This Saturday (12th October) sees the annual Glamorgan Family History Society Fair. It promises to be another popular fair held in South Wales at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil from 10am to 4pm.
Both admisssion and car parking are free and there's also a number of free talks available to attend. If you'd like to make it along and need more details visit the Glamorgan Family History Society website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsglfhs/openday2013.htm
Glamorgan Family History Fair on Saturday 12 October
For those people who like to download their data rather than buying a copy on CD and having to wait for the postal delivery, you may be interested in the two latest parish record downloads available from S&N Genealogy Supplies. There are 2 Parish Registers from the county of Cheshire now available to download- registers of Stockport and Prestbury. The Stockport download covers the years from 1584 to 1619 and the Prestbury data is from 1560 to 1636.
To find out more or if you wish to order either of the data sets, go to the 'Latest Downloads' section of S&N Genealogy Supplies at http://www.genealogysupplies.com/whatsnew.php
Stockport Parish Registers from 1584-1619 now available as an instant download
Latest news from 'Unlock the Past' cruises is the announcement of the family history speakers that will provide the talks on board the cruise around the British Isles.
On board the Marco Polo cruise ship will be a selection of experts including Paul Blake, Jackie Depelle, Marie Dougan, Jayne Shrimpton, Lisa Louise Cooke, Rosemary Kopittle, Mike Murray, Lesley Silvester and Helen Smith. The initial itinerary is for there to be about 40 topics discussed in 25 sessions. More details will no doubt be announced closer to the event in July next year.
For more details and to book you can go to the Unlock the Past website at http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/cruises/5th-unlock-the-past-cruise-british-isles-discovery/
The latest email newsletter from S&N Genealogy Supplies is now available to download and view. With details on the new release of Family Tree Maker 2014 and a special offer of free sleeves if you buy two binders, it's well worth a read.
There's also information on the forthcoming family history fairs at Glamorgan and Surrey and the brand new event 'Echoes of the Past' in Lincolnshire at the end of the month. With details on the latest record releases on TheGenealogist and some interesting family history articles, it's a packed issue this month!
To see the newsletter go to http://www.genealogysupplies.com/email_news.htm#article
Details on the new release of Family Tree Maker 2014 in the S&N Email News
If you are confident with your geography and particularly places from yesteryear, you may want to take part in the weekly competition on TheGenealogist Facebook page.
There's 100 'Discover Your Ancestors' periodical subscriptions (12 issues) up for grabs, the new highly rated online magazine for family historians.
If you'd like to find out more and enter go to https://www.facebook.com/thegenealogist
Win a Discover Your Ancestors periodical subscription
The National Archives has just announced a new range of online resources for teachers and students for the new school year to further develop an interest and knowledge of the past. There are five new collections of digitised documents and images now available including 'Life on board convict prison ships' and 'attitudes to crime and punishment' as well as looking at pictures, news and documents to explore 'life in Victorian Britain'.
If you'd like to know more or want to see the other digitised collections available, there's more information from The National Archives website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/878.htm
The Facebook page of TheGenealogist is running a competition with a great prize of a free 12 issue subscription to the online periodical for family historians - 'Discover Your Ancestors'.
This week' s picture quiz features a market place. Simply name the place and like the page to be in with a chance to win one of 100 subscriptions up for grabs.
The competition can be found here at https://www.facebook.com/thegenealogist
Win a Discover Your Ancestors periodical subscription
The National Archives have recently announced their new website is now live and fully operational. With a significant change in design, according to their publicity, The National Archives have styled their new website to cater for the increase in visitors accessing their site from mobile devices. 20% of their visitor traffic in particular is now using the website from mobile devices.
The National Archives official statement is "The new design represents a shift in our thinking and a shift in the changing needs of our audience."
Latest news from 'Unlock the Past' Cruises is that they are now taking bookings for their new cruise holiday- 'British Isles Discovery' in July next year.
It's a 10 night cruise around the British Isles on the Marco Polo cruise ship. Presenters for this family history cruise are to be announced shortly but if you want to get your booking in early you can from their website at http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/cruises/5th-unlock-the-past-cruise-british-isles-discovery/
The Oxfordshire Family History Society 2013 Open Day is this forthcoming Saturday, 5th October and is to be held at The Marlborough School just outside Woodstock.
The Open Day will feature an assortment of visiting Family History Societies, publishers, dealers in second hand books and postcards, and more.
Opening times are 10am to 4pm and there is ample car parking available. Admission to the Open Day is free, as is the on-site car park.
There's more information available at http://www.ofhs.org.uk/OpenDay.html
