There has been a free taster session on family history organised on Tuesday – January 8, 2019 at Rawdon Community Library located at Micklefield Park Rawdon, New Rd Side, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6DD at 10.30 am.
Then there will be a course on Women in Family History which will begin on Thursday – January 31, 2019 at 1.45 pm running every fornight. The five session course will cost £35. The Workers’ Educational Association will run the course with the tutor Jackie Depelle and promoted by Aireborough Civic Society and Rawdon Community Library.
A spokesman said that this is best suitable for those who are beginning research on their family history or their house. Really this is a great chance for the participants to know about their ancestors and their history.
He also said that the Rawdon Library is offering a subscription for individual research to the ‘Find My Past’ & ‘British Newspaper Archive’ websites. Hence the course members & other library users can do find birth/death/marriage certificates and old censuses for free at the opening hours of the library. Even you can find your photos of your ancestors appeared in newspapers using online archive.
Those who wish to join the course can visit the website – https://enrolonline.wea.org.uk/online/coursesearch.aspx or call them on 0113 245 3304. For more information, please contact 0113 2503580.
