For those that don't know library staff member Lesley Conway runs a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next week for a great show.
On this week's show
What do you do when the Christmas bustle is behind you, and you need something interesting to do indoors, out of the heat? Brush the dust off your family history files and put together the family tree at last!
Kathy Smalley was with us this week, and suggests that you check out the Family History information accessible from the ERL webpage, and subscribe to the newsletter which will keep you up to date with what is coming in during the year.
Not only do we have new microfiche, CD-ROMs and books, but the Ancestry.com database which is available (at no charge) on any of the PCs in our library branches has added a huge ammount of extra records. These include Scottish census details from 1841, 1851 and 1861, also the British Phone Book Collection 1180-1984, the Births Marriage and Death Index Records for England and Wales 1837-2004, the 1841 English and Welsh census (which completes the census releases from 1841-1901) and Passenger Lists.
So, go to it, talk to family members over Christmas, get some dates, names and places and dive into some family history records. It's fun, it's addictive!
Cheers, Maryanne
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