Wednesday 17th June was our second meeting using Zoom, despite a few technical issues, it was a constructive meeting

The meeting included:

• PowerPoint presentation on William Henry Downing who was killed in action during WW1. It showed how putting together the different sources available presented a more rounded picture of the man and life at that time.

• Discussion of the different subscriptions available for family history sites

• Discussion on specific members problems and possible approaches

• Discussion on use of group’s website and Zoom

• Projects on Zooniverse where you can assist in research by transcribing research information at home https://www.zooniverse.org/projects?discipline=history&page=1&status=live

• My Heritage currently has an offer to sharpen a number of photographs at no charge https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/06/introducing-the-myheritage-photo-enhancer/

• Use of padlets to share information prior to meetings https://padlet.com/

• 1921 census availability

England and Wales – release scheduled Jan 2022 access through findmypast

Scotland – release scheduled 2021 access through ScotlandsPeople. Census was taken on the night of Sunday 19 June 1921

• Availability of Virtual resources

• London Metropolitan Archives – series of virtual events booking through

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-metropolitan-archives-2913691059

• National Archives videos and podcasts access through

https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk

• It is possible to downloaded from the National Archives digital records including WW1 war diaries free of charge Extracts from war diaries were used in the PowerPoint presentation.