Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Family History Society Journals

Family History Society Journals (reply)

Blakemiz — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:29:22 +0000

I would like to thank everyone for replies/suggestions.
I have now found a 'home' for the Journals.
kind regards

Lack of space in the computer age?! (reply)

rookancestrybest — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:48:14 +0000

Why are they saying they don't have space, most archives have newspapers and journals on microfiche at least but these days there are scanners and all sorts of ways of saving journals. Obviously if there are copyright and issues over royalties that's a bit different.

Family History Society Journals (reply)

admin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:46:40 +0000

A posibily is The Gage Library at the Dean Heritage Centre

The Gage Library
http://www.deanheritagemuseum.com/gage_library.html

Would a local archive be a better home for them? (reply)

Blakemiz — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:06:51 +0000

thanks for your suggestion - I have offered them to the local branch of Gloucestershire Family History Society for their library resources but they do not have any spare storage space to house them sadly..

Would a local archive be a better home for them? (reply)

rookancestrybest — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:52:27 +0000

Would it give more people an opportunity to benefit from them if you donated them to a local archive or library so that more than one person can benefit from them?

Family History Journals (reply)

Blakemiz — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:33:25 +0000

Family History Society Quarterly Journals
further to previous post, I have journals for the following counties:

East Surrey 1989 1990
Glamorgan 1988 1989 1990
Gloucestershire 1981 to present [some gaps earlier years]
Gwent 1997 - 2008
Herefordshire 1989 to present
Oxfordshire 1996 to 2004
Wiltshire 1992 to present
Forest of Dean 'Forest Footsteps' 1990 to 1999

Free to a good home!
Can deliver to south/mid Forest area, or recipient to collect
Thanks!

Family History Society Journals

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:03:47 +0000

I have a very large number of quarterly Family History Society Journals from amongst other more distant counties collected over many years; Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Gwent and also those 'Forest Footsteps' Journals produced by the Royal Forest of Dean Family Society when it existed. I have offered them to the local Gloucestershire FHS branch but they do not have the storage facilities for them. Most of them contain articles relating to local families. I am loathe to put them in my recycling bin, but I desperately need to create space at home. I would love to pass them all on gratis to anyone who may find them useful/or extract information from them.

Any ideas? I am happy to box them up & deliver them locally to a recipient within the south-mid Forest area.

thanks
Lindsey