The Glamorgan Family History Society Open Day will be held 10am to 4pm
Saturday 12th July at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. This has been
advertised by the Museum on
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/whatson/ as
Family and Local History Fair Organised by Glamorgan family history
society.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/whatson/?event_id=3011
Entry is free. There will be family history societies with people available
to answer your research questions and look things up on resources they bring
with them, and to sell publications. There will be commercial suppliers with
books, CDs, family history charts, and archive quality storage for your
treasured documents. There will be a talk at 2pm on The Industrialisation of
Swansea and some ideas on the people it drew in by Gerald Gabb of Swansea
Museum. There will also be talks about starting your family history and
using Internet resources for family history research.
The museum has a major exhibition on at present 'Ffarwel Cymru' about
migration from Wales to all corners of the world, and Glamorgan FHS will
have a small complementary display of stories of migrants from GlamFHS and
Glamorgan list members.
Provisional list of exhibitors is
Family History Societies
ANGLO - GERMAN
CARDIGANSHIRE
DEVON
DYFED
GLAMORGAN
Each Branch will have separate tables.
a. Aberdare/Cynon Valley
b. Bridgend
c.Cardiff
d. Merthyr Tydfil
e. Pontypridd & Rhondda
f. Swansea
g. GFHS Bookstall
h. Membership
GWENT - Ebbw Vale Branch
GWYNEDD
HEREFORDSHIRE
POWYS
ROMANY & TRAVELLERS
WILTSHIRE
Local Organisations and Public Bodies
Cynon Valley Local History Society
Guild of One Name Studies
Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust
Glamorgan Record Office
History of BP Llandarcy
National Waterfront Museum
Skewen Local History
Swansea Library
Swansea Mariners Database
The National Library of Wales
West Glamorgan Archive Service
Commercial Exhibitors
Balmaiden Books
CAB Research
Cornish ForeFathers & Parish Chest
Findmypast
Genealogy Printers
L & J Research
Llyfrau Gwynedd Williams
Maxbal Genealogy
S & N Genealogy Supplies
Rootsmap
and a local postcard display
Also on at the museum are a demonstration steaming of a replica of the 1804
Trevithick steam engine, an exhibition on the work of the Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, an exhibition on the
Welsh-born philanthropist Robert Owen, a display of stained glass work from
Swansea Metropolitan University, and their usual permanent displays
including the excellent interactive display on the 1851 census. There is a
coffee shop/restaurant, and a museum shop. The museum faces on to Swansea
Marina which is a tourist venue itself, as is Swansea Museum next door.
The 'official opening' of the day will be at 11 am by local author Iris
Gower.
the National Maritime Museum is set back off Oystermouth Road, between the
old Swansea Museum and the conspicuous 'LC' leisure centre. Car parking for
the museum is signposted directly after passing the leisure centre, on the
left opposite Tesco Swansea Marina store. From M4 junction 42 head into
Swansea and then carry on past Sainsbury's and it is hard to miss.
It is a few minutes walk from Swansea Bus station, east past Tesco then over
pedestrian crossings or footbridge to Leisure Centre, carry on east past
either front or back of LC.
Jeff Coleman
Jeff.Coleman(a)ntlworld.com