Uckfield

Well known family historian Celia Heritage will be talking about newspaper archives and how to make the best use of them

Celia Heritage, a professional genealogist will be giving us a talk on the origins of local newspapers and how to access them before using examples to illustrate the wealth of wonderful information they can give to family historians.

An informative but light hearted talk.

This month we have a members evening and we will be looking at Census Records.   Bob Cairns will present an introduction to records up to 1911 and Hilary Smith will talk about the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register.   As usual, members are invited to share their own experiences during the evening.

Along with Birth, Death and Marriage certificates, the Censuses form a cornerstone of modern family history research i.e. post 1840/