Hello all, Each year, as part of our Yorksgen conference, Jackie Depelle organises a Family History Lecture Day, which is open to all and very highly recommended, as there are always some top class speakers there. This year is no exception. Jackie has booked four very knowledgeable and experienced speakers and a good variety of subjects - Mayhem on the Midland : Researching Your Railway Ancestors : Chris and Judy Rouse Surname Distributions and the Hearth Tax Returns of the 1660s and 1670s : David Hey A Different Kind of Rural : Unexpected Ways of Life of Farmworkers in Northern England 1890 - 1939 : Dr Stephen Caunce Ancestry from Abroad: Migration to England between 1330 and 1550 – Dr Bart Lambert Refreshments provided, please bring your own packed lunch. Level access available, full facilities (new 2011), on street residential parking. £16.00 per person. Advance bookings please. See full details and Download your Booking Form http://yourfairladies.ning.com/events/annual-lecture-day?rsvpConfirm=1 We hope to see some more Yorksgen people attending this event, as some of our listers, visiting from overseas, would like to be able to meet up with some native Yorkshire friends. We may be able to arrange help with transport from Leeds Railway Station or from the York area. See also, on Jackie’s website, DNA and Family History, a day school with Chris Pomeroy, an expert in the field of DNA. This will be on Saturday 31st August, 10.30am – 3.30pm. I attended this day school earlier this year and found it most enlightening. I am planning to go again and take some friends. Regards, Janice Wood