John McCrory
Many thanks to Glenis from our local history group for guiding us through today’s session, giving us a tremendous introduction into searching for your family’s history. Beginning with an overview of the materials held at record offices and libraries, we then looked online at the free resources available for accessing birth, marriages and death records. Glenis […]
Finding your Ancestors
Join us on Tuesday afternoon in the library for an introductory session on searching for your family history. We’ll look at the various sites, give an overview of the techniques used, and go through some examples showing what’s possible!
Find Your Ancestors – Burnage Memory Bank
Undeterred by the showers outside, a group of us set out from the library to explore the concentrated remnants of 19th century Burnage. We were delighted to be joined by the Rector from St. Margaret’s, Revd Alan Pugmire, who shared with us his extensive knowledge of the church and its community. Looking […]
On Your Doorstep – Walk around Burnage
An article by David Reid, featured in A Burnage Miscellany 4 from Burnage Heritage, was the focal point of today’s session. Using the National Library of Scotland’s digitised 1848 Ordnance Survey map of the area, we journeyed from Didsbury Road to cross the Nico Ditch over Slade Lane, our route both following and diverging away from […]
Local History Group – A Roman Road through Burnage?
On Tuesday we examined a number of documents relating to Shawbrook Villa, which lies across the road from the library. Glenis, one of our group, had produced for us a list of the occupiers of the property from 1871 until 1911: A Burnage Miscellany 4 was consulted first, with a piece by Scott […]