SUFFOLK Family History Society

SUFFOLK RECORDS OFFICE

The Records Office have published their new outreach leaflet for Spring & Summer 2012. To see an electronic version of this click here.

The Suffolk Records Office is holding a public consultation. If you would like to have your say, then the details, including some background information taken from the outline business case, can be found on their website.

SUFFOLK'S HERITAGE SERVICES

Suffolk County Council is proposing to develop a new heritage organisation with The Museum of East Anglian Life (MEAL) which would bring together archaeology, archives and museum services helping to safeguard them for the future. The county council and MEAL will also investigate if funding would be available to create a main heritage centre for Suffolk’s archives, archaeological finds and artefacts. The centre would have state-of-the-art display facilities, and would provide outreach activities at locations across Suffolk. The council and MEAL value your views and encourage you to have your say by responding to the online survey available on the Suffolk County Council website, or by completing a printed questionnaire available in record office branches.

All responses received during the consultation period, which ends on 31 January 2012, will be analysed and the results used to inform the full business case, which will be presented to Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet and the MEAL Board.

SUFFOLK WORKHOUSE PROJECT

The Society is undertaking a new project concerning the Suffolk Workhouses and help will be needed with this.

As access to the majority of the various records are at the three Suffolk Records Offices this is where most of the of the work will be based. Further information will follow later in the year.

If you feel you could spare any time on the project please contact Jean Licence - by Email.

PAYMENT BY CHEQUE

We regret that, due to increased charges, all payments made by cheque must include a surcharge of £1.00.

MEMBERS INTERESTS

We are pleased to announce that the Members Interests are now available on line. This will allow anyone to search through the data, but only members may add their details. To comply with the Data Protection Act, no personal information will be shown at all.

SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY ONLINE SHOP

Suffolk FHS have their own Online Shop. This will enable you to purchase all our products online. We are using PayPal which enables secure payments to be made online using a credit card. This used in conjuntion with a secure server gives you double security.

You will also be able to pay your subscription online!

ANCESTRY.COM

The three branches of the Suffolk Record Office and all Suffolk Libraries now have access to the Ancestry Library Edition of Ancestry.com. It has been added to the Gold Standard Reference Services on the Suffolk Libraries website. However, unlike other Gold Standard Reference Services, it can ONLY be accessed on the Library and Record Office computers with internet access and will NOT be available to customers using their home computers.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

To make it easier to see what has been recently published we have added a
New Publications page. This can be accessed from either the Home or Publication pages.