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The Norfolk Heritage Centre is the ideal place to research family and local history.
The Centre is situated on the second floor of the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and combines in one convenient location the collections of the Norfolk Studies Library with many of the Norfolk Record Office’s resources on microfilm and microfiche.
The Autumn 2010 edition of the ‘Heritage Happenings’ Newsletter is now available on-line.
To complement our Family History Internet sessions, we will be holding a monthly ‘Introduction to Family History’ session. The aim is to gain an understanding of Civil Registration and Census data and their importance in studying family history. Contact the NHC for more information. See ‘Events’ section below for dates.
Book of the Month
From ‘Hortus Sanitatis’, or the ‘Garden of Health’, printed by Jacob Meydenbach at Mainz in 1491.
A woodcut showing patients of all ages and conditions being advised by their physicians. Samples of urine in glass jars of various shapes and sizes, critically important in diagnosis, stand on benches, ready for testing.
EventsThe dates for our regular free family history introductory sessions in October 2010 (all Thursdays) are as follows:
Introduction Thursday 7 October, 14.00-16.00
Internet 1 Thursday 14 October, 14.30-16.00
Internet 2 Thursday 21 October, 10.30-12.00
Internet 3 Thursday 28 October, 14.30-16.00
Places on the Introduction are limited to 21 people. Places on the Internet Sessions are limited to 7 people each time (N.B. each Internet session has the same content so you need only book onto one). Please telephone the Norfolk Heritage Centre on (01603) 774740 for more information and to book a place.
Edith Cavell new biography event
Correction to information provided in the latest ‘Heritage Happenings’, please note that this event commences at 19.30 rather than 18.00 and tickets are required.
Diana Souhami at Norwich Cathedral, Monday 11 October at 19.30.
To mark the 95th anniversary of Edith Cavell’s execution, author Diana Souhami will be at Norwich Cathedral to mark the launch of her new biography of Norfolk born World War One heroine Edith Cavell.
Diana’s talk will be introduced by the Bishop of Norwich and there will be an exhibition of Edith Cavell memorabilia, curated by the Norfolk Heritage Centre.
Tickets are £3. Available from Waterstone’s in Castle Street, Norwich (01603 767292) or the Cathedral Shop (01603 218323).