NEW FAMILY HISTORY COURSE FOR BEGINNERS
ON TUESDAYS FOR 5 WEEKS DURING MAY & JUNE 2014
VENUE: NDFHS LIBRARY & RESEARCH CENTRE, PERCY HOUSE
The aim of the course is to enable the participants to learn how to extract information from the basic records and develop the skills to link one record to another in order to advance knowledge of their ancestors, to understand how to record the information accrued through research, and then to build a family tree.
- Week 1 – 13th May – Introduction to the course. Civil Registration.
- Week 2 – 20th May – Census Returns 1841-1911.
- Week 3 – 27th May – Parish Registers.
- Week 4 – 3rd June – Trade Directories, Electoral Registers & Newspapers.
- Week 5 – 10th June – Wills.
Fee: £25 in advance.
Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon
30 minutes for lunch – please bring your own. Tea and coffee are available in the Reception Area of our Research Centre.
From 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm you will be using the facilities, with support.
Booking and payment in advance are required. Please send your enrolment/contact details and payment to: The Librarian, NDFHS, 7th Floor, Percy House, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PW.
Enquiries may be made through librarian@ndfhs.org or by telephoning 0191 261 2159. (If the Librarian is not present a message will be taken and the Librarian will be contacted).