Posted on 10th December 2021
This should be our first meeting in the village hall We will be holding our Annual Business Meeting, details will be going out to members beforehand We then welcome ROB CURTIS, a retired RAF officer and blue badge guide He will speak on the Toll Roads and Turnpikes of West Dorset and how important they were to people travelling around our part of Dorset in the 18th... morePosted on 9th December 2021
Myko Clelland will be presenting on the newly released "1921 census and how to find your way about it" Myko Clelland is a genealogist and regional licensing manager for Findmypast He is based in Edinburgh and regularly discusses family history on television, radio, online & in printBrought to you by the West Dorset Group on behalf of S&D FHS We anticipate a lot of interest in this talk, so limiting it to members only If you wish to join this session contact Jane, quoting... morePosted on
We’re repeating last year’s popular session, where various group members make short presentations about a new or newly discovered website which was of particular interest to them Contact Jane if you are keen to share your discovery with other members If anyone would like to join any of the zoom session, contact Jane and she will send you the... morePosted on 9th November 2021
Friday 25 March 2022 at 2:30 PM Research Your Somerset Family by Esther Hoyle from Somerset Archives ServiceAn introduction to the types of records that can help you put together your family tree and focuses on the records held in the Somerset Heritage Centre Family historians make up the largest percentage of Somerset Archives users With TV programmes such as “Who Do You Think You Are” and the availability of websites such as Ancestry and Find My Past, family history or genealogy... morePosted on 2nd November 2021
Friday 11 March 2022 at 2 PM With a PhD in Ethics and a background of teaching Psychology, University lecturer Dr Penny Walters, author of recently published ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ will discuss what ethics and morality mean, and what these have to do with genealogy ‘I’m just compiling our family tree, what can go wrong’ If you give us permission to keep your email address, we can contact you about future online events and you won't need to keep emailing us It... more