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TimeSlides TimeSlides is an Exhibition of Edwardian and Great War Photographs with a Family History Event, helping people to discover and share the story of their own family during The Great War. There will be a Great War Family History Q&A session at 1pm on the 3rd of December in the McGuinness Gallery. All are welcome. Family History resources will be available in the Library through out our exhibition, please see a member of the library staff for assistance with access. Come along to explore your family history in the lead up to the outbreak of the Great War and learn about the impact of the conflict on every day life. The Exhibition is being held in The McGuinness Gallery, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, 12th November to 3rd December 2011 and will be open Monday to Friday - 10.00am till 4.00pm, Saturday - 9.00am till 4.00pm. (On the Launch day, Saturday 12th November, the Gallery opens at 11am.) Admittance is free.          Visitors in the gallery on launch day The Launch Event was held on Saturday 12th November 2011, with a welcome in the Main Hall followed by a series of talks: 11.00am The Dixon Dent Photograph Collection - Ray Heale Ray will talk about photography in the Edwardian era, with a closer look at some of the images by the award winning photographer William Dixon Dent of Bishop Auckland. 12.20pm Aerial Photography in the Great War Premiere of a short film made by The Wartime Memories Project for this exhibition, looking at the aircraft, the equipment and the analysis of air photographs from the Dixon Dent Collection. 1.00pm Giving Names to Bones: The Identification of the Dead of the Great War - Alastair Fraser Alastair will talk about the challenges of discovering the names of soldiers recovered from the battlefields during archaeological excavations. Almost a century after they were killed in action, will forensics and detective work enable their families to attend their funeral? 2.20pm Finding your Family Heroes - Angela Jobson Angela's talk will explain how to interpret the available records and where to look for the missing details which will help to reveal the story of your family in the Great War Thanks to all who attended the talks and the kind messages sent through. Discover Your Family Story We have created a Family History Research Leaflet to assist you, please collect one from Bishop Auckland Town Hall from Saturday 12th November, or you can download and print our Family History Leaflet and accompanyinghelp/WTMFamilyHistoryInfoSheet.pdf" target = "new">sheet to record your discoveries. It would greatly assist if you could please register the name(s) of those you are researching. The Timeslides event is now over, but you can still Relatives currently being researched via TimeSlides.