May 20, 2012

York Family History Society Fair 2011

York Family History Society Fair 2011

Next weekend sees the annual York Family History Society Fair being held in The Folk Hall, New Earswick. Unfortunately, I’m going to miss it as I’ve gone and booked myself of a first aid course without checking my diary first. This fair shouldn’t be confused with the Yorkshire Family History Fair which is held at [...]

York Family History Society Research Room Volunteer

York Family History Society Research Room

I thought I’d help out my local family history society and so I volunteered to staff the York Family History Society Research Room for a couple of half days each month. The research room is open from 10am to 4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year and is staffed by volunteers from York Family [...]

If You Think Your Family History Is Complicated …

… spare a thought for these children in a story from The Daily Telegraph. According to The Telegraph; Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj was adopted in the 1960′s as an orphan by Frank Pogson and his Italian wife Princess Orietta Doria Pamphilj. He lives with his Brazilian boyfriend and has two children who were born to [...]

York City Archives And York Reference Library Merge

Earlier this year York reference library temporarily closed to allow the upgrading of the general library on the floor below to what is known now as The Explore York Learning Centre. Now, the pros and cons of this change to the library were not uppermost in my mind, it was the worry that the excellent [...]