A seminar called “Breaking Down the Brick Wall - Hints & Tips for Family Historians” will take place on Saturday the 27^th September 2008.

The room in which the talk takes place is only small so places are restricted. We will be charging £3 per head and will be a ticket only event. Although I say it is a ticket event no actual tickets will be issued. I will have a record of those who said they will come with me on the day. You can pay when you arrive.

The subject of the talk tries to cover the typical problems family historians encounter in their researches and discusses techniques that might be employed in overcoming them. Some examples of the problems covered are Adoption and Illegitimacy; multiple candidates in church records; the family in one place for several generations but the disappear; cannot find birth entry; cannot find marriage; "he just disappears off the face of the earth" etc, etc.

We will do our best to cover your problem. Email me with what your problem is and what you have already tried. You will need to tell me well beforehand. If you do I will try and cover that problem on the day. We are not going to solve problems ourselves but hope to guide you into how you might do it yourself. However, not all brick walls have a solution or if they do the solutions might involve a lot of work. IF YOU WANT YOUR QUERY TO BE COVERED ON THE DAY THEN EMAIL ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. chorleyinfo@lfhhs.org.uk

The talk will be in the Townley Parker Room, Astley Hall. Car parking is at the end of Hall Gate Lane and is free. To get to the Hall follow the signed footpath that passes in front of the white farm.  It is a walk of 250 yards. See the attached maps. If you have never been to Astley Hall before then it is worth arriving a little earlier to see this attractive and historic building. The Hall itself opens at noon. The LFHHS research centre at Astley Hall is open from noon until 4:30.

The talk will start at 1:30 pm and finish approximately at 4:00. We will have a break for a drink about half way through. Hopefully the Hall’s snack bar will be open where drinks and biscuits can be purchased. I will confirm this later. No food is at present available locally so a packed lunch will be needed. No food or drink is to be consumed in the Hall.