Members share their family history research, photographs, maps and artefacts. Advice is offered to new researchers and plans, ideas for future research and new finding aids are discussed.

  • Frequency & Time: 1st Thursday in the month, 10am-12noon.

  • Venue: Park Road Resource Centre, 53 Park Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8ER

  • Contact: Viv Brown or email Groups’ Coordinators

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Programme 2026

Family History Group

  1. January – 1st 2026 NO MEETING THIS MONTH.
  2. February – 5th The Family History Group will meet at Park Rd Resource Centre between 10-12 noon when the topic will be  1. A photo with a paragraph or two of your own choice to send to the excellent website of local interest which we looked at in Dec-  www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk  
  3. 2.Bring in any type of old postcard.
  4. 3.Comparing maps to see how places have changed over time like the ones brought in of Mansfield. We can look on the Internet if you don’t have any paper copies yourself.
  5. 4.Using electoral rolls to find a missing ancestor.
  6. March 5th – The Family History Group will meet at Park Rd Resource Centre between 10-12 noon when the topic will be                                                           1.Continue writing up a past piece of research to send to www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk   A photo with a paragraph or two of your own choice to contribute to this excellent website of local interest which we’ve looked in earlier sessions. eg your school days, where you worked, an ancestor with military service or a special place around our district etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2. Houses in your ancestors’ history.  From your research, can you find out more about the type of house your family lived in the past. The 1911 Census was filled in by the householder and it tells not only who lived at that address, but also how many rooms etc. Perhaps you could find a photo from the various websites like the Inspire Picture Archives, or Picture the Past.   Some of us have looked at this topic before, so perhaps you could research how that location changed over time as our group discovered last month when they compared OS maps showing Mansfield Woodhouse over time, thanks to Dave Clarke.
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  • December

Regards,

Viv Brown.

Any queries please contact Viv Brown.