FFHS-NEWS Brighton History Centre - ePetition

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

Brighton History Centre - ePetition

 

We have just learned of another local history centre which is threatened
with closure.  Please see the petition at
http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=83
<http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=83&RPID=2282
17> &RPID=228217 for further details.  It would be good to see a sharp
increase in the number of people supporting this move to resist closure of a
valuable resource.

 

We are informed that if this Family History Centre closes in March as
proposed, local historians - and those further afield who rely on them for
look-ups, could lose access to (among many other things):

 

-       an unrivalled local Sussex newspaper archive reaching back to the
18th Century

-       the complete national birth, death and marriage indexes

-       electoral rolls stretching back to the 19th Century

-       free access to the Ancestry Online databases

-       an unrivalled collection of historic maps of Brighton and Sussex

-       a fantastic collection of local Brighton and Sussex residential and
trade directories

-       the expert assistance of the Centre staff whose jobs will disappear
if the Centre closes in March.

 

Roger Lewry

FFHS Archives Liaison

exec.member.rl at ffhs.org.uk

30 December 2009

 

 

The Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee

Company Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721

Registered Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3
4PF

 

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