Last
Saturday, a wonderful day of discovering family and local heritage was organised
by North Yorkshire County Records Office.
Held at the Pavilions of Harrogate, the event proved a great success.
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| Pictured (from left to right) are Councillor Tim Swales - Chairman of North Yorkshire County Council, Sister Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mrs Sally Swales. |
The
Harrogate Family History Centre of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints had a stand run by local expert volunteers David Purser, Geoff English
and Barry Fisher. They were also supported by Elder and Sister Smith; a senior
couple serving for two years as family history missionaries in the England
Leeds Mission of the Church. Welcome support was also offered by six full time
missionaries from Harrogate, who gave two-hour shifts and enjoyed talking to visitors
and passers-by who wanted to know more about finding their ancestors.
‘Getting
started’ guides and other handy resources were provided free of charge by Brian
McKechnie of ‘FamilySearch’ and were very popular. In
all, 65 members of the public sat in at various times, asking for information
and help to solve family history problems and blockages!
Free help with Family
History can be found at Harrogate Family
History Centre, 10 Wetherby Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SA. Opening times are Tuesday and Thursday: 7pm - 9pm (or other
days and times on availability of volunteers). Please
telephone for appointments during opening hours, or leave a message on the
answerphone: 01423-886537. All are welcome. Entrance is via green gates to the back-porch of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel. Car parking is available on
the church grounds. Please note that a majority of the car-park is used by the
hospital 8am to 6:30pm weekdays. During these times please park in the section
of the car-park adjacent to the back-porch. You may need to ring bell for
entrance to the Family History Centre.
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