Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - nnwfhs

18/04/2025

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - War Graves Week 2025

On Saturday 10th May, as part of the CWGC's War Graves Week, there will be a tour at Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery.

The cemetery is the resting place for twelve casualties from the First World War and 76 Second World War casualties. The tour will include the CWGC British/Commonwealth, Polish, and German plots, along with a number of the cemetery's scattered war graves, which include a Battle of Britain spitfire pilot.

To book a free ticket, visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cwgc-war-graves-week-2025-nuneaton-oaston-road-cemetery-tickets-1319729529549

16/02/2025

The event isn't organised by us, but you may be interested in attending.

08/02/2025

We love a good visual aid!

13/01/2025

Destruction of wills update! The government have decided not to go ahead with the proposal to destroy wills. See the link below to our website where you will find links to the press report, the original consultation and the final report on their decision. Great work to all those who contributed.

Welcome to 2025! Have you made any New Years resolutions? Maybe to find more time for your research? Maybe to talk to those older members of the family? Or maybe this year you’ve decided to make the resolution not to make any more resolutions? Whichever, I hope that you can find some information o...

08/01/2025

We published an event advertising a talk with Jackie Depelle on Tues 14th January. Unfortunately, Jackie can't make that date now and has moved her talk to Tuesday 11th March.
However, thankfully Linda Hammond is able to bring her advice on Mind Mapping - Organising your family history, to us instead!
Both events are live to purchase tickets via Eventbrite and are listed in links on posts below.

Members - you will receive the links to the meetings as part of your annual subscription.

07/01/2025

Keep an eye out for our regular members talks - these are free for all of our members and non-members can join the talk by purchasing a ticket using the eventbrite link on each event post. Its £5 per talk for non-members, so why don't you consider joining us when our annual online membership is just £10!

Family History Research Aids from the Experts

31/12/2024

Wishing all of our members and Facebook followers a Happy New Year for 2025. And for no apparent reason, attached is a silly joke!

25/12/2024

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2025! May you discover more!

26/10/2024

I spotted this in Atherstone today. It's on the route of the old A5. Have you seen any old signs in our patch? If so, post a photo of them here!

01/10/2024

Our friends over the border in Leicestershire are celebrating their golden jubilee this year. They are holding some free events to mark the occasion. Congratulations LRFHS!🎉

22/09/2024

Our website is now back online.
Thanks.

18/09/2024

Our website will be unavailable on Saturday 21st September for essential maintenance. This should only take a few hours but check here on Saturday for updates.
Thanks,
Webmaster.