North West Kent Family History Society Meetings for April and May, 2012, including the talks are open to visitors. The Certificate of Irish Heritage issued by the Government of Ireland. Archives, Digitisation and Heritage (Ancestral) Tourism.

North West Kent Family History Society Meetings for April and May, 2012, including the talks are open to visitors (a donation is appreciated). It is a good opportunity to meet fellow family historians and to see what a Family History Society can offer you in your research.

Bromley Branch, Bromley Methodist Church, College Road, Bromley BR1 3NS Open at 9.45am, the meeting proper is due to start at 10.30am.

Saturday 21 April 2012, Helen Allinson "Life in the Victorian Kentish Workhouse"
Saturday 19 May 2012, Else Churchill "Researching before 1700 using alternative resources".

Dartford Technology College, Heath Lane, Dartford, Kent. Open from 9.45am with the meeting proper starting at 10.30am.

Saturday 7 April 2012, Meryl Catty & Audrey Gillett "An Enumerator's Tale"
& Annual Meeting .

Saturday 5 May 2012, Pauline Watson "Greenwich Heritage Centre and its resources".

Sevenoaks Community Centre, Otford Road (at junction with Crampton Rd.), Sevenoaks, at 7.15pm.

10 May 2012 Dr Ron Cox "It’s where you sleep that counts". 

Please check the NWKFHS website for further details and before you travel for any meetings.  

The Certificate of Irish Heritage issued by the Government of Ireland.

Many families in England have at least one person of Irish Ancestry in their family tree. If one of your direct ancestors was Irish you might be interested in The Certificate of Irish Heritage issued by the Government of Ireland.

The Certificate of Irish Heritage can be purchased for yourself or as a gift for a family member, friend or colleague. The recipient of the Certificate must have an ancestor who was born in Ireland. For full details Certificate of Irish Heritage

Archives, Digitisation and Heritage (Ancestral) Tourism.

The Federation of Family History Societies FFHS) has a report on the workshop at the Centre for the Historical Record at Kingston University held on 22 February 2012.

The four speakers were Dr Nick Barratt (FFHS President and well known among other things as lead consultant for the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?; Geoff Browell (King’s College Archive); Phil Cooper (Surrey History Centre); and Mark Dorrington (Nottinghamshire Archives). 

The thinking behind ancestral tourism was given by Nick Barratt and Mark Dorrington gave details about the project in the East Midlands, and the Nottinghamshire network in particular; Phil Cooper spoke about online access to archives based on the Exploring Surrey’s Past website; and Geoff Browell gave details of the iPhone app ‘Navigating Nightingale’s London’.

If you are interested in how Family History might develop and how it could help you in your research more details can be found at FFHS Archives, Digitisation and Heritage (Ancestral) Tourism