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AT EVENTS 
RESEARCHING 
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FHS OPEN DAYS 
AND FAIRS 
 ATTENDANCES AT EVENTS:
FHS OPEN DAYS AND FAIRS
DATES FOR 
YOUR DIARY 

One or more of our Member Societies are planning to man tables at the Family History Society Open Days, Regional Fairs, and other major events that are shown as 'Dates for your Diary'. On that page, Links are provided to the web-page of the organisers of the event, where available, for you to find out more information about it.

At the major Events such as the York Fair, either the Association itself or one of our Member Societies attending normally display leaflets for other Member Societies unable to attend that event. So visit the Welsh Society table(s) and see what's on offer.

If you want to refer to a more comprehensive list of all the events in the coming months, visit GENEVA web-site (the joint GENUKI and FFHS diary of GENealogical EVents and Activities) which also includes links to find out more details of the events concerned.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - LIVE: OLYMPIA 2009
(photos courtesy of Beryl Evans, NLW)


The National Library of Wales stand (complete with daffodils), ready for business prior to opening
 

The NLW stand stood out alongside the big names of TNA, Ancestry.co.uk, and Times Archive
 


The Association's Chairman gave talks on "Family History in Wales", in the Regional Workshop organised by the Society of Genealogists.
 

Tickets for his talks sold out very quickly,
with over 120 people attending them on
each of the three days of the Show.
 

HOBBYCRAFTS FAIR: CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL ARENA

 

Each year since 2006, the AFHSW has had a stand at the Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts Fair in Cardiff International Arena, staffed by volunteers from Glamorgan FHS and Gwent FHS. The Fair organisers very kindly provide the facilities free of charge in the name of the Federation of Family History Societies since the Federation is a registered educational charity.

In return, the AFHSW gives a talk each afternoon on the attractions of Family History as a hobby. The event attracts over 8,000 visitors over its three days, and has therefore proved a rich source in attracting new family historians and persuading them of the benefits of joining their local family history society.

The stand displays leaflets from each of our member societies, including the Guild of One-Name Studies and the National Library of Wales, and from the local Record Offices. Our volunteers are kept busy giving advice and guidance to visitors on where to look and what to look for, in order to help them find the answers to their queries.

In 2009, our stand also displayed plans and photos of the new Gwent Archives office - which will open in its new home in Ebbw Vale early in 2011 - and of the new Glamorgan Record Office - which is opening early in 2010 on the Leckwith development next door to the new Cardiff City Stadium and Capital Retail Park.

 
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