Founded in October 2000, the Upper Dales Family History Group (UDFHG) is a
family history society that covers
Swaledale,
Arkengarthdale
Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales. It is a subsidiary ...
and
Wensleydale, in
North Yorkshire, and their tributary valleys.
The UDFHG aims to support those members whose ancestors had their roots in Wensleydale and Swaledale (within the
Yorkshire Dales).
Meetings
The group supports an extremely active member-only
e-mail forum, which includes correspondents from all parts of the world as well as local members. It also produces and sells the "Bishopdale Booklets" which consist largely of copies of
Census returns from
1841
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi.
* January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
to
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
from many of the villages and towns in the Upper Dales.
References
External links Upper Dales Family History Group
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Family history societies in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in North Yorkshire
Clubs and societies in England