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<![CDATA[LFHHS Chorley Branch - Blog]]>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:06:24 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Margaret Higgins Database of Catholic Family History]]>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:56:12 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/margaret-higgins-database-of-catholic-family-historyMargaret Higgins Database of Catholic Family History

In late December, the England-based Catholic Family History Society released its 'Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and their Friends 1607-1840', a collection of records relating to approximately 274,500 individuals and transcribed from England's 'Returns of Papists' and a good many other sources.

https://catholicfhs.online/images/cfhs/higginsdb/PDF/Title&Intro.pdf

Worth checking out!

]]><![CDATA[News from Lancashire Archives]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:13:52 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/news-from-lancashire-archives

News from Lancashire Archives

We promised to let readers of News from the Archives know as soon as we had a date for re-opening. I'm pleased to tell you that we will be welcoming researchers back from Tuesday 6 October.

As you may imagine we have had to put in place a number of new procedures to ensure that you will be able to use the archives safely, and to protect staff so all visits will be by appointment only and all documents, microfilms and books will have to be ordered in advance.
Details are now on the website: Coronavirus: Libraries, archives and museums - Lancashire County Council and bookings are now open.

]]><![CDATA[Where have all the registers gone?]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:44:59 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/where-have-all-the-registers-goneMegan Roberts has passed this to us as she thought that it might be of interest to you all

https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/2020/09/06/where-have-all-the-registers-gone/]]><![CDATA[Family History Federation July Bulletin]]>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:10:02 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/family-history-federation-july-bulletin

The July copy of the Family History Federation's July Bulletin can be found at:-

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/family-history-july-bulletin.html

]]><![CDATA[Slave Owners]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:58:06 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/slave-owners
Ron Chapman says:-

Here's a website that I came across that people might find interesting. Legacies of British Slave-ownership at
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/

I searched for all of Pauline's main surnames and nobody with those surnames had owned slaves. I then did mine, every surname had multiple hits. I then checked them all and cannot find matches but need to look in further detail.]]><![CDATA[The Best Free Family Tree Templates for Microsoft Word and Excel]]>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 11:46:22 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/the-best-free-family-tree-templates-for-microsoft-word-and-excel

From Dick Eastman

The Best Free Family Tree Templates for Microsoft Word and Excel
Want to create your own printed Family Tree reports?
Do you have Microsoft Word and Excel or any word processor or spreadsheet program that can handle Word and Excel documents?
If so, you will be interested in “41+ Free Family Tree Templates (Word, Excel, PDF)” on the Template Lab website.

Read his full blog

]]><![CDATA[SOG Webinars]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:37:39 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/sog-webinarsFrom the Society of Genealogists

More information about our online talks can be found on the Bookings page of our website http://www.sog.org.uk/books-courses/events-courses/. further information about when events onsite are likely to resume will be announced in due course, but we will continue run online talks after our premises reopen.

New Online Events:
4 July using free Websites to research your Irish ancestry with Jill Williams and Roz McCutcheon.
4 July finding Irish Probate records - online, in record offices, and at the SoG library with Else Churchill.
9 July using free Websites to research your Irish ancestry (repeat) with Jill Williams and Roz McCutcheon.
11 July My ancestor was a Blacksmith with Ian Waller.
11 July Passenger lists & their alternatives with John Hanson.
15 July Sources for India in the SoG library with Else Churchill.
16 July The lambeth Walk with Diane Burstein.
18 July Tracing your Potteries ancestors with Mike Sharpe.
25 July Careers in Genealogy: Want to be a Professional? With Antony Marr.
30 July My ancestors Worked in Textile Mills with Adele Emm.

Thanks Wendy Pratt for this]]><![CDATA[June online branch meeting posted on our website]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:46:20 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/june-online-branch-meeting-posted-on-our-website

Couldn' you make our June online branch meeting? Don't panic a recording has been posted to YouTube.

Go to our virtual branch website and click on the link -

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/online-branch-meetings.html
Date for your diary - our July meeting will be on Thursday June 16th at 7.30pm. The speaker will be Ron Chapman with a talk entitled 'Oooo What fibbers!'

]]><![CDATA[New video links added to our Virtual Branch Website]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:56:42 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/new-video-links-added-to-our-virtual-branch-website
Check out these new videos links that we have added to the Virtual Branch website

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/video.html

Breaking down your brick walls

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/brick-walls.html

The genetic revolution - How DNA testing is transforming family history research

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/dna.html

Tracing a soldier in the records of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/military.html

Tracing a prisoner of war in the records of the Red Cross

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/military.html

Tracing your Military Ancestors

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/military.html

Tips & Tricks for Online Research with Keith Gregson: The Family History Show Online 2020

https://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/beginners.html

]]><![CDATA[Announcing: ORA, the Online Repository Assistant]]>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:53:49 GMThttps://www.lfhhschorleybranch.com/blog/announcing-ora-the-online-repository-assistant

From Dick Eastman

Announcing: ORA, the Online Repository Assistant

This is very interesting. Here is a new offering created by John Cardinal, a well-known software developer who focuses on creating software tools for genealogists. His past accomplishments include Family History Hosting as well as companion programs for use with The Master Genealogist (TMG) (from Wholly Genes Software), Second Site, and the TMG Utility. Now John has created a new product that looks like it will be a very useful tool.

Here is the announcement from John:

Read the rest of the story »

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