28 Apr 2022 – Changes to our Website
The Society has made the following changes to our Website:
Family Research Interests
This is a new facility which will allow:
Cause papers and Proctor’s papers relating to court cases in the church courts
This is a new database of people identified in court documents. It is a small database at present (aprox 3,500 records) but will grow over time.
Changes to the Wills and Census forms to make the results clearer
27 Apr 2022 – New Acting Chairman
To All Members
To advise that, as from today, Douglas Burdon is Acting Chairman of the Society – acting until the next Annual General Meeting.
At the last Annual General Meeting on 26 October 2021, Joyce Jackman gave six month’s notice of standing down as Chairman, as well as giving up the positions of Acting Events Coordinator, Acting Publicity Officer, and Acting Volunteer Coordinator. Joyce is remaining as an Elected Trustee.
17 April 2022 – Data added to our parish databases
New baptisms, marriages, burials and MIs records loaded into our database
• Baptisms 27,184
• Marriages 10,320
• Burials 23,478
• Monumental Inscriptions 360
11 April 2022 – Family History Festival on 28th May
The NDFHS, in partnership with Newcastle City Libraries, is holding a Family History Festival on the 28th May 2022 between 10am and 3pm.
The event will take place in the Bewick Hall, City Library, Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge St, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8AX.
As well as the NDFHS, the following organisations will be present:
Speaking at the event will be:
17 Jan 2022 – Changes to the Membership System
The Society has made changes to the Membership System on the NDFHS Website.
Once you have logged in, click on the My Account button on the right hand side of the screen.
Through the My account form, you can:
Also, there is a new option when you renew your subscription.
If you are a regular visitor to the Mea House, you can decide to collect your copy of the journal from the Research Centre.
This removes the possibility of it getting lost in the post.
Don’t worry, if you have not collected the journal by the end of the month, it will be posted to you.
Last updated: 26th May 2022