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Family History day course, £25.
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Family History Skills Days
04/09/2010
NORTH YORKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE
Tel: 01609 780780
Palaeography for Beginners
04/09/2010
Society of Genealogists
Tel: 020 7553 3290
Begginer's introduction to reading, transcribing and deciphering 16th and 17th century documents written in secretary hand.
Starting your Family History
04/09/2010
THE INSTITUTE OF HERALDIC AND GENEALOGICAL STUDIES, CANTERBURY
Tel: 01227 768664
A thorough grounding in the basic principles and starting points for researching your family history.
Bristol and Avon Family History Society Open Day
18/09/2010
Severnside Suite, Thornbury Leisure Centre
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Talks by Dr Colin Chapman, Pat Hase and John Penny are accompanied by expert advice from family history societies and record offices from across the south west.
Bristol&Avon Family History Open Day
18/09/2010
Thornbury Leisure Centre
Tel: 01454 865 777
Learn how to trace your roots from the experts
Poor Law Records
21/09/2010
Natwich Methodist Church Centre
Tel:
Eileen Simpson will be looking at the history of caring for the poor and what records are available.
Oxfordshire FHS Open Day
02/10/2010
Marlborough School, Woodstock
Tel:
There will be visiting Societies and commercial stalls, a help area, and an area where staff from the Oxfordshire Record Office and Oxfordshire Studies will be able to give advice.
London, sugar and slavery
05/10/2010
Museum of London Docklands
Tel:
Free tour exploring London's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Also taking place on 19 October.
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Alan Crosby's family history research diary: shady characters
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