New to all members for 2012, we are now offering the option of taking your membership electronically at a discounted cost of £10 for all members.
So what's difference between e-membership to normal membership?
You still receive all the benefits of normal membership, but you'll be sent your 3 journals by EMAIL.
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Forthcoming Speakers

Our 2012 Speaker Meetings will be held at 7:00pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month (except July and August) in the GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, MOTHERWELL. ML1 1BN

Visitors are always welcome; you can E-mail the society to confirm details.

Once again we have a wide range of topics which promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Some of the Speakers have lectured to us before and we look forward to their return visit, others will be speaking to us for the first time but come highly recommended by other family and local history groups.



Thursday 12th January 2012
"Mini - Family and Local History Fair"
G&WSFHS, WLFHS, Croy Historical Group,Gartcosh Heritage Group, Stonehouse Heritage Group, NLC Archives - Motherwell Heritage Centre, Airdrie Discovery Room and Lenziemill Archives.
Plus our Military and Irish tables and Bookstall


Thursday, 9th February 2012

- Society Meeting: Chris Paton

"British Civilian POW's in the Great War"

Chris Paton is a Genealogist, Author and Lecturer.

Thursday, 8th March 2012

- Society Meeting: Dr George Thomson

"Lettering on Gravemarkers"

Dr Thomson is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Cumbria


Thursday 12th April 2012

- Society Meeting: Michael Tobias

"Jewish Family History records"

Michael Tobias is the Vice President, Programming, JewishGen



Thursday 10th May 2012

- Society Meeting: Peter Wadley

"Top 20 pre-1855 Family History records in the National records of Scotland"

Peter Wadley is an Archivist at the National Records Office



Thursday 14th June 2012

- Society Meeting: David Bryce

"The Battle of Bothwell Brig"

David Bryce is from the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association



Thursday 13th September 2012

- Society Meeting: Jack Gallacher

"Local History "

Jack Gallacher is the Chairman of the Bothwell Historical Group



Thursday 11th October 2012

- Society Meeting: Fiona Borland

"Mitchell Library Registration & Family History Records"




Thursday 8th November 2012

- Society Meeting: Stephen Mullen

"Glasgow's Involvement in Slavery "



Thursday 13th December 2012

- Society Meeting: To Be Advised



Speakers at Society meetings occasionally may change at the last minute, due to circumstances beyond our control.