New programme of What's Your Story? walks and talks
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What's Your Story?
Our free family history walks and talks in 2012 are the perfect place to begin your family history.
What's Your Story? Discovering Family History
11 February - 27 May 2012
This exciting new temporary exhibition will celebrate the family histories of local people. Come along to discover your family’s story.
Monday 23 January, 1.30pm - 2.30pm, Discovery Museum
Researching ancestry on Tyneside and Wearside with family history author Keith Gregson
Tips on researching family history in the areas covering modern North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle/Gateshead and Sunderland.
Wednesday 1 February, 1.30pm - 4pm, Discovery Museum
Planting the roots: A beginner’s guide to starting your family tree with genealogist Anthea Lang
How do you construct a family tree and what records are available to you? Bring your own family history documents if you have them.
Saturday 11 February, 11am - 1pm, Discovery Museum
Family fortunes: Using wills with family and local history lecturer Joyce Jackman
Wills and inventories are useful when trying to work out an ancestor’s social status. They can also be used to uncover family relationships.
Saturday 18 February, 11am - 1pm, Discovery Museum
Decipher old handwriting with family history lecturer Wendy Stafford
Come and learn the basic skills that will help you to interpret and read old documents with confidence.
Wednesday 7 March, 1.30pm - 4pm, Discovery Museum
Branching out: Civil Registration with genealogist Anthea Lang
What can birth, marriage and death certificates tell you? Bring your own family history documents if you have them.
Monday 12 March, 2pm - 3pm, Discovery Museum
Looking after your family history treasures with the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums conservation team
A practical session to find out how to look after objects, costume, medals, photographs and documents for future generations.
Sunday 25 March, 2.30pm - 4.30pm, Jesmond Cemetery
Walking tour - Jesmond cemetery with Pat Lowery, Blue Badge Guide
A tour of Jesmond cemetery, the final resting place of many people who were instrumental in shaping Tyneside including Fenwick, Dobson and Armstrong.
Wednesday 4 April, 1.30pm - 4pm, Discovery Museum
Going for growth: Using the Census with experienced genealogist Anthea Lang
Hints and tips on how to start searching census records. Bring yourown family history documents if you have them.
Sunday 29 April, 2.30pm - 4.30pm, Discovery Museum
Walking tour - Hard Times and Horrible Histories with Pat Lowery, Blue Badge Guide
Find out about the harder side of life in Newcastle from poverty stricken slums, asylums and the workhouse to gruesome murders and hangings.
Tuesday 22 May, 2pm to 3.30pm, St James’ Church, Benwell
The churchyard as social history: A guided exploration of St James’ churchyard with Judith Green
Visit the grave of members of the rich and powerful families who lived inBenwell as well as local pitmen, traders and inhabitants of the workhouse.
Find out more on our new family history website
www.whatsyourstory.org.uk
To download a brochure of walks and talks, please click here.