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Newport – Curre Family of Itton Court
A little concern for the attendance of about 40 was the late arrival of the speaker due to traffic problems on the infamous M4. However, the talk by Naylor Firth […]
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Blackwood – Research Evening – 12th Feb
Blackwood Branch research evening is on Tuesday, February 12th at 6.45pm in the staffroom of Blackwood Comprehensive School. The branch has produced many local CDs and a range of other […]
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Newport – Cliff Gordon
Our first speaker of 2019 on 30th January was a regular, Will Cross, and we learnt from him about a Welsh entertainer who once was famous
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Chepstow – Family History and Geography
John Brewer made a return visit to Chepstow in October to talk on Family History and Geography.
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Blackwood – Christmas Lunch
On Tuesday, 4th December, the Branch stalwarts met at the Three Horseshoes Pub in Pentwynmawr, for lunch. The venue was chosen following the success of our Summer lunch held there […]
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Blackwood – Older records for family historians
The members were captivated by a talk by Kia Michael and Gareth Thomas from the Gwent Family Archives on 13th November 2018. The amount of information available was truly mind […]
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Newport – The Mystery Name
Elizabeth Gillespie (28th Nov 2018) entertained us with a most interesting account of her search through her family records to explain the origins of the almost unique name Huntold- only […]
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Chepstow – Since the Summer
Our summer months are always quiet. We have no meeting in August. In June we visited Chepstow Museum where the curator Annie Rainsbury
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Blackwood – Betty Perry’s Family
At our October meeting, we welcomed Branch member Mrs Elizabeth (Betty) Perry who had agreed to give a talk on her family history.
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Newport – Thomas Prothero talk by Paul Busby
Thomas Prothero was at one time a very prominent Newport Citizen- but now almost totally forgotten. In Paul Busby’s brilliant talk on 26th September, he revealed the multitude of faults […]