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Ann-Marie Wilkinson

Somerset in Historic Photographs

Posted on 22nd May 2014

The SDFHS Chairman, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, summarises a fascinating new photographic exhibition at the Museum of Somerset On Friday evening (16 May), Steve (right) and I along with Patrick Williams (a previous Chairman of the Society) and his wife Joan went to the Museum of Somerset to a preview of their new exhibition In the Frame – Somerset in Historic Photographs The exhibition displayed many photographs from Somerset, the earliest being a picture of workman renovating Mells Church in the... more

WDYTYA? – the last day

Posted on 23rd February 2014

Ann-Marie Wilkinson rounds off her diary with an account of the final day of the show Saturday As we had to pack up today, we took Barry’s car into Olympia this morning - the journey was much better than on Wednesday morning Barry booked the parking online yesterday as it is cheaper to do it in advance, It also meant that he could drop me off outside the exhibitor’s entrance so I only had a short walk As we arrived we could see the queue stretching round the corner and the show... more

Who Do Who Do You Think You Are?LIVE

Posted on 22nd February 2014

The SDFHS Chair, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, has been keeping a diary during this year's WDYTYA Tuesday Car nicely packed, just need to pop into the local butchers in Wedmore to pick up some local meat to give to my hosts, Barry and Ann Rideout, who look after me for the next few days As usual the butcher has local meat, this time it is Gloucester Old Spot pork and some of his home made sausages The journey was fairly uneventful, although the traffic was bad around Stonehenge – the new... more

Preparing for ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

Posted on 18th February 2014

Our Chairman, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, and other volunteers will be at the SDFHS table for all three days (20th-22nd February) of WDYTYA Please do come and say ‘hello’ and bring any queries you may have about your Somerset or Dorset familiesWho Do You Think You Are starts on Thursday 20th February at Olympia Preparations have been made and on Friday 14th Steve and I braved the weather to go to Sherborne to pick up all the items we take for the SDFHS tables Barry, John, Wendy and Patricia... more

Desperately Seeking Granny

Posted on 5th February 2014

The Society's Chairman, Ann-Marie Wilkinson, describes a family history help session at Burnham-on-Sea They say that you should try to do something new every day Well on Monday (3rd February), I was interviewed live on Radio Bristol and Somerset Sound This was at the National Libraries Day at Burnham-on-Sea where I was doing a “Desperately Seeking Granny” session I was supposed to be talking about Family History so I was a bit surprised when the first question I was asked was about... more

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