useful Leaflet (RUL) was key to delivery of the message about the existence of our member societies and over 4000 RUL’s were distributed. The RUL contains advice on family history research, useful websites and contact details of FFHS Member Societies. In the first quarter of 2009 over 6000 RUL’s have been given to family historians at all stages of research, from beginner to expert. download a copy of the Really Useful Leaflet (pdf format) > We would be pleased hear your feedback from this years WDYTYA event please email me David Smetham Communications Officer FFHS
On 18 November 2009 the National Library of Wales announced that due to a demand from the Welsh Assembly Government that it save £250,000, it was decided that from April 1st 2009, the Library in Aberystwyth would be closed on Saturdays. The one day in the week when a non retired family historian would have been able to visit the library. The closure will save the library £80,000 per annum! I would
urge you to express your concern about this closure which deprives the
working person from access to the National Archives of Wales by
writing to the President of the Board of the NLW and the First
Minister Rhodri Morgan, ( Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, Nick Davey, Vice Chair, Glamorgan Family History Society
Online exhibition brings to everyone the story of Britain’s most infamous King
Discover some of the most seminal documents of Henry VIII’s reign,
available online for the first time through The National Archives’
website. “This attractive new website will enable you too to experience some of the many treasures that The National Archives holds from Henry VIII’s reign, in this anniversary year.
2009 is Scotland's first ever
Homecoming Year. So, whether you are a Scot, of Scottish descent or
simply love Scotland why not visit the homecoming website. In addition, In this the year of the Homecoming, the newly digitised deaths and burials contained on the Old Parish Registers (OPR's) of Scotland have been made available on-line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk This completes the project to make all OPR's of Scotland available on the Internet.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has set up a Wedding fashion website in advance of an exhibition to be held in 2011. The aim is to create a database of wedding fashions for every year from 1840 to the present. The museum would like to have about 1000 images for each year although this may be a bit optimistic for the earlier decades. The database will be useful to fashion historians but it is also hoped that it will help genealogist date their own family photographs or find relatives. visit the website to find out more > There will be photographs of items in museum collections but the majority of the content will be wedding photographs. The site is in its early stages and the museum would be really grateful to any members who would be prepared to put their own photographs into the site. The focus should be the clothes worn. Because this is a historical database all photographs will need the names of the couple and the date of the marriage. There are optional fields for the location, religion of the ceremony and maker or designer of the clothes. Civil partnerships will be included and we are interested in all cultures and religions. All fields are searchable and access to the site is free.
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to sail on the high seas in bygone days? George Henry Scott Douglas was just twenty years of age when he got leave from the 34th Regiment of Foot stationed in Corfu, to go on a long cruise with friends and tour the Greek Islands, Athens, the Turkish Coast and Istanbul, aboard the Cutter, Vampire. He kept a diary and thanks to the work of Ian Abernethy and the Heritage Hub, Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre, an online blog has been launched.
Visit the blog
each day and read of the adventures in pirate infested waters,
parties, antics, foreign sites and tales on board a ship bound for
foreign shores. Each day will see the publication of a new entry from
the diary. |
The Federation
organises an annual award to the member society with the best
web site, in recognition of the growing importance of this
media.
The Elizabeth Simpson Award was first introduced in 1979 and is awarded annually to the society whose journal has made the best contribution to family history during the preceding twelve months.
UKBMD has recently launched a companion website: UKGDL UKGDL aims to help you find out about the history of your family by linking to web sites that have on-line data which will help you discover what your families did and how they lived. School lists, trade directories, electoral rolls, passenger lists, old photographs etc. are all valuable sources of information which can help you complete your family tree – many are now listed under UKGDL’s menus.
FFHS NEWS -
Irish Roots Magazine Celebrating Irish ancestry. Irish Roots magazine is full of articles, tips and information to assist you trace your elusive Irish ancestors.
Any FFHS Member Society
NBI 3 is on its way Details to be announced soon Seen but not Heard? Children in History The
Family & Community Historical Research Society (FCHRS) is
holding its Annual Conference & AGM at The Senate House,
Institute of Historical Research, Malet Street, LONDON WC1E 7HU
Diary Dates
OPEN THE DOOR & HERE ARE THE PEOPLE.
Early Bird ticket deadline
The Family History
Event
British History is rich and colourful and merits a special dedicated record. BritishLocalHistory.co.uk asks members of the general public to contribute, discuss and voice their ideas about local history, genealogy, family trees, ancestry and historic events, social history, momentous occurrences, people and interesting history related websites.
FFHS Vacancy The FFHS is seeking to elect a Treasurer. This is a voluntary post. For further information please contact Philippa McCray admin@fhs.org.uk by 30 May 2009
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