Hello All, You can find the following information if you subscribe to FRC-Newsletter@pro.gov.uk this is only part of the information that has been sent by them. Closure Dates in 2003 Monday 5 May (May Bank Holiday) Monday 26 May (Spring Bank Holiday) Monday 25 August (August Bank Holiday) Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 December (Christmas) Thursday 1 January 2004 (New Year's Day) Open Evening - Thursday 15 May The next FRC Open Evening will be held in the lower ground floor refreshment area on Thursday 15 May from 5.30 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet the FRC's managers and discuss any concerns you may have about our services. Free refreshments will be available. The Family Records Centre is pleased to announce a full programme of talks for the summer of 2003. This will be the third year that the FRC has hosted a series of family history talks and we hope that they will be as well attended this year as they have been in the past. There are twelve talks this year, covering a broad range of subjects: 3 June Tracing Your Ancestors at the FRC- Gerry Toop 10 June The Secrets of the FRC- Audrey Collins 17 June Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Mental Health Records for Family Historians- Julian Pooley 24 June The Records of Scotland Yard- Maggie Bird 1 July Online Databases & The Invisible Web- Nina Jenkins 8 July World War One Maps & Diaries- William Spencer 15 July Bridging the Gap: 17th Century sources for Family Historians- Else Churchill 22 July Migration Records in The National Archives- Roger Kershaw 29 July Getting the most from the FamilySearch website- Sharon Hintze 5 August The Coming of the Workhouse, 1795-1847- Paul Carter 12 August Quaker Records- John Witheridge 19 August Palaeography for Family Historians- Elizabeth Danbury As in previous years, there will be no advance booking for these talks. Spaces are limited and tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis from the New Customers Desk on the first floor on the day of the talk. All talks will take place in the Meetings Room on the first floor at 2pm and will last for approximately one hour. Regards Barbara Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk