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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

Events

Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.

Annual Business Meeting and members’ own stories and research

Date: 8th February 2025
Time: 14:00
Location: Loders Village Hall
West Dorset Group

We will be holding our annual Business Meeting to start. We’ll follow with your opportunity to share with other members, the highlights of your research over the last year (or so), the triumphs and failures, the new websites you’ve discovered, new contacts you’ve made, in fact anything however brief, that you like to share. It doesn’t have to be long, in fact short is good!
If you have any pictures contact Jane beforehand.

Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset by Alex Campiai

Date: 17th February 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset by Alex Campiai

Revisiting the ‘Pit of Doom’ on Ridgeway

Date: 21st February 2025
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘Revisiting the ‘Pit of Doom’ on Ridgeway’ by Steve Wallis

Mementos of the 2nd World War

Date: 17th March 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Mementos of the 2nd World War

Where were you on V.E. Day?

Date: 19th March 2025
Time: 19:30
Location: The Bow Room of The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
Blackmore Vale Group

Felicity Harrison: Where were you on V.E. Day?

“I was born during WW2 but I don’t remember where I was on V.E. day. I’ve been aware that I know very little about how WW2 affected Sturminster other than the two Commonwealth War Graves in the Cemetery. So, I’ve been asking around, trying to find out from some of the locals how it impinged on their youth. The result is this talk!”