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Vale of Glamorgan Council

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Are you interested in starting your family research but don't know where to begin?

Have you hit a brick wall in your research?

Want to learn more about different resources you can use?

 

Come along to the library, attend a class or book a session at one of the surgeries to get advice on your family history queries and see the wide range of online resources the library has to offer, including Find My Past.  Or why not attend our tasters, there is quite a few to choose from and something for everyone. 

 

We offer The Census, Births, Marriages and Death Records, Records Before 1837, The Way They Lived, Military Records, Wills and Passenger Lists and Newspaper Collections Online. 

 

We have some new interesting classes which will include Beginners - Surnames, Scottish/Irish Ancestry, Archives Online, Down and Out (Criminals/Poor Law), Recording Software and 1911 Census.

 

Places are limited so you will need to book a place at the relevant full or part time library.

 

Details of classes will be updated on this page regularly or for further information contact your local library.

 

 

County Library, Barry – 01446 422423

 

18 February

Newspaper Collections 5.30 - 7.30 pm
4 March

Tracing your Family History:

19th and 20th Century Records (beginners)

2.00 - 4.00 pm
18 March

Tracing your Family History:

Getting further back - 18th Century Records 

2.00 - 4.00 pm
20 May New online resources for Family History Research 2.00 - 4.00 pm

 

Cowbridge Library – 01446 773941

 

16 January

The way they lived

5.00 - 7.00 pm

20 March Photo Detective 5.00 - 7.00 pm

 

Dinas Powys Library – 029 2051 2556

 

15 January

Recording Family History

10.30 am - 12.30 pm
26 February

Tracing your Family History:

19th and 20th Century Records (beginners)

10.30 - 12.30
12 March

Tracing your Family History:

Getting further back - 18th Century Records 

10.30 - 12.30

 

Llantwit Major Library – 01446 792700

 

22 January Births, Marriages and Deaths

4.45 - 6.45 pm

 

5 March

Tracing your Family History:

19th and 20th Century Records (beginners)

4.30 - 6.30 pm
19 March

Tracing your Family History:

Getting further back - 18th Century Records 

4.30 - 6.30 pm

 

Penarth Library – 029 2070 8438

 

14 March Wills

5.30 - 7.30 pm

 

 

Rhoose Library – 01446 710220

 

25 February Records Before 1837

4.45 - 6.45 pm

 

 

St Athan Library – 01446 751497

 

24 January Searching for Victorian Ancestors

2.00 - 4.00 pm

 

21 March

Researching your Family History:

Using Newspapers and Historical Directories Online

2.00 - 4.00 pm

 

Sully Library – 029 2053 1267

 

14 March Searching for Victorian Ancestors

3.00 - 5.00 pm

 

 

Wenvoe Library – 029 2059 4176

 

30 January Recording Family History

2.00 - 4.00 pm

 

27 February

Researching your Family History:

Using Newspapers and Historical Directories Online

2.00 - 4.00 pm
20 March

Tracing your Family History:

Getting further back - 18th Century Records

2.00 - 4.00 pm

 

 

 

Vale of Glamorgan Council, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry CF63 4RU, Tel: (01446) 700111