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We hold regular meetings at Burley in Wharfedale (Salem Church Hall) and Grassington (Aynham Close) with speakers on related topics and carry out project work to benefit present and future generations of historians.

Our quarterly journal, The Wharfedale Newsletter, includes articles, information and advice for both the beginner and more experienced member. We are always pleased to have articles to include in the journal and these can be sent by e-mail directly to Any item, either on your own family history or about family history in general, no matter how small, will be considered.

The group holds copies of various research aids including the International Genealogical Index and the 1881 census index on microfiche.

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at Burley Salem Church Hall, opposite the Queens Hall, starting at 7.30pm and on the third Saturday of each month at Aynham Close, Grassington starting at 2.30pm. A speaker is normally arranged for these dates. The meetings below are scheduled for the near future, members and non-members alike are invited to attend.

The group also has its own library from which members may borrow books and a bookstall selling family and local history publications.

Wharfedale Family History Group
Programme of meetings 2007 - 2008
Date Speaker Subject Venue
6 Sep 2007 Anne Bachelor Voices From The Past Burley
15 Sep 2007 Anne Brown What I found in Auntie's Drawers Grassington
4 Oct 2007 Brian Mason Lead Mining in the Grassington Area Burley
20 Oct 2007
Research day
Grassington
1 Nov 2007 Paul Goodman 10 Rillington Place Burley
17 Nov 2007 Stephen Lodge Freemasonry in Craven Grassington
6 Dec 2007
Annual Prize Quiz
Burley
3 Jan 2008
Research evening
Burley
7 Feb 2008 Nichola Fleeson Adoption Records Burley
16 Feb 2008 Tony Ridley The Survival of Sally Grassington
6 Mar 2008 Prof. Michael Dixon From Anvil to Pulpit : The Life of Robert Collyer Burley
15 Mar 2008 Derek Wrathall The Tullis Brothers, Master Builders Grassington
3 Apr 2008 Alan Garlick How we spent our leisure time 100 years ago Burley
19 Apr 2008
Research day
Grassington
1 May 2008 Sheila Gardner Transported Convicts Burley
10 May 2008
Family History Day at the Memorial Hall, Addingham - further details later
am.
  Dr. Jeremy Goldberg Finding People in the Late Medieval Past  
pm.
  Alan Scott My Life in Variety  
17 May 2008 Maurice H. Taylor Licence to Kill : the Ancient Right of Sanctuary in the North Grassington
5 Jun 2008 Chris Helme A Week in May : Lord Cavendish & the Phoenix Park Murders
Burley
21 Jun 2008 Jackie Depelle Chasing Million Eyres - Leeds to Siberia Grassington
3 Jul 2008
Research evening

Burley

       
Burley Meetings - Thursdays
commence 7.30 p.m
Grassington Meetings - Saturdays
commence 2.30 p.m.
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