From ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk Wed Feb 1 15:05:10 2012 From: ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk (News from the Federation of Family History Societies) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:05:10 -0500 (EST) Subject: FFHS-NEWS Wirral Archives Service change of opening hours Message-ID: Wirral Archives Service is altering its opening hours - from the beginning of March we will no longer be open on Saturdays. This change has been made to increase the number of staff available to the service during the week. The last Saturday we will be open will therefore be 25 February 2012. (Thanks to William Meredith, Archivist) Beryl Evans FFHS Archives Liaison Officer archives.liaison at ffhs.org.uk The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721 Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3 4PF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk Thu Feb 9 13:12:19 2012 From: ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk (News from the Federation of Family History Societies) Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:12:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: FFHS-NEWS Welsh History of World War One to go online Message-ID: Aproject led by the National Library of Wales in partnership with thelibraries, special collections, and archives of Wales has received?500,000 in funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)for mass digitisation of primary sources relating to World War One. The project will make available a unique digital collection revealing the hidden history of World War Oneas it affected all aspects of Welsh life, language and culture. Theproject will digitise printed and manuscript sources as well as movingimage, audio and photographic material. These source materials arepresently fragmented and frequently inaccessible, yet collectively theyform a unique resource of vital interest to researchers, students, andthe public in Wales and beyond. Theproject has been developed by WHELF (the Welsh Higher EducationLibraries Forum). Collections to be digitised are from the NationalLibrary of Wales, Aberystwyth University Special Collections, BangorUniversity Special Collections, Trinity St David?s Special Collections,Swansea University, Cardiff University Library, the Archives of BBCCymru Wales and archives and local records offices that are members ofARCW (Archives and Records Council, Wales). The People?s CollectionWales will gather content generated by communities and local and familyhistorians. It will also digitise and in personal collections viaoutreach and targeted digitisation of significant material to enhanceand complement the collections of the higher education partners. Theunified, mass digital collection that will be created will representthe experience of the entire Welsh nation during World War One. Read more at: http://whelf.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/welsh-history-of-world-war-one-to-go-online/ Beryl Evans FFHS Archives Liaison Officer archives.liaison at ffhs.org.uk The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721 Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3 4PF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk Tue Feb 28 12:37:20 2012 From: ffhs-news at ffhs-lists.org.uk (News from the Federation of Family History Societies) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:37:20 -0000 Subject: FFHS-NEWS Report on Archives, Digitisation and Heritage Tourism Workshop Message-ID: I have posted a report at http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news120228.php on the workshop I publicised earlier. This was very quickly fully booked and I know that some were disappointed not to have been able to attend. I sent out details within 10 hours of receiving notification. Roger Lewry FFHS Archives Liaison archives.liaison at ffhs.org.uk The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721 Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England, M3 4PF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: