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MEETINGS
23 Mar 2010: AGM
followed by a talk on 'Photographs in the NLW collections' speaker Will Troughton
27 Apr 2010: A hidden jewel or a waste of space?
Marise Lloyd-Evans
About the Society
Cardiganshire Family History Society was formed in 1995 to encourage the study of genealogy and family history in Cardiganshire by those having family connections with the county wherever they may live.The aims of the Society are:
• to cater for the needs of those from Wales, the UK, and overseas, researching their Cardiganshire ancestors.
• to provide a local focus for those researching their ancestors in other areas.
• to encourage and assist complete beginners.
NEWS: A Fantastic FFHS Project
The FFHS is delighted to announce that they have arranged with Findmypast a new, short project which will help bring in more royalty payments for societies. Following the success of using their excellent online transcription tool for the 1851 census, work will soon begin to partially transcribe records for BMDs at Sea, 1854-1888. The BMD records are not like the General Registry Office index which provides some information and a certificate has to be bought to obtain further details.
The purpose of the project will be to allow searching by virtually all fields – surname, forename, occupation, age and sex if available in the records, plus the name of the ship. This index will be connected to images of the pages from the original books to allow the researcher to check the transcription and see the extra shipping information not transcribed. Completion of the project will be by the end of May 2010.
Beryl Evans will be the project co-ordinator for Cardiganshire FHS, therefore am looking for volunteers for this completely online project. If you are interested or need further information, please contact Beryl as soon as possible in order for us to participate from the outset as this will be a shortlived project.
beryloevans@aol.com Projects Co-ordinator.
With the 1911 census for Wales now live http://www.1911census.co.uk/, the 1911 census vouchers can now be purchased through the Society. Each voucher is worth £5 - 40 credits.
Orders by post only to Mrs S. Williams, Ael-y-bryn, Bow Street, Ceredigion,
SY24 5BA, Wales UK.
Please make cheques payable to Cardiganshire FHS
The FFHS is delighted to announce that they have arranged with Findmypast a new, short project which will help bring in more royalty payments for societies. Following the success of using their excellent online transcription tool for the 1851 census, work will soon begin to partially transcribe records for BMDs at Sea, 1854-1888. The BMD records are not like the General Registry Office index which provides some information and a certificate has to be bought to obtain further details.
The purpose of the project will be to allow searching by virtually all fields – surname, forename, occupation, age and sex if available in the records, plus the name of the ship. This index will be connected to images of the pages from the original books to allow the researcher to check the transcription and see the extra shipping information not transcribed. Completion of the project will be by the end of May 2010.
Beryl Evans will be the project co-ordinator for Cardiganshire FHS, therefore am looking for volunteers for this completely online project. If you are interested or need further information, please contact Beryl as soon as possible in order for us to participate from the outset as this will be a shortlived project.
beryloevans@aol.com Projects Co-ordinator.
With the 1911 census for Wales now live http://www.1911census.co.uk/, the 1911 census vouchers can now be purchased through the Society. Each voucher is worth £5 - 40 credits.
Orders by post only to Mrs S. Williams, Ael-y-bryn, Bow Street, Ceredigion,
SY24 5BA, Wales UK.
Please make cheques payable to Cardiganshire FHS