FindMyPast are offering FREE ACCESS to millions of military records for the weekend of 7-9th November
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
During the week of 24 - 29 November
This will include any duplicate books held in the centre and also those nor being transferred to the new 'Cheshire Archives Crewe' on its completion in 2026
Out of county books will be included, all will be sold at good prices [Card and cash payments accepted]
The opening hours for this week are being extended
Monday 24th Nov 10am - 4pm and 5.30 - 8pm
Tuesday 25th Nov 10am - 4pm
Thursday 27th Nov 4pm - 8pm
Saturday 29th Nov 10am - 4pm
Over 2 million WW2 service records to go online for the first time
Over two million WW2 service records will go online at Ancestry and be freely available for the week leading up to Remembrance Day 2025
For full details see - https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ww2-service-records-online-ancestry
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This new 4 part Chanel 5 programme starts tomorrow night [Friday 17th October] at 9pm
The first episode is CHESHIRE!
Find out more 👉 https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/268079-5/
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
Find out more, register and book classes etc - https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/
Have you ever searched this fabulous website
The Chester Consistory Court
An archive of cause papers from the oldest complete ecclesiastical courtroom in England. The aim of this project is to make available online images of the surviving sixteenth-century cause papers relating to causes heard in the church court at Chester together with a transcription of each and a translation of those in Latin plus a searchable database of people, places and subjects
Find out more about this amazing free database 
https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/
To search https://www.chestercausepapers.org.uk/directory
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
Cheshire Archives reveal hundreds of 19th century maps and some amusing place names
Links for more details
Cheshire West 👉 https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news/cheshire-archives-reveal-hundreds-of-19th-century-maps-and-some-amusing-place-names
1st of the month means my usual list of free online events.
With it being August there are not a lot this month, everyone is on holiday!
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details,
Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.
A brand new website for the British Library, I notice that due to the cyber attack in 2023, they are not
taking online registrations for new readers cards at the moment, that will mean a trip to London or Boston Spa!
In the meantime, have a look at the site - Link 👉 https://www.bl.uk/
It is 200 years since the first Intercity train carried passengers. In this year of Railway200, what better way to celebrate than with another year of Making Tracks with Pete Waterman OBE and the Railnuts.
Making Tracks 200 runs from Thursday 24 July until Saturday 30 August.
Opening hours Monday to Saturday from 10am – 4pm.
Find out more 👉 https://chestercathedral.com/events/event/making-tracks-200