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Newport – County Histories of Monmouthshire
The former County Archivist David Rimmer gave use a talk on ‘The County Histories of Monmouthshire’. He certainly had prepared a very thorough and detailed analysis
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NEWPORT BRANCH MEETING- 2016 January 27
Our proposed guest speaker for the evening Alan Smith was unavailable due to family problems. Malcolm Otton stepped in and gave us an excellent talk on the 1939 Register.
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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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Newport Branch Christmas Party
NEWPORT BRANCH CHRISTMAS PARTY 2015 December 9 The Newport Branch held its annual Christmas party at the Newport YMCA on December 9th. Don Carter provided a quiz
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Newport Branch Meeting
NEWPORT BRANCH MEETING (jointly with the other Branches of GFHS) 2015 December 7 The publication of the 1939 Register promises to be the most important event in British Family History […]
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Newport Branch Meeting
NEWPORT BRANCH MEETING : 2015 November 25 Dr William Price (by Dean Powell) Dr Price, originally from Pontypridd and later of Llantrisant, is best remembered as a pioneer in the […]
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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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Newport Branch Programme
It is important to know for anyone thinking of attending one of Newport’s meetings in the next couple of months that due to my error in sending in a programme […]
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Can you help?
It is my aim to try and publish a book on the allied soldiers who are missing in action in the Arnhem-Oosterbeek area since September 1944. I am planning to […]