ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS WHO PAY

SUBSCRIPTIONS BY STANDING ORDER 

FAMILY TREE MAKER 2010

NOW AVAILABLE

CLICK HERE

MEMBERSHIP AND CD ROM PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE

USING "PAYPAL" SECURE CREDIT/DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

*****************************************************

NEW PUBLICATIONS

NOW IN STOCK AT THE RESEARCH CENTRE

·    MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHS AND HOW

TO DATE THEM £12.99

·    IDENTIFYING YOUR WW1 SOLDIER FROM

BADGES & PHOTOGRAPHS £7.50

·    FAMILY HISTORY ON THE NET  

2009/2010 £7.99

·    FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS & HOW TO

DATE THEM £12.99

·    TRACING YOUR WW1 ANCESTORS £10.99

·    TRACING YOUR WW2 ANCESTORS £9.99

·    STARTING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY £5.99

·    BRITISH HISTORY & HERITAGE

ON THE WEB £6.50

*****************************************

DO YOU HAVE ANY "INSKIP" ANCESTORS?

INSKIP DNA STUDY

Together with Leicester University's 'Roots of the British' project, jennifer kirby, facilitator of the Inskip One-Name Study, is looking for Inskip men who would like to take part and learn more of their family history.

More details of the DNA Project are at

http://inskip.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/roots-of-the-british-inskip-dna-study/.
 

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE OPENING HOURS & SERVICES AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES @ KEW  1)      From 4 January 2010 our reading rooms will be open five days a week (Tuesday to Saturday), with longer opening on the days we are open. From 5 January 2010, our opening and document ordering times will be as shown in the table below.   Opening times Document ordering times Monday Closed n/a Tuesday 09:00 to 19:00 09:00 to 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 to 17:00 09:00 to 16:15 Thursday 09:00 to 19:00 09:00 to 17:00 Friday 09:00 to 17:00 09:00 to 16:15 Saturday 09:00 to 17:00 09:00 to 16:15 Sunday Closed n/a We recognise that this change may inconvenience some of our visitors, but our research shows less than 0.5% of our readers use our facilities for six consecutive days a week. We are committed to and will continue to support high quality scholarly research at our facilities in Kew, including services for the academic community. 2)      A charge will be introduced for use of our public car park. From April 2010, there will be a charge of £5 per day and discounted annual tickets will be available (savings will be dependent on the emissions level of the car).. In addition we will be allocating a limited number of free tickets to regular unpaid volunteers, who are making a significant contribution on key projects. 3)      We will move some more of our microfilm and microfiche records to storage at the end of this year, providing primary access in our reading rooms through digital means. This is part of a ongoing programme that has been running for several years to replace film and fiche with digital images. We will continue to work with our commercial partners to ensure even higher levels of accuracy of the indexing information provided. For those who need to see the microform it will still be available, on request. 4)      We will also ensure our records experts are available to our visitors when they are most needed.  Following consultation we will continue to provide expert advice in the Map and Large Document reading room for all the hours we are open. Elsewhere records expertise will be focused on busier periods of the day, when it is most needed. 5)      We will be introducing the new streamlined online record copying service in late 2009/early 2010. This will help simplify the current online and telephone ordering processes.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

********************

 

THE COMPUTER GROUP IS MOVING.....

SEE GROUP PAGE FOR DETAILS

 

SOCIETY JOURNALS

I have a number of old LRFHS Journals?Newsletters for the period September 1995 and 2002.  The numbers are 81-110.  I think just one, No.85 is missing. I Now wish to dispose of them preferably by passing

them to your society or one of the members. There may well be a member who, like me, lives in Devon and would like them.  All I would ask the the cost of postage unless someone fairly local might be happy to collect them.  The collection is reasonably weighty.I can be contacted by email or the address below:

Christopher Dracott,'The Nuthatch', 27 Prowses, Hemyock,

Cullompton, Devon EX15 3QG  draconem@btopenworld.com

 

 

 

 

NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABLE

"THE SLUMS OF LEICESTER"

"The Slums of Leicester" provides a unique pictorial account of a Leicester that has long disappeared. It brings together vivid descriptions of life in the slums with contemporary photographs and maps which are set out district by district.

Edited By New Newitt

For Full Details Click Here

 

**************************

STUCK ON YOUR FAMILY HISTORY?

PUT YOUR PROBLEM IN OUR ONLINE

"QUERY BOX"    CLICK HERE

*************************

WI-FI WIRELESS CONNECTION

NOW AVAILABLE AT THE RESEARCH CENTRE!!

Ask A Duty Volunteer For The Access Code

**********************

ANCESTRY AT THE RESEARCH CENTRE!!!

WE NOW HAVE THE WORLDWIDE LIBRARY EDITION OF

ANCESTRYAVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS USE

ON 8 COMPUTERS AT THE RESEARCH CENTRE

WE NOW ALSO HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION TO

"FIND MY PAST" ON ONE COMPUTER

 

         2010 GROUP MEETINGS - FULL LIST          

CLICK HERE

FREE METHODIST RECORD SEARCHES

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

********************

LATEST NEWS

LRFHS NOW ON YOU TUBE!!

SEE DETAILS BELOW

********************

LRFHS NOW ON "YOUTUBE"

 

Toni Smith, our Journal Editor, has created a video tour

of the LRFHS RESEARCH CENTRE and this is now

available to view on youtube.com

Go to YOUTUBE. At the top of the page in the

Video Search box enter LRFHS (Not case sensitive).

In the search results displayed you will see the video of the LRFHS tour.  Click on it to view

(Below the video click on VIEW IN HIGH QUALITY)

Alternatively click the link below to go straight to the video

LRFHS VIDEO

This will play the video automatically

******************************************

 

IS YOUR VILLAGE "ON THE MAP"?

FIND OUT ON THE

LEICESTERSHIRE VILLAGES WEBSITE

 

***********************************

Web site and all contents © LRFHS 2007

MEMBER OF THE FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES

Visitor No:
 Since 27th August 2007

free hit counters

 

THE SOCIETY’S HISTORY & FACILITIES   The Society began in life in 1974 as the Leicester Family History Circle. It quickly grew and was later renamed the Leicestershire Family History Society. In 1992 Rutland was incorporated into the Society and the name changed to the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society.   The society is run by a group of Trustees who are elected annually by members at the A.G.M. They serve on the Executive Committee and are required to undertake specific duties. Any member can apply for nomination to the Executive Committee.   With the present membership of almost 3000 the LRFHS has the capacity of offer a wide range of services and activities to assist family history historians and researchers.   RESEARCH CENTRE & LIBRARY The Society has an excellent Research Centre situated in Leicester at Unit 4B, Pilot House, King Street, Leicester LE1 6RN.It has a large area for viewing our extensive range of microfiche data, and 6 computers to access CD -Rom data and the Internet.   Amongst our vast range of data we have the General  Register Office Birth Marriage Indexes from 1837 to 2002, The National Probate (Wills) Index containing details of 7 Million wills, The Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI), and using the Internet you can access resources like FamilySearch, Commonwealth War Graves Commision,  The National 1901 Census and Ancestry.   We also have numerous CD Roms containing millions of entries to aid and interest family historians. Our range of research material and equipment is being regularly updated and the Research Centre is staffed by a helpful band of volunteer assistants who give their time freely to help new and existing members. They will be happy to assist newcomers to get started, and offer advice and assistance when required.   If you are travelling some distance to the Centre, you can book a microfiche or film reader in advance by telephoning 0116 286 7211.   The Opening hours of the Centre are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10.00am till 4.00pm Saturday 8.30am till 12.30pm   L.R.F.H.S GROUPS   We have seven groups of the Society which are all run by Sub-Committees who organise monthly meetings with talks on a wide range of family history subjects. They are located in Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Rutland and the Computer Group who meet bi-monthly.  Full details of the venues and meetings can be found at :   www.lrfhs.net/meetings.htm   COMPUTER USERS   The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society Website is a widely respected and growing service. The site includes a wide variety of information about the Society and the services we offer, with many links to other  useful genealogical sites.   MEMBERS SURNAME INTERESTS   The Surname Interests database on our website is a valuable source for new or existing members to make contact with others researching the same surnames as you.   SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS   The Society publishes a large range of CD Roms of indexed data, all made possible by many years of work by volunteer members. These include Census data, Marriage Indexes, Parish Registers and more. We also supply a range of  books and publications, details of which are available at www.lrfhs.net/publications.htm   PROJECTS The Society undertakes several projects each year in order to preserve and make available records of use to researchers of family history. These projects are carried out by numerous dedicated volunteer members in their own free time.