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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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Did you know Einwen Evans?
At the Swag Fair on Saturday 16th May 2015, we were approached by the lady from Balmaiden Books, who had a folder containing information about a Newport girl named Einwen […]
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Pontypool – Trevethin Open Day
Last Saturday, 2nd May 2015, representatives of Pontypool Branch attended an open day at Trevethin Church (St Cadoc’s). The theme for the day was the 125th.anniversary of the Llanerch colliery […]
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Off to Kew – 18 April
It’s that time of year again, as we ‘winged’ our way to Kew last Saturday there was a quiet expectancy among the ‘family’, or maybe it was just tiredness, it […]
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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
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Chepstow and Wye Valley Branch Report – February 2015
In January, the topic was members’ research for their ancestors in WWI; three people gave a PowerPoint presentation, two of which were about the members families and the other was […]
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Pontypool Branch Report – March 2015
We usually lose 1 meeting every winter to the weather. The snow at the end of January coincided with our meeting date so we were forced to cancel that meeting. […]
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Blackwood Branch Report – March 2015
Our February meeting, held on Tuesday 10th February, was set aside for research. We saw a good turnout which included 2 visitors one of whom
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Newport Branch Report – March 2015
We commenced the year with the return of a local historian Graham Jarvis who looked at theatres in Newport.