For this meeting we looked at how to add a  postem to the GRO listings on FreeBMD, apostem is a message that can be entered with information about that personlisted,  this enables you to add detailsthat you know about the person, like the day they were born, married or died,where these events too place, along with any more information of this fact, if theydied accidently this can also be added along with the details if that’s whatyou want to add.  The idea behind it isthere may other family members doing the same research (you may not necessarilyknow of them) or if it is a common name it may eliminate that person forsomeone else who may be researching the same family name but not your family, thereforeit is a very useful tool.

During the summer months I read through my magazines and found all sorts of articleson various subjects to help our family history research, some of the titbits Ifound may not be obvious while researching, I called my talk “Odds and Bobs”.Hope the group found it interesting and helpful, the information I spoke about  maybe useful to them in their future research. I sent a copy of my talk to each member for future reference (it go on bit)

For this Meeting I gave a presentationon Wills, explaining to the group how Willscan provide a unique insight into a person’s life. They can sometimes confirmrelationships within a family which may not always be evident or give detailsof their family you never knew about.

Although only a smallproportion of people made a Will, if you can find one for your family it canopen a window into their lives.  Mosttestators make bequests to relatives, with wives, children, grandchildren, siblings,nieces, and nephews frequently named.

You can also get clues abouttheir occupation. Sometimes their occupation will mentioned in the Will

Treasured possessions werecommonly bequeathed by Will, with considerable detail given to ensure that theycould be correctly identified after the owners death.