Time to plan ahead - where will you take your family history research this year?

In extraordinary times, it is often useful to revisit the past to put life into perspective.

I was reminded of this as my current task having some free hours on hand is to prepare my wall full of paper files ready for scanning to digital and searchable files.

In the process I have had to review the contents of numerous folders of family trees, notes from family gatherings, photographs and newspaper cuttings, and background historical data gathered to help inform my family histories.

What a discovery process in itself !

What lives the ancestors lived - through pandemics, wars, floods, fires, heat waves, droughts, economies failing, illness and setbacks year after year, no matter what location they lived in and no matter the era.

Sometimes you wonder how we all came to be where we are in relatively good health and reasonably good spirits -

So here is your chance to look ahead and work towards the future for when our doors open and you have a chance to take advantage of the wonderful equipment and resources available to you.

Get organised and start sorting those myriad pieces of paper to make them searchable and to preserve them in case of future disasters.