Clwyd FHS - Courses

A Course for Beginners of Family History.

• Are you starting out on your family history journey?

• Need some help and guidance ?

• Then you are invited to attend the following talks at the Clwyd Family History Society's Resource Centre in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham.

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Monday
21st January 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 1 - First steps and record keeping

How to get that initial information about parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Ways of recording the information, on paper or electronically. Making sure the information is accurate by using records. Types of records.

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Monday
4th February 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 2 - Civil Registration

Birth, Marriage and Death records. What information you can get from certificates. How to obtain certificates.

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Monday
18th February 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 3 - Census Records

How to use these important records. How to avoid mistakes. Cross-referencing with other records. Accuracy of information.

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Monday
4th March 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 4 - Other 19th and 20th Century sources

Including Wills, Memorial Inscriptions, Trade Directories, Military Records, Criminal Records, Passenger Lists, Electoral Rolls, Occupational Lists and Newspapers.

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Monday
18th March 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 5 - Parish Records

Where to find them. Changing Parish boundaries. How to research Parish Records. The 'Missing 11 Days'. How far can you go back. Anglican records and nonconformist records. Changing Welsh Names.

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Monday
8th April 2013
at 2.00 pm

SESSION 6 - A brief look at older records

Those records held at Aberystwyth and Kew.
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Review of course and how to overcome some common research problems. How Clwyd FHS can help.

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For each talk there will be a small charge of £3 for non-members, refunded if you join the Society. Members will be charged £1 per session, which will include tea and biscuits.

To book a place on the course, or for further information, please contact Clive Weed, the course organiser.