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June 2017 Welcome to our June eNewsletter
Summer Solstice June 20th - 21st see:www.timeanddate.com Stonehenge in England.©bigstockphoto.com/dubassy Meaning of Solstice 'Solstice' (Latin: 'solstitium') means 'sun-stopping'. The point on the horizon where the sun appears to rise and set, stops and reverses direction after this day. On the solstice, the sun does not rise precisely in the east, but rises to the north of east and sets to the north of west, meaning it's visible in the sky for a longer period of time. Although the June solstice marks the first day of astronomical summer, it's more common to use meteorological definitions of seasons, making the solstice midsummer or midwinter. Solstices in Culture Over the centuries, the June solstice has inspired countless festivals, midsummer celebrations and religious holidays. One of the world's oldest evidence of the Summer Solstice's importance in culture is Stonehenge in England, a megalithic structure which clearly marks the moment of the June Solstice. In the Southern Hemisphere, where the June solstice is known as the shortest day of the year, it marks the first day of astronomical winter, but the middle of winter in meteorological terms.
www.timeanddate.com Index of Newsleter
1. Welcome to your May eNewsletter.
1. Summer Solstice
2. Index
2. Looking for your Canal Ancestor?
3. The History of the Canal Network.
4. Where help is wanted?
5. Web Site Review and Derbyshire poor laws
7- 11. Fair information Exhibitors Amenities etc
12. 2017 Diary Dates & Gene Quote
9. Areas we cover
10. Scarsdale 100 Church Project
Looking for Canal Ancestors?
A recent request set me off to look for ‘Canal Ancestors’ and something I know very little about other than they are pretty water ways and big part of out industrial and early logistic’sl. This is a very interesting website that is called Spellweaver and can be found here:www.spellweaver-online.co.uk This says ‘are you looking for your boat ancestors and if so good place to begin?’ I rang and spoke to Angela and she explained to me how the name of the website came about and the website its self due to her own interest. I suggested that she might have liked to join us on the 3rd of June but was unable to this year, but hopefully next year as she would be more prepared. This is what she says on the home page: Do you have canal boat ancestors? If so you have probably already discovered the difficulties in tracing them! Well. I'm no expert, but I do have canal ancestors, and I hope that some of the lessons I've learned in trying to trace them might be useful to other people. She then explains. The website is only 3 years old and so very much a work in progress. I would highly recommend a visit if you are looking for these ancestor or not, very interesting. She also says: One thing you can be sure of. The search for your ancestors will never be boring, and you will learn a great deal about a great many things. And you may well be surprised at your admiration for your ancestors and their way of life.
2. The History of the Canal Network
The canal network started to appear in the 18th century, in the days before the railways the canals were used to carry goods, people and documents around the country. The network continued to expand and linked the major industrial areas of the country together.
As the forerunner to the railways and motorways of recent times, the canals provided employment for many people, the men who built the canals (called navvies, as the canals were referred to as navigations) would often find employment on the canal when construction was complete. Whole families would live and work on canal boats and raise several generations whilst living afloat. Many children were born on the boats so don't be surprised to see a boat name on a birth certificate.
By the 1850's the railways started to take more and more business from the canal companies, the ability to move goods and people far more quickly allowed the railways to expand at the expense of the canal owners. The situation continued until in the 1940's water carrying became nationalised, British Waterways took responsibility for operating boats and set about changing the appearance of boats forever. Gone were the highly decorated boats of yesteryear to be replaced by the blue and yellow livery of BW. The 1970's saw what was in effect the end of canal transport, the canals (now in need of major investment) could not compete with road and rail competitors and commercial water transport had all but stopped.
From Family Tree Forum https://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/325-Canals-and-Waterways
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Our Monthly Meeting Tuesday the 2nd of May Pre booked one to one research available 6:30 till 7pm [email protected]
Meeting and Library open from 7pm
Speaker begins 7:30 followed by free refreshments Same time - Same place
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3. Where help is wanted please?
Your own ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Type exhibition. see also page 5 & 9 ‘Our Genealogy FAIR” on the Saturday 3rd of June at Chesterfield’s own PROACT Football Stadium
Please come along and support us.
Networking
Do you belong to another History or Heritage society? Please encourage them to join us on the 3rd of June. Booking forms can be downloaded from our website or by emailing [email protected]
Wanted Committee Members
We need new and inspired members to get involved. Could this be you?
Maybe you don’t have the time to commit to being on the committee! But still would like to help, be involved? Speak to us.
YOU, our members are our future. This society belongs to it’s members not the committee!
7. Website https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/ Derbyshire_Poor_Law_Unions Derbyshire Poor Law Unions
Jump to: navigation, search An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor- law unions. Derbyshire had the following poor law unions within its boundaries:
• Ashbourne Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Bakewell Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Chapel en le Frith Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Derby Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Glossop Poor Law Union,Derbyshire • Hayfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire • Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire
Records from the poorlaw unions, which were created from this time forward include the following: 1 Guardianship 2 Creed Registers 3 Rate books 4 Workhouse Lists of Inmates 5 Register of Apprentices 6 Register of Births 7 Register of Deaths 8 Vestry Rate Books 9 Admission and Discharge Registers 10 Board of Guardians' Records
Parishes in the Union
Ashover, Derbyshire Holmesfield, Derbyshire Barlow, Derbyshire Killamarsh, Derbyshire Bolsover, Derbyshire Morton, Derbyshire Brackenfield, Derbyshire North Wingfield, Derbyshire Brampton, Derbyshire Norton, Derbyshire Brampton St Thomas, Derbyshire Ridgeway, Derbyshire Brimington, Derbyshire Shirland, Derbyshire Chesterfield, Derbyshire Staveley, Derbyshire Chesterfield Holy Trinity, Derbyshire Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire Dronfield, Derbyshire Temple Normanton, Derbyshire Eckington, Derbyshire Whittington, Derbyshire Hasland, Derbyshire Wingerworth, Derbyshire, Heath, Derbyshire Whaley Thorns, Derbyshire Murder Crime and Punishment The Theme of our 2017 Fair (Open day) • What punishments our ancestors were likely to suffer? • If you have criminal ancestors what you are likely to find out about them? • What made a criminal? Stealing a Handkerchief! Cutting a ‘Nailer’s’ Bellows! Being Drunk! • Being a Tramp! Come and find out how to find your criminal ancestors ? Why do we have the fair? Ever wanted to visit the archives in different towns that your ancestors lived in? We bring them to our members
There will be several Family History Societies there who will be there to help you..
Chesterfield & District Family History Society will have researchers there for you too.
Make it truly ‘OURS’ Please come along and support your society, and help us to help you.
Proact Stadium, Sheffield Rd, Chesterfield S41 8NZ Our fair is a mixture of Family History, Local History. A place where you can get help you with your research.
Also 'Heritage Societies’ such as museums and historical places are part of our exhibition too. "Cultural heritage”, places and activities that represent the stories and people of the past and present.”
Some questions answered. Where is it? see below - Can I park? Ample on site parking. Is it indoors? Yes. Any food? Refreshments on site. Disabled access Yes. Easy access by all public transport too.
Sheffield
PROACT Football Stadium Sheffield Road Chesterfield S41 8NZ Junction 30 M1 North viaSheffield Staveley
Newbold, Barlow and Cutthorpe
Chesterfield and towards A617 - towards Mansfield Chesterfield to Junction 29 M1 South Town Centre and Railway Station London approx’ 1mile A Selection of 2017’s Show Case of Exhibitors
Chesterfield & District Doncaster Family Huddersfield Family Family History Society History Society History Society
www.cadfhs.org doncasterfhs.co.uk http://www.hdfhs.org.uk Research, Sales, Books and Information Research Sales Research Sales Books Books
Nuneaton & Leicestershire & Warwickshire Family Nottingham Family Rutland Family History History Society History Society Society www.nottsfhs.org.uk www.lrfhs.org.uk/ www.nnwfhs.org.uk index.html Research Sales Research Sales Research Sales Books Books Books
Guild of One Name Romany and Travellers Sheffield FHS studies FHS www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk
www.rtfhs.org.uk Research Sales www.one-name.org Books Research Sales Research & Books Informations
Family History FACHRS Jane West Partnership Family and Community Psychic Medium History Research www.thefamilyhistorypa Society www.jane121.wixsite.co rtnership.com m/green-earth-r
Publications www.fachrs.com Finding ancestors in a different way. A selection of 2017’s Show Case of Exhibitors continued
Tramway Museum Crich Member Table Jumping Clay S41 www.tramway.co.uk William Wittmoor
Books, Sales and Found! Information Unknown for 100 years www.jumpingclay.co.uk
Victoria County History Derbyshire VCH Records Society Chesterfield www.victoriacountyhistory.a Civic Society c.uk/counties/derbyshire/ about www.derbyshirerecords The Greatest Publishing www.chesterfieldcivicsociet y.org.uk ociety.org Project in English Local History
Chesterfield and District Nth Wingfield Local Chesterfield’s St Helens Local History Society History Society Local History Society
Click here to find us on www.chesterfieldshadlhs.org www.cadlhs.org.uk Face Book Display and photographs & much more
Chesterfield & District Chesterfield & District Family History Society Family History Society Grandma’s
Policeman’s Policeman’s Note Crafts uniforms book Past and Present Continued - A selection of 2017’s Show Case of Exhibitors
M M Publications Pollie Scott Art, Family Joshua Hogan Trees, & Crafts Printing & Designs www.mmpublications.co.uk www.joshuahorgan.co.u www.polliescott.com k
Derbyshire Record Chesterfield Local Chesterfield & District Office Studies (Library) Family History Society DRO Matlock https:// www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ Second Hand Books www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ leisure/local_studies/ leisure/record_office/ local_studies_libraries/ default.asp chesterfield_local_studies/ default.asp
Chesterfield & District Chesterfield & District Chesterfield & District Family History Society Family History Society Family History Society Information Children at War & Sales Membership 1939 to 1945 www.cadfhs.org www.cadfhs.org www.cadfhs.org
Chesterfield & District Chesterfield & District Chesterfield & District Family History Society Family History Society Family History Society
Types of punishment Punishments Finding Criminal dished out to our through Ancestors ancestor the ages More information
Chesterfield & District FHS Chesterfield & District Family History Society 11:30 11am Talk one. We welcome the arrival of the Karen Walker Mayor and Mayoress of Chesterfield presents 12 am Presentation of cheque to "Thieves, Drunkards & Leicestershire & Derbyshire Air Ambulance Undesirables” by the Mayor
CADFHS Raffles Memory lane Door Raffle keep your ticket drawn at 2:45pm How children used to play General Raffle drawn at 3pm Marbles, Skipping. Sponsored by Find My Past, 2 memberships Hopscotch, Kick Kan CADFHS membership - etc Bottle of Wine CFC Lots more donations to many to mentions
www.cadfhs.org Chesterfield & District Family History Society
Name the Teddy And Much More ***
EVENT Banner sponsored by Refreshments will be available Georgian Signs Ante room to the main exhibitions 01246 456292 with pitch side views
email:[email protected] catering by PROACT Click icon to visit the Archives now Family Search
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Monthly Meetings First Tuesday of the Month Everyone is welcome so do introduce a friend
2.00 members and £3.00 guests.Includes complimentary refreshments. 7pm for 7.30pm more details visit
click here for: An online calendar of GENealogical EVents and Activities
2017 Diary Dates – June
Saturday June 3rd CADFHS Fair At the PROACT STADIUM
Tuesday June 6th James Clarke A Soldier’s Story
Tuesday July 4th Chris & Judy Rouse The Railway Navvy (His working Life) Includes Clay Cross
by kind permission of Twisted Twiggs & Gnarled Branches Events coming up at the Derbyshire Records Office ‘previous information amended’ Scarsdale 100 Area
The area that CADFHS covers.
Would you like to help with this Project? We are wanting a photograph of a church near you! In the area CADFHS covers which is the Scarsdale 100 area. see map above
Check for missing churches here: http://cadfhs.org/parish-churches-and-places-of-worship/
Send your photos to web master - [email protected]
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