Next:
The FoGA AGM
Then:
Summer Programme
(updated)
Manorial Documents Register
launched
The Friends of Gloucestershire Archives (FoGA) were established in 1993 to provide help and support to the Gloucestershire Archives (then called Gloucestershire Record Office) and to educate people in the importance of preserving the county's archives. Friends receive a Newsletter twice a year covering recent news, projects and activities (the 2011 issues can be downloaded here).
Friends' subscriptions are put to good use in various ways:
- buying records that are important to Gloucestershire Archives and which often come onto the market at very short notice (here is something about our most recent purchase);
- committing "seedcorn" funding to Gloucestershire Archives to help with grant applications;
- buying equipment for public use in the Archives' search rooms;
- supporting specific Archive projects, and
- in various other ways.
FoGA organises different kinds of event for members during the year - seminars, talks, guided tours of historical buildings (often with tea), and an annual social evening with buffet. For the next event, have a look here.
There are also opportunities to join in various other activities, such as:
- Transcribing and indexing records,
- Visiting local historical sites and other archives during the summer months,
- Training at the Gloucestershire Archives,
- Participating in Workshops and Mini-conferences
- Fundraising to buy equipment or documents
- Attending Social events
- Staffing exhibitions and open Days
- Looking behind the scenes at the Archives
- Campaigning behalf of Gloucestershire Archives
- Attending talks, lectures and demonstrations in the winter.
We are always looking for new ideas for events for the Friends and would welcome any suggestions you may have.
Read the Constitution of the Friends of Gloucestershire Archives.
Last Updated 27th March 2012.