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TamesideHistory

  1. the 2nd on 19 June - Dukinfield Family and Slavery in Jamaica and North Carolina click for more details bit.ly/JUm5dM
  2. The first talk on 29th - History of the Chapel Prob 1st Nonconformist chapel in England click the link for a poster bit.ly/JUlGrE
  3. The Friends of Dukinfield Old Hall Chapel have organised two talks at Dukinfield Library: bit.ly/KOMypn
  4. @SimonWalker166 thanks for the follow
  5. Talk at Old Chapel tonight from 7.00pm Paul Newman from Chester Record Office to talk about tithe maps and their Victorian Mapping Project
  6. Newton Hall, Hyde Open Days bit.ly/HKXqbt archaeology, cirvil war reenactments, family history, crafts and music. Hope to see you!!
  7. Doing a talk tonight at Mottram about Blind Jack of Knaresborough - incredible Yorkshire man whose descendents mostly ended up in Cheshire
  8. Wills confirm family relationships and give new clues to the married names of daughters - often addresses pre census
  9. So many new discoveries - Cheshire Wills go on-line (with images) at FindMyPast - wish I could find time for my own family history
  10. Crafts on display at Albion church, Ashton-under-Lyne this Friday and Saturday 11.00am-4.00pm. Light lunch and refreshments available
  11. Queen Victoria Archive goes on-line bbc.in/I1KopY
  12. Another help desk session in Tameside Archives library this afternnoon
  13. Newton Hall dig starts tomorrow: bit.ly/HKXqbt
  14. The Child Labour photos which shamed America into legislation: bbc.in/HtQuum
  15. Tameside Family History - many pages up-dated tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/latest.htm and tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/download.htm
  16. Searching for Cheshire Surnames bit.ly/I96aaT Find out of anyone else is researching your surnames and add your own.
  17. March Newsletter from Tameside Group of fhsc.org.uk bit.ly/HPCr3e April newsletter will be uploaded later this week.
  18. Latest Meeting of the Tameside Group of FHSC - Carl Rogerson's Cheshire War Memorials: bit.ly/Hj2sLh 11th April 7.00pm
  19. latest up-dates from Tameside History Forum bit.ly/Hjcewl click the links to various events in the right-hand column
  20. Poor East End London Street photos from 1876 bit.ly/HH0n5T