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Starting January 2008 the meetings are to be held on the second Saturday of the month in the Education Suite Gallery Oldham - which is situated off Union St close to Sainsbury`s.
We have speakers on many topics including
genealogy, history - local and otherwise, and we also have occasional help
forums. We have a help desk, a CD Loan Service and an
We also provide a regular Wednesday afternoon
helper at the Oldham Local Studies Library who is there to give help and advice
to those starting out on tracing their family history and guidance on how to go
about using the records in the library.
Oldham Branch - Programme for 2008 January to June
In 2008 Please note the change of Day and Venue
SATURDAY MEETINGS COMMENCING 2pm
at the EDUCATION SUITE GALLERY OLDHAM GREAVES ST OLDHAM
Special Note - Due to unforeseen circumstances at the Venue from June 2008 a door charge for both Members and Non Members will be introduced as follows:
Members £1.00 and Non Members £2.00
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
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January 12th 2008 |
Ian Hartas |
Inside UKBMD Ian
is the webmaster of UKBMD, the site which provides access to local Birth,
Marriage and Death information taken from the original Civil Registration
records from 1837 onwards. There is
much more to the site than most of us realise.
Ian
will reveal all the secrets that lie within and will tell us how to find them. |
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February 9th 2008 |
Phillippa Wright |
Dating Photos in the Victorian Period Many of us have photographs of our family which we are not able to place accurately. Philippa will explain the changing technologies of photography through the Victorian era from the 1840s to the turn of the century. Bring along your own photographs as she will be providing help after the talk, not individually but by talking about groups of photos that are of similar age or type of subject. Philippa Wright is Curator of Photographs at the National Media Museum in Bradford. |
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March 8th 2008 |
Dr Susan Deal |
Victorian Domestic Technology What was life like in Victorian houses? How did domestic technology develop? Who benefited from it? Who did the washing and how? Come along to hear Dr. Deal explain how it all worked. |
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April 12th 2008 |
John Wood |
The National Archives - exploring the depths of the on-line catalogues How to make the TNA online resources work for you. John Wood will take the group through a practical tour of TNA's online resources, highlighting short cuts and tips to make the best use of the website for family historians. John Wood is Head of on-line tutorials and training at the National Archives at Kew. |
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May 10th 2008 |
Jan Dawson |
The Food Our Ancestors Ate Jan, who is a registered nutritionist and dietician, has researched the diets of many different ages. Were country dwellers better fed than industrial workers in the towns? Did the Army march on its stomach? She will talk about the food that would have been available to our ancestors at different times |
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June 14th 2008 |
Gary Smith |
Records of the Manchester Regiment for family research Hundreds of local men served in the Manchester Regiment in the Boer War and the First World War. The Regimental Museum in Ashton has many documents and records that are of interest to family historians as well as other researchers. Gary, who is the Regiment’s Archivist, is the ideal person to explain what is available. |
To view the 2008 Programme Document Click Here (2 pages)
Advice Desk
Bookstall
CD LOAN Service We offer a CD Loan Service to our members between meetings at £1.00 per month per CD, here are some of them
*Charge rate for National Burial Index Second
Edition Seperate Rate Applies.
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Burials in Chadderton,Failsworth & Hollinwood Churchyards (over 28000) |
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Burials in Saddleworth & Lees Churchyards (over 40000) |
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Burials in Crompton & Royton Churchyards (over 31500) |
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Burials in Oldham St Mary`s Churchyard (over 50000) |
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Burials In Oldham St Peter`s +Waterhead & Moorside (c12000) |
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*National Burial Index Second Edition (over
13million) |
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Scots Living in |
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Horwich Reflections |
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The Deserter Index |
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Directory of Irish Born People in |
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Little Lever Congregational Church, MI`s and
Grave Registers |
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1891 Census of |
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1901 Census Surname Index for |
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And others…............ |
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being undertaken by the
[Last updated
April 25th.2008. by
Colin Wood]