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Your Journal needs you!

Bob Barber, the Editor of the Society's Journal The Greenwood Tree needs your help: Have you made any New Year resolutions Why not make it a priority to put pen to paper and write up some aspect of your family history research The Greenwood Tree is your journal and can only continue if members send material for publication Publishing your research gives it exposure to a wide audience and can often answer questions or help to make contacts with others interested in the same area In August...
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Basic sources for tracing World War II soldiers

The SDFHS Military Advisor, Col Iain Swinnerton, summarises basic sources for tracing British soldiers who served in the Second World War (Note: the details below apply equally to women) Service Records All records of post-1920 servicemen are confidential and remain with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) They are available free of charge to the man himself However, in recognition of the duty of care owed to the family of the deceased subject, for a period of 25 years following the date of death...
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Sherborne Festive Shopping Day

Our Family History Centre in Sherborne was open today for the town's Festive Shopping Day We were selling new and second-hand books on family/local history, providing tea/coffee and home-made mince pies, and our Volunteers were on hand to give advice on research There was a lovely Christmassy atmosphere, with peals of bells from the Abbey, and carol-singing around the crib at the Conduit, just outside our door The main street, Cheap St, was packed with shoppers taking advantage of special...
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