LOUGHBOROUGH GROUP

NEW VENUE FROM SEPTEMBER 2010

Meetings Will Now Be Held At:

PLENTY OF ON-SITE PARKING & BUS STOP OUTSIDE

IMPORTANT

MEETINGS WILL BE ON THE 2ND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH

SEE THE LOUGHBOROUGH PAGE FOR DETAILS

OPEN AT 6.45PM

Tea & Coffee Available

Meetings Start At 7.30pm

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NEW CD ROM 24TH AUGUST 201

CD85 - BILLESDON REGISTRATION  DISTRICT

 MARRIAGE INDEX JULY1837 TO DECEMBER 1911

Allexton St. Peter - Billesdon St. John the Baptist  - Burton Overy St. Andrew

Carlton Curlieu - St. Mary - East Norton All Saints

Evington St Denys up to 1891 when it moved to Leicester RD

Galby St Peter - (Great)Glen Magna St Cuthbert  - Goadby St. John

Houghton on the Hill St Catherine

Humberstone St Mary up to 1891 when it moved to Leicester RD

Hungerton St John the Baptist - Illston on the Hill St Michael  - Keyham All Saints

King's Norton St John the Baptist  - Little Stretton(Parva)  St John the Baptist

Loddington St Michael  - Lowesby All Saints

Newton Harcourt St Luke (some marriages listed inWistow registers)

Owston St Andrew - Rolleston St John the Baptist  - Scraptoft All Saints

Skeffington St Thomas a Becket- Stoughton St Mary  - Thurnby St Luke  - Tilton St Peter

Tugby St Thomas a Becket - Wistow St Wistan - Withcote Chapel no dedication

£9.99 PLUS POSTAGE

BUY NOW BY "PAYPAL"

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IS SOMEONE ELSE RESEARCHING THE

SAME FAMILIES AS YOU?

CHECK OUT OUR SURNAME INTERESTS DATABASE

CLICK HERE

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LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH PRINTS

WAS YOUR ANCESTOR BAPTISED, MARRIED OR

BURIED IN A LEICESTERSHIRE CHURCH?

PRINTS OF ALL 350 CHURCHES IN THE LEICESTER

DIOCESE ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY

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NEW CD ROMS NOW AVAILABLE

CD83 -HINCKLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

MARRIAGE INDEX 1837-1911

CD84 ST. MARTIN'S & ST. NICHOLAS CHURCHES LEICESTER

BAPTISMS 1558-1921

BUY NOW BY "PAYPAL"

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FULL PUBLICATIONS LIST DOWNLOADABLE AT:

www.lrfhs.org.uk/publications.html

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JUNE 12TH 2010

OPEN DAY REPORT & PICTURES

NOW ON LINE

CLICK HERE

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NORMANDY D-DAY BEACHES TRIP 2011

MONDAY 11TH JULY - FRIDAY 15TH JULY

TOUR NOW HALF FULL!!

DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE

IF INTERESTED PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

E-MAIL petercousins@ntlworld.com

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MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS BY STANDING ORDERS

The membership subscriptions increased for 2010 and we notified all standing order payers through the journal to alter their payments with their banks. Out of over 600 members who pay by standing order, over 340 members did not do this, and it has meant an immense amount of extra work for our Membership Secretary Liz Adams and extra costs to the Society in postage etc to contact these members. To date, after several reminders, we are still owed the balance of membership payments from over 130 members.

Can I please ask all of you who pay by standing order to check your bank statements and see if you have underpaid. The membership rates for 2010 should be: single £13 (underpayment £3.50), family £15 (underpayment £4.50) and overseas £15 (underpayment £4.50). The shortfall in payment means that we can only issue those who have underpaid with 3 journals this year instead of 4.

If you are not sure if you have underpaid, you can check on-line at www.lrfhs.org.uk/underpaid where we have posted a list just showing your membership number and surname. You can send the underpayment directly to Liz Adams (address inside the front cover) and please state your membership number.

Alternatively you can pay on-line at: www.lrfhs.org.uk/outstanding.htm

If you have underpaid can you please make sure that you alter your standing order payment for 2011 – due from 1^st January – otherwise we are going to have the same situation arising next year. If you are not renewing your membership can you please inform Liz Adams.

Peter Cousins Chairman

"THE NANNY & THE GENERAL'S BUTTON"

LEICESTER GROUP TALK ON WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH 2010

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NEW CD ROMS NOW AVAILABLE

NATIONAL BURIAL INDEX 3

OVER 18 MILLION RECORDS

ONLY £30 PLUS POSTAGE

AVAILABLE ON THE ONLINE SALES PAGE

CLICK HERE

CD81 - LEICESTER & LEICESTERSHIRE MARRIAGES

1754-1837  Over 92,000 MARRIAGES

ALSO INCLUDED:  “STRAYS” MARRIAGES

LEICESTERSHIRE PLACE NAMES

£21.00 PLUS POSTAGE

CD82 - BAPTISMS IN ALL SAINTS CHURCH

& ST. LEONARD’S CHURCHLEICESTER

1575-1921 Over 24,000 BAPTISMS

£12.99 PLUS POSTAGE

AVAILABLE NOW FROM OUR ONLINE SALES

CLICK HERE

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AGM REPORT 2010 NOW AVAILABLE

CLICK HERE

LEICESTERSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS

AVAILABLE FROM

www.leicestershire.webs.com

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FAMILY TREE MAKER 2010

NOW AVAILABLE

CLICK HERE

MEMBERSHIP AND CD ROM PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE

USING "PAYPAL" SECURE CREDIT/DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

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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

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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.

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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.