This meeting was used to summarise progress so far and to plant the programme for autumn and 2016. The possibility of arranging another day school at Tanybwlch was discussed to share discoveries and attract new members to the group. We intend to continue to scan. Rhian will return the scanner to Hazel at the National Library and it is planned …
Cofio a Chreithiau, HLF Project – 15 April 2015
9 members met at the Dolgellau Record Office for a workshop 10.30-12.30 Some could not come due to the start of the tourism season. Dai gave some ideas for group work for those who did not have relatives who went to the First World War. It was felt that we need a theme for people to research from home. The …
Cofio a Chreithiau, HLF project 24 March 2015.
We made an early start by scanning the cover of the programme for the unveiling of the Dolgellau war memorial. Studying this on a large screen enabled us to discuss the implications involved of placing similar items onto our website. It also helped us to start formulating a protocol for our work and gave everyone the opportunity to contribute ideas …
Cofio a Chreithiau, HLF project 10 March 2015
The same members supported the second workshop. We discussed our specific objectives thoroughly before listening to Geraint Vaughan Jones who spoke about the experiences of his two grandfathers. Geraint described some of their moving experiences and we studied a number of related photographs and documents. In doing so, we discovered some of the useful sources of information and official records …
Cofio a Chreithiau, HLF project 24 February 2015
We intend to collect and scan family histories and materials connected to the Great War and to place them on our pages in The People’s Collection. Twelve members and three visitors came together to the Meirionnydd Record Office for a day of training by Hazel Thomas and Rhian Davies, from The People’s Collection. Among our guests was Craig Owen, newly appointed …