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The Greenwood Tree – June 2025

Posted on 31st May 2025

The June issue of The Greenwood Tree is a Special Anniversary Edition to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the SDFHS Editor Paul Radford previews the magazine which will be mailed to members at the end of May and which SDFHS members can already view or download from the Members’ Area of the Society’s website The Special Anniversary Edition is almost entirely given over to members’ recollections of the early days of our Society, which was founded in 1975, and in some cases their... more

The Greenwood Tree – March 2025

Posted on 27th February 2025

The theme of the March issue of The Greenwood Tree is First Steps in Family History Editor Paul Radford previews the edition which will be mailed to members at the end of February and which SDFHS members can already view or download from the Members’ Area of the Society’s website The March edition of The Greenwood Tree is the first to mark the 50th anniversary of our Society and comes with a front page banner headline stating the fact as well as a new colour The Greenwood Tree must,... more

The Greenwood Tree – December 2024

Posted on 24th November 2024

The theme of the December issue of The Greenwood Tree is Large Families Editor Paul Radford previews the edition which will be mailed to members at the end of November and which SDFHS members can already view or download from the Members’ Area of the Society’s website If it had been a competition to see which member could find the largest family in their tree, Barbara Wallace would have been the winner She tells the story of her 4xgreat-grandparents and their 19 children, who in... more

The Greenwood Tree – September 2024

Posted on 25th August 2024

The theme of the September issue of The Greenwood Tree is My Favourite Ancestor EditorPaul Radford previews the edition which will be mailed to members at the end of August and which SDFHS members can already view or download from the Members’ Area of the Society’s website Perhaps it was inevitable that an edition focussing on My Favourite Ancestor would throw up some extraordinary characters If you like to read about people who defied the social norms and mores of the day,... more

The Greenwood Tree – June 2024

Posted on 3rd June 2024

The theme of the June issue of The Greenwood Tree is Out-of-Counties Editor Paul Radford previews the edition which will be mailed to members at the end of May and which SDFHS members can already view or download from the Members’ Area of the Society’s website Who could have guessed that the Out-of-Counties theme would produce such an avalanche of stories from members For the first time, in this editor’s memory at least, we have had... more