2009 Annual Open Day
This year's open day took place on Saturday 26th September at the Church Hall in Churchtown. Below are a few photos taken on the day.
Some helpers and members dressed up for the occasion!
Some other pictures from the hall.
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Joyce Gregson Award
The Joyce Gregson award is given annually to a member(s) who is deemed to have made a significant contribution to the society. For example by completeing a project or extracting parish records. The recipient(s) has their name(s) engraved on a large shield which they hold for one year.
The Joyce Gregson Award 2008
has been awarded to
Dave Gregson
in recognition of the work he did transcribing the census records.
Congratulations and a big thank you from the society.
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Monumental Inscriptions
Update: February 2008.
A lot of hard work has been going on behind the scenes during the last 18 months and it is hoped to begin Phase 2 of this ambitious project in the very near future. Member S. Baxter generously gave copies of his digital images of the gravestones at St Cuthbert’s to the Society and these have been sorted and given grave references to correspond with the maps of the churchyard drawn by Hon. Member W. Perrin.
As usual we will be seeking volunteers to undertake the transcription of these images, and we would also like local members to volunteer to visit the graveyard during the summer months to check stones where the location is in doubt or the inscription has been obscured on the photograph by such things as flower holders or long grass.
In the meantime we continue to provide a look-up service for the inscriptions which have already been transcribed.
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