Doncaster and District Family History Society

The date for the second of the Society's Autumn family history courses, More Resources for the Family Historian, has been brought forward a week to 7th October 2010.
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Gwen Jennings, has decided to retire from this post after doing the projects job for many years. We are looking for a volunteer to take on the post forthwith. Gwen will be able to provide training and support to the new post-holder and her intention is to hand over the work in small stages to ensure an effective handover. She will continue to undertake some other tasks on behalf of the Society and will be available for questions on an ongoing basis.
 
The role of Projects Coordinator is:

• to direct the volunteers in their choice of new projects

Due to personal commitments Carol Ackroyd has resigned as Membership Secretary. Alec Graves is the new Membership Secretary. Contact details are shown on the Contact Us page.

As from 31 July 2010 the Saturday entrance to the Palgrave Research Centre reverts back to Florence Avenue.

The NBI3 is available for research at the Palgrave Research Centre.

The NBI3 is a database of entries recorded in English and Welsh burials registers - parish, nonconformist, Roman Catholic, Quaker and cemetery.

Coverage is incomplete, but over 18.4 million records are included in this edition, covering 1538-2008. The NBI3 also incorporates those records previously published of which many have since been checked and corrected. Millions of these records will not be found on any website.

From Tuesday 6 April 2010 the eight separate fees currently charged by the General Register Office (GRO) for ordering a certificate will be reduced to two - one for standard orders and one for the priority service.......The cost of ordering certificates online with a GRO reference number, using the standard service, will rise from £7.00 to £9.25.
GRO Announcement.