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NEWPORT BRANCH

CONTENTS

	WHERE WE HOLD OUR BRANCH MEETINGS
	WHERE WE HOLD OUR TUITION CLASSES
	HELP DESK IN NEWPORT CENTRAL LIBRARY
	PROGRAMME OF BRANCH MEETINGS
	PROGRAMME OF TUITION CLASSES
	THE PARISHES WE COVER

WHERE WE HOLD OUR BRANCH MEETINGS

Meetings of our Newport Branch are held at the Newport YMCA, which is near the Royal Gwent Hospital. The YMCA is at the southern end of Mendalgief Road, NP20 2HF. In the following map zoom out, using the button, to see the network of roads over a wider area:

The YMCA is on the right when driving south on Mendalgief Road, and there is free parking space within the grounds. In the 'street view' below, the single-storey annexe in which the meetings are held can be seen on the right-hand side of the main building - the entrance is through the double doors on the left of the annexe:

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

WHERE WE HOLD OUR TUITION CLASSES

Tuition Classes are held at Newport Civic Centre, NP20 4UR (its Clock Tower is one of Newport's landmarks). Use the main entrance in the front (north-west side) of the building, and ask at the reception desk for specific directions to the room where the meeting is being held - this can sometimes vary. In the following map zoom out, using the button, to see the network of roads over a wider area:

There is a one-way system from east to west in Westfield Road, which is within the grounds of the Civic Centre and has limited free car parking. The short stretch of road running south-east from Fields Road to Westfield Road is also one-way, and does not allow access to the main stretch of Godfrey Road which normally has adequate parking space on its hill. This one-way system can be seen on the 'street view' below which shows the junction with Westfield Road leading to the front of the building:

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

HELP DESK

The Branch runs a Help Desk, to answer queries and give help and advice to members of the public researching their family history. This is held at Newport Reference Library, John Frost Square, Newport on the second Wednesday of each month (excluding December and January), from 2.00pm until 4.00 pm.

PROGRAMME OF BRANCH MEETINGS

Meetings are open to members and visitors alike and are held at 7.30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month from January to November and on the second Wednesday in December.

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

Our programme is currently as follows:

2012
Jan 25	"The Reformed Brewery" - Tony Jukes
Feb 29	"Cordes Dos Works" - Malcolm Johnson
Mar 28	"Why Newport Is Not The Capital Of Wales" - John Davies
Apr 25	"More on the Newport Firbank Family" - Margaret Colling
May 30	"Black Sheep" - Derek Fielding
Jun 27	Visit to the New Gwent Archives at Ebbw Vale
Jul 25	"Reading Old Handwriting" - Kai Michael
Aug 29	"Agricultural Labourers Part 1" - Peter Strong
Sep 26	"Newport Second World War Casualties" - Sean McGuire
Oct 24	"Old Newport" - Don Carter
Nov 28	"Poor Law in Newport in the Long 18th Century" - Richard Allen
Dec 12	Christmas Social Evening

PROGRAMME OF TUITION CLASSES

Tuition classes are open to members and visitors alike and are held at 7.00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month from February to November.

Our programme is currently as follows:

2012
Feb 8	"Civil Registration" - Malcolm Otton
Mar 14	"Census Records" - Don Carter
Apr 11	"Parish Records" - Don Carter
May 9	"Family History on your Computer" - Malcolm Otton
Jun 13	"Family History on the Internet" - Malcolm Otton
Jul 11	"Using Military Records in your Family History" - John Brewer
Aug 8	"Other Sources for Family Historians" - Don Carter
Sep 12	"Newspapers" - John Brewer
Oct 10	TBC
Nov 14	TBC

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.