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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society

Events

Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events.

A Forger in the Family

Date: 15th April 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: The Bow Room at The Exchange, Sturminster Newton
Blackmore Vale Group

When Rachel discovered a forger in the family, her research uncovered lots more about the crime and other C18th lawbreakers: the schoolmaster pressed into the Royal Navy who became a forger on discharge; the exciseman who found himself out of pocket when whisky production was regulated; the architect who was transported to Australia for forgery and ended up on a (legal) bank note.                              
Speaker: Rachel Rowe

‘A Teenage View of Wartime Weymouth’ by Lyndsey Fry

Date: 17th April 2026
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

‘A Teenage View of Wartime Weymouth’ by Lyndsey Fry

Chris Cooper “Kings Head Hotel Wimborne”

Date: 20th April 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Chris Cooper “Kings Head Hotel Wimborne”

Dorchester – Small Town, Big Story’ (Part 2) by Alistair Chisholm

Date: 15th May 2026
Time: 14:30
Location: St. Aldhelm's Church Centre, DT3 5EW
South Dorset Group

Dorchester – Small Town, Big Story’ (Part 2) by Alistair Chisholm

Raymond Arnold Wills “Gypsies”

Date: 18th May 2026
Time: 19:30
Location: The Hilda Coles Learning Centre off Crown Mead, Wimborne
East Dorset Group

Raymond Arnold Wills “Gypsies”