Blackwood
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Blackwood – Our very own authoress!!
The members of the Blackwood branch are bursting with pride: Anne Vinnicombe, a founder-member and mentor of our branch, has published a most fascinating book, arising out of her extensive […]
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Blackwood – Perfect Family?
Our excellent February speaker was once more one of our own members, who stunned us with tales of his illustrious antecedents. We heard how the Paynter family originated in Cornwall, […]
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Blackwood – ‘Tis the season to be jolly
Time for our Christmas meeting – officially for research, but we had a fine time with entertainment, clever quizzes (
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Blackwood – A Big Story
The Chartists – such a huge story to tell, and so little time, but our speaker, Mr Rey Stroud, delivered a telling account of this important event in our history.
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Blackwood – More than just Family History.
In July, once more our speaker was a member of our own branch, who shared the fascinating results of her Family History research. We were surprised by the unusual and […]
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Blackwood – Can we find anything?
The members of the Blackwood Branch were busy on Tuesday 9th June researching and helping each other. Some people were really pleased that they found new families and sorted out
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Blackwood – Welsh girls ‘in service’
In our May meeting, we were very pleased to welcome Rosemary Scadden, author of the recently-published book ‘No Job for a Little Girl’. Her well-researched talk
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Blackwood – Help Desk New Tredegar Library
Kay and Rhona enjoyed helping two members of the public who visited the help desk, managing to trace their family right back to 1803
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Blackwood – SWAGTIME
Great excitement – time for our visit to the South West Area Group FH Fair in Weston-super-Mare, our transport perfectly organized, as always, by Mrs Anne Vinnicombe. We assembled at […]
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Blackwood – Brought up tidy, a rogue family
This month we were entertained by one of our own members, who impressed us with the results of her research. We heard of ancestors who