Online Events

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 anyone would like to join any of the zoom session, contact Jane and she will send you the details.

Friday 25 March 2022 at 2:30 PM

Research Your Somerset Family by Esther Hoyle from Somerset Archives Service

An 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 continues to grow in popularity.

If anyone would like to join any of the zoom session, contact Jane and she will send you the details.

Brought to you by the West Dorset Group on behalf of S&D FHS