Posted on 28th March 2024
Melody of moonlight Performers: Richard Hall and friends A presentation about a well-known musical family: the Smith family were at the centre of music making in 19th century Dorchester – teaching it, composing it and performing it Come and learn their story and enjoy their affecting piano solos, dashing piano duets and settings of gently humorous dialect verse by their very good friend William Barnes – Victorian ‘easy listening’ at its... morePosted on
Sturminster Newton Roll of Honour (Title tbc) Speaker: Felicity Harrison Felicity has been researching the people behind the names on the Sturminster Newton Roll of Honour from the second world... morePosted on
Stop Press! Speaker: Graham Colls Graham Colls and Carol Groome have been looking through the British Newspaper archive to find out about people, notable events and scandals (!) in Sturminster Newton and surrounding... morePosted on 9th February 2024
Presenting Your Family History Speaker: Ted Udall Most of us are not trained historians or archivists We tend to dive in and collect information in a variety of haphazard ways and end up with piles of “stuff” This presentation gives some guidelines as to what to do (in the nicest possible way) with all the research material you’ve collected, both real and virtual We are pleased to welcome the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society Secretary to present at this... morePosted on
The Dorset Drowners Speaker: Paul Cheetham A ”Drowner” is an occupation that you may have found on a census form as an occupation of one of your ancestors There were a lot of them in Dorset as they were necessary for the management of the water meadows and healthy crops and farm animals Paul’s talk will particularly reference the local water meadows at... more