Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives-FONA

17/03/2026

A reminder that it is FONA's AGM this Saturday at The Nottinghamshire Archives. Followed by a talk by Dr Judith Mills, 'One Parish, Two Churches, Three Families'. The meeting room will be opened at 10.15 am, and the meeting will start at 10.30 am. There will be coffee/tea approx 10.50 am. Please see our website for more details http://fona.org.uk

11/03/2026

Important announcement 📣

From 1st April opening hours at Nottinghamshire Archives will change as part of improvements to digitally transform the service in response to increasing demands for more digital and online resources.

Our new opening hours will be:

Monday – closed (no change)
Tuesday – 9am-5pm (change from 9am-7pm)
Wednesday – 9am-5pm (no change)
Thursday – 9am-5pm (no change)
Friday – closed (change from 9am-5pm)
Saturday – 9am-1pm every third Saturday of the month (change from every Saturday)

Find out more https://qrco.de/bgfmGL

Nottinghamshire County Council

11/03/2026

*NEW OPENING HOURS*
From 1st April, the archives' opening times will change to accommodate our expanding digital transformation project. Over the past decade, we have seen an increasing demand for digital and online access to the archives' collections and to our library's local studies collections. This change to opening hours will enable the digital transformation of resources and collections and the development of staff skills to embed the new digital approach.

New opening hours from 1st April are:

Monday – closed (no change)
Tuesday – 9am-5pm (change from 9am-7pm)
Wednesday – 9am-5pm (no change)
Thursday – 9am-5pm (no change)
Friday – closed (change from 9am-5pm)
Saturday – 9am-1pm every third Saturday of the month (change from every Saturday)

For further information, please see our news item on the Inspire website.

Our new course booking system is live! Visit our new Learner Hub to create your account, where you can book and browse all our adult learning courses.

03/03/2026

This month it is our AGM, which is then followed by a talk by Dr Judith Mills on "One Parish, Two Churches, Three Families". The meeting is on Saturday 21st March at the Nottinghamshire Archives. The meeting room will be open at 10.15 am, and the meeting will commence at 10.30 am. There will be a coffee/tea break at approx 10.50 am. Please see our website for more details https://fona.org.uk

17/01/2026

NWHG were with Inspire Nottinghamshire Libraries Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives-FONA and saw the scrapebook of Helen Kirkpatrick Watts. See more about her at our websitehttps://nottinghamwomenshistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Helen-Kirkpatrick-Watts.pdf

09/01/2026

❄️SERVICE DISRUPTIONS❄️

As you might expect, we have a few disruptions to our services due to the weather! We'll post to local library pages where needed, but please check out our Service Disruption page as well to see what's affected:

https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/service-disruptions/

06/01/2026

*We are sorry to say that the FONA event originally planned for Saturday January 17th 2026 has had to be CANCELLED*

Our next event will take place on Saturday March 21st at Nottinghamshire Archives at 11am when we will be holding our Annual General Meeting followed by a talk by Judith Mills “One Parish, Two Churches, Three Families” – some snapshots of 1,000 years of village history”.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Looking forward to seeing you at events in 2026.

20/12/2025

Our Winter 2025 Newsletter(Amicis) is now available to view/download https://fona.org.uk or pick up a copy at your library.

25/11/2025

Just a quick reminder it is FONA's last meeting of the year this Saturday (29th November). The theme is 'Christmas Stuff' It is for MEMBERS ONLY - but it's not too late to join, please see below for details. Link to membership form :https://fona.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FONA-Membership-Application-Form-Apr-2019.pdf

24/11/2025

11/11/2025

FONA's last meeting of the year is on Saturday 29th November and is themed 'Christmas Stuff' It is for MEMBERS ONLY - but it's not too late to join, please see below for details.