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BLACKWOOD BRANCH

CONTENTS

	WHERE WE MEET
	OUR CURRENT PROGRAMME
	THE PARISHES WE COVER

WHERE WE MEET

Meetings of our Blackwood Branch are held in the Staff Room at Blackwood Comprehensive School, NP12 1ER. The school is sited between Cefn Road and Ty Isha Terrace in Cefn Fforest. In the following map zoom out, using the button, to see the network of roads over a wider area:

Note that Ty Isha Terrace is a one-way street and can only be accessed from Bloomfield Road. The Comprehensive School will be found via a side road to the east off Ty Isha Terrace:

Click here to examine this 'Street View' in more detail in Google Maps

OUR CURRENT PROGRAMME

Meetings are open to members and visitors alike and are held at 6.30 p.m., normally on the second Tuesday of each month from January to June and September to November - there is no meeting in August. They normally alternate each month between a Members' Research and Problem Solving Workshop, and a talk, either of interest to those beginning their research or wishing to broaden their knowledge of family history, or on a topic of local historical interest.

Please note the topics and/or speakers may have to be altered without prior notice. You can contact our Blackwood Branch Secretary by emailing: secretary.bla@gwentfhs.info

Our programme is currently as follows:

2012
Jan 10	Research
Feb 7	Research (Note change of date due to School closure)
Mar 13	"Old Handwriting" - Kai Michael (Gwent Archives)
Apr 2	Research (Meeting brought forward due to Easter Holiday)
May 8	"The Severn Princess" - Tim Ryan
Jun 12	Research
Jul 10	"Putting It All Together" - Rosemary Davies
AUG	(no meeting in August)
Sep 11	AGM followed by Research & Chat
Oct 9	"Researching George Gray" - Anne Vinnicombe
Nov 13	Research
Dec 11	Christmas Social Evening

THE PARISHES WE COVER

The Registration Districts and Sub-Districts shown in the following table are those originally allocated to the parishes as shown in the 1851 census.

Some parishes had changed by the 1911 census, and some new parishes had been created. For those details, and details of the towns, villages and hamlets within parishes, see the list of 'Place Names In Wales: Monmouthshire' in the 1911 Census section of the Association of Family History Societies of Wales website.