A wonderful day of discovering family and local heritage was organised by North Yorkshire County Records Office and held at the Pavilions of Harrogate. The event proved a great success.
The Harrogate Family History Centre of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had a stand run by local expert volunteers David Purser, Geoff English and Barry Fisher. They were also supported by Elder and Sister Smith, a senior couple serving for two years as family history missionaries in the England Leeds Mission of the Church. Welcome support was offered by six full-time missionaries from Harrogate, who gave two-hour shifts and enjoyed talking to visitors and passersby who wanted to know more about finding their ancestors.
‘Getting Started’ guides and other handy resources were provided free of charge by Brian McKechnie of FamilySearch and were very popular.
In all, 65 members of the public sat in at various times, asking for information and help to solve family history problems and blockages!