FRIENDS OF DUDLEY ARCHIVES & LOCAL HISTORY SERVICE
We are members of this Society and would like to encourage everyone to support the 'Friends'. The FDALHS was formed in 2001 and exists to raise money to purchase items which will be of use to the Dudley Archives Service and which are not provided by the Borough. They also transcribe parish, census and other records. Please see the FDALHS site at http://www.communigate.co.uk/bc/fdalhs/ for more information and transcriptions that are available to purchase. (Please note that you do not need to be a member of FDALHS to become a volunteer).
The following information has been extracted from the leaflet provided by Friends of Dudley Archives & Local History Service.
The objects of the Society
The Society was formed in 2001, with the co-operation of Dudley Archives and Local History Service. Its aims and objects include:
To support the work of the Archives and Local History Service.
To raise the profileofarchives locally and encourage the use of them.
To promote interest in archives and promote their preservation and deposit with the Archives & Local History Service or other appropriate repository.
To encourage the development and improvement of the Archives & Local History Service.
To raise funds for these purposes and to make special purchases for the benefit of Dudley Archives & Local History Service.
To provide a forum for users of the Archives and Local History Service to communicate with each other and with the service.
To organise a series of talks and lectures on topics which will be of interest to the members, and hold other social events.
A copy of the full Constitution of the Friends of Dudley Archives & Local History Service is available on request from the Honorary Secretary.
What's in it for you?
As a member you will receive a Membership Card and a quarterly newsletter, which will contain information about the activities of the Society including forthcoming events.
You will have the opportunity to attend monthly meetings throughout the year. Most will consist of talks by guest speakers on various local history topics. There will probably be an outing of some kind.
You will have the opportunity, if you so wish, to assist the Dudley Archives & Local History Service by undertaking voluntary tasks e.g. indexing and transcribing plus any other tasks suggested by the archivist or archive staff.
Application forms for membership may be obtained from Dudley Archives & Local History Service, Mount Pleasant Street, Coseley, West Midlands WV14 9JR
Our thanks to Jean Langdell and volunteers for all their hard work in the transcriptions completed to date.
The meetings are at the Archives premises in Mount Pleasant Street, Coseley on the first Thursday of each month at 7.30 p.m. These meetings consist of talks on family and local history topics by visiting speakers.
Membership of the Friends costs £8 per annum for which a quarterly newsletter is provided plus free admission to the talks. Non-members, who are always welcome to attend meetings as visitors, are asked to pay £1.50
Speakers for 2010
4 March Ken Hodgkiss Black country from the air
1 April Graham Fisher Jewels of the Cut
6 May Penny Fulford Registry Office incidents
3 June Ina Taylor Victorian ladies
1 July Sarah Chubb (Sandwell Archives) Using Court Records
5 August No meeting ------------------------------
2 September John Yates Wills post 1858
7 October Trevor Kempson Origin of Surnames
4 November Trevor Raybould Earls of Dudley
2 December A.G.M. Paul Ford Coroners and their cases
