Members’ Evening – “How my Ancestor Got Here”
Posted on 15th October 2025
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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society
Family History Society
Posted on 15th October 2025
Members' Evening – "How my Ancestor Got... morePosted on 5th October 2025
Janet Few 'Doxies, Dolly-mops and Dressmakers: the history of prostitution 1780-1930' If you are not already on the mailing list for this year contact Sue for the link... morePosted on
The talk will discuss recent radiocarbon dating and DNA studies of later Iron age burials from Dorset, which have overturned the believed wisdom regarding the structure of Iron Age society in Dorset The work has proven Iron Age Durotrigian society to be a female line (matrilocal) society and that the complex societal organisation revealed by what was considered the single event Maiden Castle 'war cemetery' was nothing to do with the Roman invasion Speaker: Paul Cheetham The group meets... more