Not strictly to do with our area but there might be one or two members who might want to use this facility Ann Macey List Admin To: [email protected] <mailto:ffhs-news%40ffhs-lists.org.uk> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:00:43 +0000 From: [email protected] <mailto:ffhs-news%40ffhs-lists.org.uk> Subject: FFHS-NEWS Brighton History Centre - ePetition Brighton History Centre ePetition We have just learned of another local history centre which is threatened with closure. Please see the petition at http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=83 <http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=83&RPID=2282 1> &RPID=22821 7 <http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=83&RPID=2282 17> for further details. It would be good to see a sharp increase in 17> the number of people supporting this move to resist closure of a valuable resource. We are informed that if this Family History Centre closes in March as proposed, local historians - and those further afield who rely on them for look-ups, could lose access to (among many other things): - an unrivalled local Sussex newspaper archive reaching back to the 18th Century - the complete national birth, death and marriage indexes - electoral rolls stretching back to the 19th Century - free access to the Ancestry Online databases - an unrivalled collection of historic maps of Brighton and Sussex - a fantastic collection of local Brighton and Sussex residential and trade directories - the expert assistance of the Centre staff whose jobs will disappear if the Centre closes in March. Roger Lewry FFHS Archives Liaison [email protected] <mailto:exec.member.rl%40ffhs.org.uk> 30 December 2009 The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721 Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3 4PF