Hello everyone,
I thought that you might like to be reminded of the existence of our
Breconshire Local & Family History Society (BLFHS), established just over
one year ago. Currently we have just over 100 members.
We meet monthly, usually at Brecon Library, at 2pm on the first Wednesday in
the month. Our next meeting, on Wednesday, 4th July, will take the form of a
talk by Len Ley on "Farming in the 1780s". His talk is based on contemporary
farming diaries from the Abercrave area of Breconshire. Everyone is welcome
to attend: there is a £1 entry fee for non-members.
As well as local members, our membership comes from many other parts of the
British Isles as well as overseas.
Our main medium of communication is our website, at
www.blfhs.co.uk, which
helps even distant members to feel part of the Society. The website's
members' section offers sound files of most of our monthly talks, and in
some cases slide shows of visual presentations, enabling even distantly
located members to enjoy our monthly talks. But this is just a taste of what
is on offer to our members. For example, our volunteers are busily
transcribing nonconformist chapel records, which we then make available to
all members' via our website.
A visit to our website, at
www.blfhs.co.uk, will give non-members a good
idea of what is available. The membership fee is £8, renewable on 1st
January. A membership form is available to download from the website.
All the very best,
Hilary Williams (Chairperson, BLFHS)