The Huddersfield & District Family History Society.
Family & Local History Fair.

Saturday 13th November 2010.
10.00am - 4.00pm.
Batley Town Hall, Market Place, Batley, WF17 5DE.

Admission £2.00. Accompanied children under 16 free.

There are plenty of free, long and short stay car parks in and around Batley.

The event will be at Batley Town Hall and will be held in the Main Hall and Council Chambers.

Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced family history researcher,
or maybe interested in local history, there will be something for everyone.

All the different societies and organisations that attend these events, are always very keen and willing to help with advice and guidance on what to look for and where to look, offering helpful hints and tips, based on their own personal experiences.

The Huddersfield and District Family History Society will have our own researchers, society members and committee members on hand, to help and advise.

We will have our computers with our own database installed, on hand for anyone who would like to have a search done on the day.
We will also have our full range of transcription booklets and CD's on sale, for purchase on the day.

Light refreshments and sandwiches will be available throughout the day, in the Town Hall.

There will be a free prize draw, which is open to all paying visitors on the day.
Prizes have been generously offered by the following ** :-

Huddersfield & District Family History Society, are offering a years free membership to the society.
"West Yorkshire Archive Service", have offered a selection of their books.
"Find My Past", have offered a 3 month Full Subscription to their services.
"Robert Blatchford Publishing", have offered a copy of Herbert Chapman on Football.
"Genealogical", have offered a bundle of The Family & Local History Handbook 11, 12 & Omnibus.
Tony Beardshaw of "My History", has offered a prize.
Chris Makepeace, of "Chris Makepeace Maps", has offered a prize.
Details of the prizes if not stated, are yet to be confirmed.

We will be having lectures on the day in the Mayors Chambers in the the Town Hall.
"Those who Served" by Mr Alan Stewart-Kaye.
" Researching In Yorkshire", by Mrs Jackie Depelle.
"The Holme Valley Lads" by Mrs Pamela Cooksey
"A Genealogy Software Programme Demonstration", by Mr Tony Beardshaw.

Places for the lectures will be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis, so you are advised to book your places on arrival at the event, from the Huddersfield & District Family History Society stand, near the stage at the front of the main hall..

We expect to have a good selection of Family History Societies, Local History Societies and a variety of Trade Organisations attending the event.

The following is the list of exhibitors who have confirmed their attendance so far:-

Huddersfield and District Family History Society.
Barnsley Family History Society.
Bradford Family History Society.
Calderdale Family History Society.
Chris Makepeace Maps.
GM Catering Ltd.
Holme Valley Civic Society, Local History Group.
Huddersfield Local History Society.
Idle Booksellers.
Keighley & District Family History Society
Kirklees Council, Huddersfield Local Studies Library.
Kirklees Museum & Galleries, Kirklees Image Archive.
Launds Inn Museum.
Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society.
Maps Of Discovery.
Morley & District Family History Group.
My History.
Pontefract & District Family History Society.
The Family and Local History Handbook.
The Twin Chapels Centre Ltd & Batley Cemetery Support Group.
Toll House Books.
Wakefield & District Family History Society.
West Yorkshire Archive Service.
Yorkshire Ancestors.

Click on the title below to download the poster for the 2010 fair.
Family & Local History Fair Poster.

For any requests for information, or if you like more information about booking a place at the event, please contact our event co-ordinator and webmaster, Mr Steven France.
email: Webmaster

The Huddersfield & District Family History Society, is a registered charity.
As such all proceeds from the event will be used to help further the aims of the society.
Registered Charity Number 702199.

 

** Please note that the prizes for the free draw are offered by individual businesses.
Huddersfield and District Family History Society have accepted the offers of the prizes in good faith,
on the assumption that the prizes will be donated for the sole purpose of the free draw for this fair only. Should that prize not be donated for whatever reason by the individual business,
then H&DFHS will not be liable to offer an alternative. **

** The free draw prize winners, will be contacted on the day of the fair where-ever possible.
The winners names and home towns only, will be posted on this page of the website, the day after the fair. Anyone entering the free draw is deemed to agree to this condition. **

 

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Huddersfield and District Family History Society, Registered Charity Number 702199
‘The Root Cellar’, 15 Huddersfield Road, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 4NJ.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1484 859 229