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 2025

Family History

Family History Group

  •  January – The next FH meeting will be at Park Road Resource Centre, on Thursday 2nd January 2025 meeting at 10am-12.00 noon.

The topic will be “ Who in my ancestors would I include on a Book Cover, for My Autobiography. ”

  • February – The next FH meeting will be at Park Road Resource Centre, on Thursday 6th February meeting at 10am-12.00 noon.

The topic will be “ How to Trace Living Descendants of your Ancestor’s. Come along and find out how to discover “New Cousins”.. ”

  • March – The following FH meeting will be at Park Road Resource Centre, on Thursday 6th March meeting at 10am-12.00 noon.
Dave Clarke will be giving a talk on “Plans and Mining through the Ages” and he will include some examples from our locality.
  • April –  The following FH meeting will be at Park Road Resource Centre, on Thursday 3rd April meeting at 10am-12.00 noon.  We will continue to share the findings on “How to Trace Living Descendants of your Ancestors. Come along and see how to discover ‘New Cousins’ and how Local Family History Societies can help our research.”
  • May –  The Family History Group meeting on Thursday 1st May, meeting at 10am-12.00 noon, will be run by Claire Wilkie, when the group will continue to share their findings on their own research and how Local Family History Societies can help. Did your parents and other family  members ever mention how they  celebrated VE Day? Perhaps you have a  photo of a VE street party or a letter/postcard you can bring along.(Several Local Family History Societies will be exhibiting at the free Inspire “Hands on History 2025” event at Mansfield Library on Saturday 17th May between 10 am and 2pm.) More details on the Inspire website.
  • June – On Thursday June 5th the Family History Group will meet at Park Rd Resource Centre between 10-12 noon when there will be a “buddy’s session “ to start with to help each other with “ Help me I’m stuck trying to find a missing ancestor!” We will look at census substitutes – Before 1841, Trade Directories, Poll Books etc.   So remember your I-pads, mobile phones, old notes etc.  Later we will think about “Emigration” and which records can help find missing ancestors.

Viv Brown.

Any queries please contact Viv Brown.