Previous Speakers
NORTHERN GROUP
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Previous Speakers
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NORTHERN GROUP
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| Speaker |
Date |
Subject |
| Dr Gillian Gear | 1st May 2013 | Saving Dickens' Children Certified Industrial Schools |
| Dave Annal | 3rd Apr 2013 | Death and Taxes Understanding the death duty registers |
| Members | 6th Mar 2013 | Members' Evening |
| Peter Maggs | 6th Feb 2013 | Smethurst's Luck The story of Dr Thomas Smethurst |
| Tom Doig | 9th Jan 2013 | Births and Baptisms |
| Phil Morris | 5th Dec 2012 | Fire Marks and Insurance Tokens and Christmas nibbles |
| Mermbers | 7th Nov 2012 | Members' Evening Members told their ancester's stories with an occupational theme |
| Meryl Catty and Audrey Gillett | 3rd Oct 2012 | Leave No Stone Unturned Looking for those elusive ancesters |
| Alan Ruston | 5th Sep 2012 | Was Your Ancester a Civil Servant? Looking at the records to search |
| Louise Taylor | 1st Aug 2012 | This talk was based on a study of sixteen women from Stepney in East London, each of whom was admitted to Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum - Colney Hatch, in the perion 1877 to 1889 |
| Peter Barratt | 4th Jul 2012 | Peter gave a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother's fight to vote 100 years ago |
| Trevor Owens | 6th Jun 2012 | Trade Tokens What they can tell us about a local economy |
| Ian Waller | 2nd May 2012 | What is available? |
| Judy Davies | 4th Apr 2012 | Judy's quest to uncover the events in the life of her convict ancester who was from Bedfordshire |
| Members | 7th Mar 2012 | Members shared information, tips, and resources |
| Julian Hunt | 1st Feb 2012 | Coaching Inns of Bucks |
| Greg Davies | 11th Jan 2012 | A One Name Study of the Village of Nash |
| Frank Banwell | 7th Dec 2011 | Christmas Party and Old Films |
| Members | 2nd Nov 2011 | Members recounted their ancester's stories |
| Joy & Geoff Dawe | 5th Oct 2011 | Living the Poor Life The two-way correspondence between the Poor Law Commission & Newport Pagnell workhouse |
| Meryl Catty | 7th Sep 2011 | The Breadwinner Occupations - sources for trades and occupations with case histories |
| Richard Harvey | 3rd Aug 2011 | Bribery and Corruption The unreformed electoral system and its records |
| Tom Doig | 6th Jul 2011 | Village Friendly Societies Before the welfare state |
| Kathy Chater | 1st Jun 2011 | Coroner's Inquests The Coroner's job explained |
| Peter Bailey | 4th May 2011 | British India and Indian Records How to trace your Indian links and the Families in British India Society |
| Jane Burrell | 6th Apr 2011 | Caring For Your Heirlooms How to preserve your precious family archives |
| Maurice Clarke | 2nd Mar 2011 | The Heir Hunters Association The work of tracing missing heirs to unclaimed legacies |
| Julian Hunt | 2nd Feb 2011 | |
| Members | 5th Jan 2011 | Members brought their own resources to share |
| Michael Gandy | 1st Dec 2010 |
Christmas Party, and Seeing It Through Their Songs
This
talk looked at music hall songs of the 1890s and early 1900s to show us
what our grandparents thought about their lives |
| Members | 3rd Nov 2010 | Having learnt how to date and identify photographs earlier this year, members brought in their own photographs |
| Laura Cotton | 6th Oct 2010 | For those of us who missed Laura's talk in June 2006, a welcome return. An introduction to old handwriting, and then we were each asked to test our skills at reading old documents |
| Geof Lee | 1st Sep 2010 | An outline of their origin and arrival in Britain; History of the laws and persecution; Description of most aspects of their life, including homes, food, medicine, work, music, marriage and death; How to research gypsy family history |
| Ian Currie | 4th Aug 2010 | Can you rely on seaweed or pine cones? Is ‘Red Sky at Night’ a shepherd’s delight? Does April have the face of a monk and the claws of a cat? |
| Liz Carter | 7th Jul 2010 | A Victorian widow in her ‘weeds’ recalled her husband’s funeral and described what it was like to be a widow in 1890 |
| Tom Doig | 2nd Jun 2010 | How to date and identify your old photographs |
| Audrey Gillett & Meryl Catty | 5th May 2010 | A dramatic reconstruction of the 1851 census |
| Anne Pegg | 7th Apr 2010 | Maps, tithe documents and terriers are some of the lesser known documents but can throw interesting light on the daily lives of our ancestors. Who knows, you might find a personal signature or mark or even details of their turnip crop! Some background information on the history and varied illustrations |
| Richard Heaton | 3rd Mar 2010 |
An
insight into what resources are available on-line, pre-research
information required, and the strategy for searching newspapers that
are not on-line. A selection of the many newspapers dating from
the 1750's to the 1870's that Richard has collected
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| Ian Waller | 3rd Feb 2010 |
Many
families will find domestic servants, both male and female within their
ancestry. This talk looked at their lives and their appearance in records
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| 6th Jan 2010 | Meeting cancelled due to bad weather | |
| Brian Horridge | 2nd Dec 2009 | Christmas Party And a talk by Brian Horridge on the Society's Church Finder project |
| John T Smith | 4th Nov 2009 | With the surname Smith you would be worried if you were trying to trace a grandfather who had "abandoned" his family.... |
| Wendy Anderson | 7th Oct 2009 |
A useful guide on sources for Scottish ancestry
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| 16th Sep 2009 | Evening visit to Sulgrave Manor | |
| John Hanson | 2nd Sep 2009 |
How to get the most out of it
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| John Wooley | 5th Aug 2009 |
John was a local Bobby who helped capture the perpetrators of this terrible crime
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| Ian Waller | 1st Jul 2009 |
A strategy for modern research
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| Tom Doig | 3rd June 2009 |
- and how to avoid being hag-ridden
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| Nigel Lutt | 6th May 2009 | |
| Jennifer Cooper | 1st Apr 2009 | A talk on the MKHA |
| John Smith | 4th Mar 2009 |
A well illustrated talk highlighting WW1 sources available.
John is chaiman of the Cheddington History Society |
| 4th Feb 2009 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| Ian Waller | 7th Jan 2009 |
A look at how marriage problems affected our ancestors
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| Thea Young | 3rd Dec 2008 |
Christmas party
and a talk on Sulgrave Manor
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| Bill Duperouzel | 5th Nov 2008 |
Janet and Bill Duperouzel's story
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| Geof Lee | 1st Oct 2008 |
Unfortunately, samples weren't available!
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| Stuart King | 3rd Sep 2008 | A talk by Stuart King |
| Jennifer Cooper | 6th Aug 2008 | A talk by Jennifer Cooper |
| Anne Pegg | 2nd Jul 2008 |
A one-name study of the Twentyman family
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| Greg Davies | 4th Jun 2008 |
Using Excel for family history
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| Runnells Davis | 7th May 2008 |
Another fascinating talk about life on the canals
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| Members | 2nd Apr 2008 | Interesting ways to record and display your research. |
| Robin Brown | 5th Mar 2008 |
A talk with slides of old Bletchley and places nearby
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| Derek and Pam Ayshford |
6th Feb 2008 | The Men Who Served in Nelson's Navy |
| Members | 2nd Jan 2008 |
Members talk about their own ancestors
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| Alan Simpson | 7th Nov 2007 |
How to create your own website
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| Pamela Birch | 3rd Oct 2007 |
How to look after our valuable documents
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| Runnells Davis | 5th Sep 2007 |
A talk describing the lives of canal people
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| Members | 1st Aug 2007 |
Members talking about their research
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| Marion Maule | 4th Jul 2007 | The Bedfordshire Map Sampler Another entertaining talk by Marion Maule |
| Tova Irving (William Cowley) |
6th Jun 2007 | The History of Parchment Making A talk by Tova Irving, BSc, member of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists |
| Derek Ayshford and Keith Williams | 2nd May 2007 | Computer Group Evening A presentation on the BFHS School Log Book Project |
| Members | 4th Apr 2007 | Annual Meeting and Members' Queries Members discuss family history queries |
| Dr. Richard Smart | 7th Mar 2007 |
The National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions being run by DeMontfort University
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| Ted Legg | 7th Feb 2007 | Clockmakers of Bucks A fascinating talk on a local trade |
| Greg Davies | 3rd Jan 2007 | Using Your Computer Getting to grips with Word - It is not just for writing letters! |
| Members | 15th Nov 2006 | Computer Group Evening Visit to Bletchley College |
| Tom Doig | 1st Nov 2006 | Folk Cures
& Remedies How our ancestors dealt with disease and illness |
| Marion Maule | 4th Oct 2006 | Weird
& Wonderful Weddings Wedding customs and traditions from around the world |
| Members | 20th Sep 2006 | Computer Group Evening Member's software on display |
| Wendy Anderson | 6th Sep 2006 | Resources in London London resources available to family historians |
| Members | 2nd Aug 2006 |
Members talking about their research
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| Greg Davies | 19th Jul 2006 | Computer Group Evening Greg Davies gave another talk about using computers |
| Ruth Meardon | 5th Jul 2006 |
Examples of the many sources available in your local library
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| Laura Robertson | 7th Jun 2006 | Old Handwriting Workshop Old wills, manorial rolls, etc. |
| Brian Horridge | 17th May 2006 | Computer Group Evening A talk on the new version of Family Historian |
| Sandra Barker | 3rd May 2006 | Straw Plait Talk & Workshop Straw plait making from an expert |
| Rex Watson | 5th April 2006 | Annual Meeting and Talk on DNA An explanation of the role of DNA in family history |
| Greg Davies | 15th Mar 2006 | Computer Group Evening Nash – a one place study and the use of IT |
| Robert Ayres | 1st Mar 2006 | Stony Stratford Past An interesting look at Stony Stratford's history by a local author |
| Arnold Francklow | 1st Feb 2006 | Railways to Royalty The story of an Anglo-German family |
| Members | 18th Jan 2006 | Computer Group Evening Member's software on display |
| Julian Hunt | 4th Jan 2006 | Wills and Their Usefulness in Family History Wills from a family history perspective |
| Stuart Boreham | 2nd Nov 2005 | Bucks People Presenting The Bucks People Database |
| Elizabeth Knight | 5th Oct 2005 | The Medical Men of Olney A history of medical practice with relevance to Olney |
| Wendy Anderson | 7th Sep 2005 | Riots, Strikes & Arson Attacks Agricultural uprisings |
| Members | 6th Jul 2005 | Memorabilia Evening Members talking about their research |
| Neil Rees | 1st Jun 2005 | Czechs and Chequers Story of the Czech Government Exile in Bucks |
| Sandra Barker | 4th May 2005 | The Wonderful World of Willow A demonstration of willow basket making |
| Julian Hunt | 2nd Mar 2005 | Civil War in Bucks A talk on the recent exhibition in Aylesbury Museum |
| Members | 2nd Feb 2005 | Memorabilia Evening Members talking about their research |
| Elizabeth Knight | 5th Jan 2005 | History of Lacemaking History of lacemaking in North Bucks |