H&D FHS will have an information  table ( 2pm to 4.30pm and 7.00pm to 9.00pm) with details of the range of publications supporting research into Hepworth Family Histories, including the forthcoming publication of:

H&D FHS will be present at this event See web site below for further details  

  Edgerton Cemetery Burial Records have been transcribed and the Memorial Inscriptions have been photographed and catalogued by the Society. This visit is being arranged to aid visitors to locate their family graves. We will also hear about the establishment of the cemetery, look at a selection of Memorials including Commonwealth War Graves Memorials and the Booth Factory Fire Memorial. This also the opportunity for anyone who considers that they may have family buried at Edgerton to give us the…

Hepworth Village Hall Don't miss this opportunity to find out how to start your Family History Research or, maybe break down that brickwall you've been pondering over. All the H&D FHS publications  containing research data for Hepworth and the surrounding area will be available for consultation and purchase including: Further details of H&D FHS publications may be found here. Hepworth, Holy Trinity, Memorial Inscriptions will also be available.

David Scrimgeour will follow up his early talk about Early Asylum Life with his new talk: Evolution of Asylum Patient Photography: The archives of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield contain hundreds of photographs of the insane poor. Rare examples date from 1868, by which time pioneering photographers at other institutions had been capturing patients’ images since the 1850s. Asylum Director James Crichton-Browne, the driving force behind the use of photography in Yorkshire, corresponded with celebrated naturalist Charles…