On Tuesday the 16th February, there is a meeting of the above Society at which we hope to welcome Don Booker, former editor of the Barnsley Chronicle. Don will be giving a talk entitled "A Barnsley Lad", based on his published memoirs, which should be very entertaining. The meeting will be open to members and non-members alike, entrance free, and will be held at our usual venue, the Buckley Methodist Church Hall, Union Court, Union Street, off Sheffield Road, Barnsley, commencing at 7.30 pm (doors open at 7 pm). Free parking is available, with access for wheelchair users. Refreshments will be available at the end of the talk. Why not come along and join us. Joan Smith, Speakers' Organiser, BFHS

Hi Joan As a country member I have only attended one meeting in the last 10 years! Long way from Woking in Surrey... Sorry I can't be there - is there any chance of someone doing a longer write-up on this talk for us email members - with any attachments. Could be a regular feature!? May be asking too much - but a thought - needn't be brilliant summary, but just to get the flavour. I have previously consulted the Barnsley Chronicle microfilm copy at the Barnsley library archives - is there any chance to them being converted into optically read documents for the internet? Good stuff for the family history researcher....I found a coroner's report on my great mother's accidental death in the above microfilm, and separately a great uncle's death in 1st July Somme battle with the Barnsley pals. Best wishes Richard Ellis No 322 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joan Smith Sent: 08 February 2010 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WRY] Barnsley Family History Society On Tuesday the 16th February, there is a meeting of the above Society at which we hope to welcome Don Booker, former editor of the Barnsley Chronicle. Don will be giving a talk entitled "A Barnsley Lad", based on his published memoirs, which should be very entertaining. The meeting will be open to members and non-members alike, entrance free, and will be held at our usual venue, the Buckley Methodist Church Hall, Union Court, Union Street, off Sheffield Road, Barnsley, commencing at 7.30 pm (doors open at 7 pm). Free parking is available, with access for wheelchair users. Refreshments will be available at the end of the talk. Why not come along and join us. Joan Smith, Speakers' Organiser, BFHS Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message