THE latest in a series of family history courses will help people to find out about the military service of Second World War veterans.

A professional archivist will spend the first hour of the Durham County Record Office Branching Out course explaining how to search records for details of family members who served in the Second World War.

In the second hour, participants will be supported to use the office’s facilities, including electronic and microfilm records to start their own research.

Dawn Layland, education and outreach archivist, said: “We receive a lot of requests from people wanting to find out about their military ancestors and we hold a fascinating collection of records from the Durham Light Infantry.

“In these sessions we’ll teach people to search electoral rolls and the Durham Light Infantry Archives as well as demonstrating how to find individual service records and exploring what information we can gather from them.”

The course runs twice, on Monday 26 November from 6pm to 8pm and on Thursday November 29, from 10am - 12 noon, at Durham County Record Office, County Hall, Durham.

Tickets cost £10 per person and must be booked in advance, either online from https://recordofficeshop.durham.gov.uk/pgEventResult or by contacting on 03000 267 626.