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Upcoming Zoom Talk

09 Tuesday Mar 2021

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Saturday 27 March 2021 at 2pm GMT

A talk on Secular and Church of England Records where Catholic ancestors can be traced,generally for going against the Establishment. Les Mitchinson will refer to the Recusant Rolls, Chancery Records, Ecclesiastical Court Record, Churchwardens’ Presentments, Assize and Quarter Sessions and Anglican records during the penal times when the practice of Roman Catholicism was illegal. Early Catholic records are scarce because to make and keep them could put at risk the lives of priests and those to whom they ministered if such documents were found by the authorities.

Les Mitchinson, DipGen, is Director of Education at the History Institute of Heraldry and Genealogical Studies, amongst his other responsibilities and interests. He is a graduate of this Institute. His earlier career was in the Royal Navy.

If you would be interested in joining us online for this talk, then please contact us through cfhsrecords@gmail.com. You will in due course be sent a link for Zoom. If you do not have Zoom it is easy and free to download it to your device. Simply search for Zoom on your search engine and follow the instructions. We hope you will want to join us for what promises to be an enlightening talk.

CIRCA 1754: Woodcut from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs, London 1563, depicting iconoclasm, centre top. In the top part of the image papists are packing away their paltry, while the church is purged of idols. At bottom left clerics receive the Bible from Queen Elizabeth I. Bottom right shows the interior of a Protestant church with the congregation listening to a sermon, a somple Communion table rther than an altar, and a Baptism taking place. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Irish Church Records

04 Sunday Oct 2020

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The Catholic FHS has been given a 25% discount off the RRP on the  book Irish Church Records, edited by James G. Ryan

You can see more information on the title at https://ancestornetwork.ie/shop/  and it can be ordered  from  books@flyleaf.ie  quoting the  code number: CFH25.

Who’s Who of Your Ancestral Saints

04 Sunday Oct 2020

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The book entitled, A WHO’S WHO OF YOUR ANCESTRAL SAINTS, by Alan J. Koman, was published several years ago. The book is now printed in the UK, as well as in the U.S. The Catholic Family has reviewed it for the December 2020 issue of Catholic Ancestor. Koman takes 24 great historic people, European Christians, from 256Ad to 1322 AD and then details the 275 saints in their ancestry. Their profiles make interesting reading, giving insights into the lives of people deemed worthy to be regarded as saints at that time. The book gives plenty of material and references to sources to encourage and direct research by family historians, genealogists, secular or church historians.


Here is a link to the book’s description:
https://genealogical.com/store/a-whos-who-of-your-ancestral-saints/

Military Chaplaincy Registers

18 Saturday Jul 2020

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The eagerly awaited digitisation of the Military Chaplains registers is now complete, special thanks to the team for all their hard work.

These are available to search and view on the Members Area of the Catholic Family History Society website  https://catholicfhs.online/index.php

Military Catholic Chaplaincy registers

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Vacancy for Editor

18 Saturday Jul 2020

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CONFERENCE 2020 – Ushaw College

15 Sunday Mar 2020

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We are delighted to announce our 2020 Conference at historic Ushaw College, we hope to see you there.

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Family Tree Live 2020

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

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The Catholic Family History Society are delighted to announce we will have a stall at Family Tree Live 2020, why not join us there.

 

Family tree live Poster 2020

Margaret Higgins Database

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Archives, General Information, History

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The Catholic Family History Society is delighted to present to the world, now free of charge

THE MARGARET HIGGINS DATABASE

OF CATHOLICS IN ENGLAND AND THEIR FRIENDS

1607–1840

 

See if your ancestors were recusant Catholics by following this Link

Higgins

New Society Publications

17 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by Lawrence Gregory in Archives, Books, Publications

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The Catholic Family History Society’ are publishing collections of articles from past issues of Catholic Ancestor, collating important information about particular geographical areas.

CFHS

Each booklet is around 22 pages A4, £3.00 each, plus £1.50 post & packing for up to two booklets:

Catholic Ancestors in Lancashire Volume 1

Catholic Ancestors in Lancashire Volume 2

Catholic Ancestors in the Midlands, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire Volume 1

Coming soon:

Catholic Ancestors in the North East of England

Catholic Ancestors in London

The above printed publications can only be ordered through cfhsrecords@gmail.com

Annual Conference 2019

19 Monday Aug 2019

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We are delighted to invite people to join us at the CFHS annual conference at the Birmingham Oratory, home of Blessed John Henry Newman, who in October will become the world’s newest Saint.

Conf AGM Birmingham programme 2019

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