Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society - nnwfhs

14/10/2025

Our friends at the Irish Family History Society are holding a 1-day conference on 1st November. This is in-person and on zoom. So have a look down the agenda for the day and see if its something that would help you with your research. To buy a ticket, please follow the link to their shop at the bottom of this message. (Please note their prices are in Euros)
FHS Conference: Record Collections – The Long Tail
Nov 1 all-day
Record Collections: The Long Tail – Alternative Sources for Family History Research
Saturday 1st November 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
The Fumbally Stables, Fumbally Lane Dublin 8
Lunch, Spot Prizes (including DNA tests, membership subscription etc.) included in price. Speakers will have copies of their most recent publications for sale (cash only)
9.30 am – 10 am Registration (tea & coffee available to purchase in adjoining cafe)
10 am Welcome by our chairperson Melanie Howes
10.15 Dr Declan Brady: Landed Estate Records as a source
11.30 Mr Andrew Martin: The Irish Newspaper Archives
1pm Lunch (included in admission)
2pm Comdt Daniel Ayiotis: The Irish Military Archive
3pm Dublin City Library: What’s on Offer
4pm Mr Roy Atkinson: Dublin directories and their uses
4.45pm Closing remarks & Distribution of spot prizes
Please note, all participants must pay to attend the conference. Tickets are available in our Shop. Please ensure you choose the appropriate ticket as there are different prices for Zoom attendance and non-members.

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08/10/2025

Our next meeting on Tuesday 14th October is Sin, S*x and Probate! Colin Chapman will be sharing all of the "gossip" - as family historians, these records will give a fascinating insight to your ancestors - and their friends and neighbours. Members will be sent a link. Not a member? Then follow the link below to book your ticket via Eventbrite.

The Church courts judged and recorded inappropriate behaviour of parishioners and clergy, issued marriage licences and proved wills.

20/09/2025

Remembering the Exhall Pit Disaster, 21st Sep 1915. This Sunday (21st Sep) there is a short service at St Giles Meadow next to Exhall St Giles Church at 2pm. This is due to 2 of the trees originally planted died, so they are being replaced. Our webmaster, Lisa, is a distant cousin of one of the victims, Ernest Marsden. Please read the information below as its an account of what happened. All are welcome to attend the service.

27/08/2025

Our friends at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fillongley, have some really exciting events on over heritage weekends. Check out the details below and contact Celia or Helen if you want to attend. Hope to see you there!

28/05/2025

We are very lucky to be able to host Dr Nick Barratt at our next members meeting. Tickets for non-members are now available via Eventbrite. Tickets are £5 and are limited. He will be talking to us about Tracing our Industrial Labourer Ancestors.

Come and listen to Dr Nick Barratt helping us to trace our industrial ancestors.

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!