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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society
Family History Society
How can we help you? We will help you to find documented facts about the lives of your former family members which will unlock doors to your own personal family story. Although we do specialise in Somerset and Dorset and have extensive records from our two counties, our experienced Research Volunteers have skills which can help you trace your family roots, regardless of where they might have originated.
Our Family History Centre is at Broadway House, Peter St, Yeovil BA20 1PN. Find out more about how we can help with your research and the facilities we have to offer.
The Society’s Family History Centre in Yeovil is still closed to members and other visitors, but we are very pleased to have reopened our bookshop for online sales and orders by post, only – please do not come to the Centre to buy books.
Our Research Volunteers are still working mainly from home but do now have some access to our resources at the Centre, so if you would like any help with your family history research email: [email protected] and we will do our best to help you.
When we are able to reopen the Centre to visitors, we will inform members by electronic newsletter and will also post the information on our website and on Facebook. If you do not already receive e-newsletters, but would like to do so, please email: [email protected].
Free access to Fold3 military records until Monday. Click on the 'Free Access to Fold 3' banner in the centre of the page, NOT on 'Start a seven day free trial' at the bottom.https://www.fold3.com/?fbclid=IwAR3gUyvqod2vy-gJgwcewzk9s4IIlxqt1tBOpFf8ZpzLiR75VnnVMr0xC8c
Fold3 - Historical military records
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Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of records come...Paul Radford, the Editor of our journal 'The Greenwood Tree' has written a preview of the June issue, which will be posted to SDFHS members next week. sdfhs.org/blog/the-greenwood-tree-june-2020/ This is a bumper edition with many interesting stories of emigration to the New World. The PDF is already available for download from the Members Area of our website.
Does anyone know where this photo was taken? One of our group members is trying to identify the location, and, if possible, the people. He says “I suspect it may be in Somerset and could even be around Taunton or East Huntspill.” If you have any ideas, let us know!
Surnames dictionary goes free for family bonding in lockdown:
Online tool drops paywall for a week and people invited to share photos relating to their names
Surnames dictionary goes free for family bonding in lockdown
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Online tool drops paywall for a week and people invited to share photos relating to their nameswww.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
- Series 3 of A House Through Time starts at 9pm on BBC Two on Tuesday 26 May 2020. David Olusoga looks at the history of a house in Bristol, including slavery, Wesleyan Methodism, Passchendaele and t...Who doesn’t have a criminal ancestor in their tree? This seminar was due to be held in Somerset today, but The Guild of Guild of One-Name Studies has put the seminar online. These presentations are available to non-members from today for a weekOur next seminar "On the Wrong Side of the Law" will take place this Saturday 16th May and will now be an online event open to both members and non-members. You will be able to watch the lectures at any time over the next seven days from Saturday onwards and after that they will be available for Guild members in our members room. Look out too for our forthcoming Rogues Gallery. All the links for the presentations and the Gallery will go live at 10.00 am UK time on Saturday. Note that you do not need to book a place and the presentations will be freely available. Just check out the website from Saturday onwards. You can read more about the exciting programme we have lined up here: one-name.org/seminar-events/
Somerset is not unfamiliar to changeable weather. And with the current changes in climate it is likely to continue to see these changes. Somerset’s experience of bad weather goes a lot further back than recent years. On 20th January 1607 the Levels were subject to significant flooding believed to be created by a tsunami. There is evidence that the tsunami travelled up the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel from Barnstaple to Gloucester.
#ClimateMW #Weather #ClimateCrisis #MuseumWeek #Somerset #SRLM #Glastonbury #SomersetLevels #somersettsunami
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names free to access until 21 May | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
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- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names, containing the meanings of thousands of British surnames, is free to access until 21 May. Find out what does Boris’ Johnson’s name mean and what does Nicol...1.3 Before the Cemetery: Cholera & the Burial Crisis of the 1840s
1.3 Before the Cemetery: Cholera & the Burial Crisis of the 1840s
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In this video we see how an essentially medieval system of burial breaks down with the coming of the industrialised world and waves of deadly Cholera outbrea...Our next seminar "On the Wrong Side of the Law" will take place this Saturday 16th May and will now be an online event open to both members and non-members. You will be able to watch the lectures at any time over the next seven days from Saturday onwards and after that they will be available for Guild members in our members room. Look out too for our forthcoming Rogues Gallery. All the links for the presentations and the Gallery will go live at 10.00 am UK time on Saturday. Note that you do not need to book a place and the presentations will be freely available. Just check out the website from Saturday onwards. You can read more about the exciting programme we have lined up here: one-name.org/seminar-events/
#OnePlaceWednesday Been focusing on @1PSDirectory of The Crescent, Taunton & looking in more detail at the Groves family who lived at No 2 on the 1871 Census & No 1 on 1881 Census. Hope to update blog soon on George & Martha Groves & thier children soon.
Read an article this morning describing museums as “luxury charities”... no. Museums are centres of creativity, exploration, togetherness. These are not luxuries. These are life. Life is more than just survival. Museums are a space in which we can all thrive.
Do you have ancestors who lived in The Crescent, #Taunton?
This is the @1PSDirectory study that I am undertaking! Not done an update since the Lewis family though back in March 2019! Opps! I have been researching the Groves, Turle and Beadon families so updates coming soon! https://thecrescenttaunton.blogspot.com/ https://twitter.com/StreetStudy/status/1261919074256326657
