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LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY
SOCIETY
Rossendale Branch Newsletter February
1999
British Isles Vital Records Index. If you have used the
computer at the Latter-day Saints library on Haslingden Road you will be
familiar with this index. It is similar to the IGI but it contains more
names and is more flexible. The LDS Church has now released the British
Isles VRI as a set of six CDs . The systems requirements are said to be a
minimum Pentium PC running Windows 95 or NT40. There is no mention on the
packaging of Windows 98 but it should run equally well. The front cover
states that these CDs contain 5 million births, christening and marriages
taken from a partial collection of records in the British Isles dating
from 1538 to 1888. The British Isles VRI is available in the UK solely
from the LDS Church Distribution Centre, 399 Garretts Green Lane,
Birmingham B33 OHU (Tel. 0121 784 9555).
The price for the unbelievably low price of £13.50
includes delivery.
I have abstracted this from a much longer article in
January’s Family Tree Magazine. This magazine is on sale here monthly. It
has just increased in price to £2.20 per issue but it is the best way to
keep up to date with what is going on in the genealogy world especially in
the computing field
1881 Census Indexes.
The Federation of Family History Societies is offering
for sale the National sort of the 1881 Census Transcript in both the
Surname Index and Birthplace Index formats. These are both substantial
sets of fiche as there are 1116 fiche in each set. The cost to members of
the Federation of the National sort Surname index will be £260.16
which includes 25% discount. For the benefit of individuals arrangements
have been made to issue the index in sets e.g. A-Ba, Ba-Cad. Further
information and order forms are available from the FFHS Finance Officer, 1
Tenterk Close Close, Bleadon, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS24 OPJ with
sae.
National sort Birthplace Index. This is only
available as a complete set at £258.16
There is a £2 handling charge.
CD-Rom version of 1881 census will be released on
CD-Rom from the LDS Church in the near future and will only be available
through the church. If you have computer facilities you should wait before
purchasing the fiche.
Coming Events. Talks, Conferences, Exhibitions.
Saturday 27 February 1999. The FHS of Cheshire will be
holding a Family History Open Day to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Venue
the Memorial Hall, Norwich - 10am - 4.30pm. Admission £1. Free Car Park.
Saturday 17th April 1999. NW Group of Family History
Societies. 22nd Annual Conference hosted by Liverpool & SW Lancashire FHS
at the Western Rooms, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral St. James’ Mount,
Liverpool. There is ample parking space at a fee of £1.00 for the day
payable on arrival. Fee £13.50 to include all lectures, coffee on arrival,
buffet lunch and afternoon tea. Send to David Guiver, 11 Bushys Lane,
Formby, Liverpool, L37 2DX. Bookings to arrive by 27th March.
Saturday 24 April 1999. Computers in Family History
Conference. The Society of Genealogists and the Manchester & Lancashire
Society will be hosting a one day conference in the Chapman Building of
the University of Salford.
Saturday 1 May and Sunday 2 May 1999 Society of
Genealogists. Annual Fair, London.
Saturday 30 October 1999 NW Group Family History Fair
(sometimes known as the Stockport Fair) will this year be held at the
Guild Hall, Preston.
NW Group of Family History Societies. This small
federation of FHSs consists of
North Cheshire FHS, FHS of Cheshire, Rolls-Royce FHS,
Liverpool & SW Lancs. FHS, Cumbria FHS, Catholic FHS, LFH&HS and S.
Cheshire FHS. Each year one of this group hosts the annual conference.
Last year we were in Cumbria the year before we went to Rolls Royce. This
year the conference is being hosted by Liverpool on the 17 April (see
above). I only received a limited number of programmes but if you are
interested please look at the notice board for details
Rossendale Ancestry.
Mrs E. Paulett, 6 Woodchester Close, Rosemount, Nambour,
Queensland, Australia 4560 is interested in the family of George Forsyth
born 1872 at Higher Booths, his older siblings were Sarah, Mary Ann and
William. She thinks their father came from Scotland to manage an estate.
George married Susy Heap about 1896 and had four sons Maurice, Owen,
William & Cyril. She would also like to know about Richard Heap, born 1832
at Goodshaw. He married Ann.... approximately 1858. They had seven
children Sarah, Alice, Alfred, Richard, John, Susy and James. In 1881 they
were living at 5 Smiths Houses, Dunnockshaw.
And Finally..... What’s in a name?
A member of the Blackburn Branch decided that she would
like to do a One Name Study of the name Entwistle. She contacted
the Guild of One Name Studies (the Goons) and asked if anyone else had
registered this name. They told her there was no one else listed, so she
duly paid a registration fee. Then they sent a letter of apology saying
that someone else was registered after all, so would she like to research
another name instead?
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