Hello everyone, I thought that you might like to be reminded of the existence of our Breconshire Local & Family History Society (BLFHS), established just over one year ago. Currently we have just over 100 members. We meet monthly, usually at Brecon Library, at 2pm on the first Wednesday in the month. Our next meeting, on Wednesday, 4th July, will take the form of a talk by Len Ley on "Farming in the 1780s". His talk is based on contemporary farming diaries from the Abercrave area of Breconshire. Everyone is welcome to attend: there is a £1 entry fee for non-members. As well as local members, our membership comes from many other parts of the British Isles as well as overseas. Our main medium of communication is our website, at www.blfhs.co.uk, which helps even distant members to feel part of the Society. The website's members' section offers sound files of most of our monthly talks, and in some cases slide shows of visual presentations, enabling even distantly located members to enjoy our monthly talks. But this is just a taste of what is on offer to our members. For example, our volunteers are busily transcribing nonconformist chapel records, which we then make available to all members' via our website. A visit to our website, at www.blfhs.co.uk, will give non-members a good idea of what is available. The membership fee is £8, renewable on 1st January. A membership form is available to download from the website. All the very best, Hilary Williams (Chairperson, BLFHS)