News
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Newport Branch, May 31st
Angus McBean by Will Cross. This month we welcomed the return of a regular speaker in Will Cross. His subject was Angus McBean, an extremely talented photographer who was born […]
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New content – Tables for Searching – Risca mining victims
Thank you to Stephen Lyons, who has provided the Society with a list of deaths at mines within the Risca area. Information is provided on 431 deaths between 1842 and […]
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Historic journals
Over the last few months, a Project Team consisting of the Webmaster, Dorothy Lewis and Emma Gudgeon, have been scanning and uploading historic journals that have not previously been available […]
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Dr Nick Barratt – The Mists of Time
Alongside our EGM, which took place on 10 May 2022, we were pleased to welcome Dr Nick Barratt to speak to Members of the Society. The talk covered going back […]
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Chepstow & Wye Valley Branch May Meeting
The next meeting of the Chepstow and Wye Valley branch of the Gwent Family History Society will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 12th May 2022 in the Wesley Rooms […]
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Newport Branch Meeting, Tuesday April 26th.
Newport Branch Meeting, April 26th. A Literary Life by Phil Carradice In our meeting this month we were greatly entertained by Phil Carradice, a prolific author and broadcaster. His talk, […]
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Chepstow and Wye Valley Branch April Meeting
The next meeting of the Chepstow and Wye Valley branch of the Gwent Family History Society will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 14th April 2022 in the Wesley Rooms […]
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Newport Branch Meeting, 2022 March 26
Newport Branch Meeting: 2022 March 26 ‘Llandaff Now and Then’ by Rosemary Scadden The Newport Branch is beginning to get back to something like normality with our third meeting of […]
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Journals Index
With many thanks to Hilary Gillespie, we now have an index of journal articles. There are three indices – organised by journal, alphabetical title and author (alphabetical by surname). The […]
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Newport Branch Meetings, Tuesday February 22nd
The Life of May Gwenllian Firbank by Robert Ashton. The Newport Branch held its first meeting with a live speaker in over two years. Robert Ashton, a Newportonian now living […]