Oldham and District Branch of the MLFHS Newsletter September 2014 Contact us at [email protected] Oldham & District Future Events Saturday September 13th Our first meeting of the Autumn session The Origins of Surnames Peter Watson will explain the origins of surnames, meanings, pronunciations, changes over time, nicknames as surnames. He is a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker. At Gallery Oldham, Greaves Street, Oldham beginning at 2pm. The following entrance charges apply: £1.50 for members, £2.50 for non-members; this is to cover the cost of hiring the venue Oldhams Heritage Open Days 6th -21st September Learn more about your local history and architecture. A wide range of events will be taking place across the borough. A Ghost walk,a town walk, life on St. Mary’s before the 60s demolition, Castleshaw Roman forts, Heights Chapel, Jubilee colliery and many more. To download the full programme go to Oldham Heritage Group’s website at pixnet.co.uk/Oldham-hrg/page-newsletters.html Talks and Visits by Other Groups Chadderton Historical Group Thurs 4th September Visit to Saddleworth Museum Meet at Victoria St Car Park, Chadderton, at 7.00pm to arrange transport. Tameside Historical Society Wednesday September 10th AGM & a Q & A Session followed by a talk on getting to the bottom of the new FindMyPast website. Old Chapel schoolrooms, Old Road, Dukinfield, 7.00 pm. £1.50 for members and £2.00 for non members, tea and coffee on arrival. Saddleworth Historical Society Wednesday 17th September 2014 Margaret Beaufort (The mother of King Henry V11) The Manchester Connection Talk by Dr Livi Michael Saddleworth Museum 7.30pm Oldham Historical Research Group Wednesday 17th September World War 1- How it touched lives in Oldham, Part 2. An illustrated talk by Sheila Goodyear Oldham Local Studies and Archives 7pm If you belong to a group and you would like us to advertise your meetings please e mail us Other News has added the following records: Naval Records Spanning 1802-1919, the new collection comprises over 89,000 service files from the Royal Navy, providing details of both officers and ratings. Although the level of detail in the records can vary, users can generally find out the whether their ancestors applied for pensions or gratuities, and if they received any medals. have launched a Hall of Heroes and will be making a £10 donation to the British Red Cross for each story they publish. They have also added Royal Marines Marriage Records which will enable you to discover your ancestors who got married while serving in the British Royal Marines between 1813 and 1920. The records may reveal in what country your relatives got married, what denomination the church was, and their rank and marital status. Unusually for marriage records, you may be able to find out the names of any children that came along. Ancestry and Findmypast are free to search at Oldham Local Studies and at libraries across the borough. Red Cross WW1 Prisoner-of-War records go online The International Committee of the Red Cross have made their records available in time for the centenary. grandeguerre.icrc.org/ National Archives New records added: First World War Officers Service Records 1914-1922 These records contain a range of correspondence relating to an officers career, including insightful documents revealing promotions, medical history, pensions and details surrounding their death. Military Medals at The Genealogist The Genealogist have recently added records of the 117,000 Military Medals awarded for acts of gallantry during the Great War. The equivalent of the Military Cross (which prior to 1993 was only given to commissioned officers) it was awarded to non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers - and to men and women alike. Who Do You Think You Are? Fans of Who Do You Think You Are? can now share their family stories online following the launch of a free interactive website. www/whodoyouthinkyouarestory/ Scottish Indexes website goes live A new website dedicated to releasing “unseen” Scottish genealogy records has gone live. Created by Graham and Emma Maxwell, scottishindexes provides detailed indexes to record sets mainly held at National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, including birth, marriage and death records and prison registers. Although the website will focus on the south of Scotland, documents from across the country are currently being indexed with help from volunteers. British Newspaper Archive The British Newspaper Archive has uploaded more than eight million newspaper pages to its collections. The pages come from eight regional newspapers hailing from all over the UK, including Glasgow’s Daily Record, the Biggleswade Chronicle in Bedfordshire and the London Evening Standard. To read more about the new collection, see the British Newspaper Archive website britishnewspapersarchive.co.uk/ This can be accessed for free at Manchester Central Library. Just ask at our help desk in Manchester Central Library for assistance.
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