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East Surrey Family History Society

 

2008 GROUP MEETINGS

 
  Meetings previously in 2007  

Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings at
Croydon, Lingfield, Richmond, Southwark and Sutton
To contact a group without an email box send an email to our
Secretary who will forward your message.


Croydon Group
Group Secretary: Wendy Shuttleworth - click box to send an email
East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, CR0 5LP (map)
Meetings now start at 7.45pm in the small hall.
Doors open 7.30pm.
East Croydon URC website


9th January (Wednesday)
Turning Your Tree into a Tale
Talk by Kathy Chater

4th March (Tuesday)
With whom did your ancestor meet?
Talk by Colin Chapman

6th May (Tuesday)
Ted Scott and Tory Goring talking about interesting ancestors

1st July (Tuesday)
Latter Day Saints Records Talk by Sharon Hintze

2nd September (Tuesday)
Pitfalls of Who Do You Think You Are

4th November (Tuesday)
London Metropolitan Nightmare
Talk by Paul Blake

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Lingfield Group

Chairman: Rita Russell - click box to send an email
Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre, High St, Lingfield, RH7 6AB (map)
Wednesday meetings at 2.30pm. Doors open 2.00pm.

Community centre website


January 23rd
Group discussion to include 1910 Land Tax survey

February 27th
An Edwardian Lady
- a humorous, informative talk by Elizabeth Lanyon

March 26th
How does the census help?
Going deeper into the use of, and pitfalls in, census returns with Ian Waller

April 23rd
Choosing a genealogy package
with John Hanson

May 28th
Problems in London Ancestry with Michael Gandy

June 25
Members meeting – My most difficult/interesting ancestor

July 23rd
Researching Military Ancestors in WW2 with Ken Divall

No meeting in August

Sept 24th
Missing Links – what to do next with Eric Probert

Oct 22nd
East Surrey in 1851 – people and places in the census year with Dr. Ron Cox

Nov 26th
Reading old handwriting with Mari Alderman

No meeting in December.

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Richmond Group
Chairman: David Carter
Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, TW9 1SA (map)
Saturday meetings at 2.30pm. Hall opens 2.00pm.
Vestry House website (Richmond Parish Lands Charity)

January 12th
A nest of Hornecks by Moira Bonnington
This talk paints the picture of Georgian London - the London of Samuel Johnson, and shows how more unconventional sources can be tapped to provide about our ancestors in this period.

March 8th
Insanity – its treatment and the records
Talk by Kathy Chater
Mental illness is still an uncomfortable subject for many. Over the centuries there have been many theories about its causes and how to tackle it, ranging from the and brutal to the sensitive and successful. This talk covers where to look for the records and what kind of treatment sufferers were likely to receive at different periods.

May 10th
Members' Meeting - A chance to discuss problems, share successes and disappointments and much more and you can be sure of a warm, welcome and a nice cup of tea.

12th July
Record Keeping
by David Carter
How we keep the results of our history research is a personal choice and there are many good ways of doing so. However, making notes on scraps of paper, which later on we cannot find, as many of us seem to do is not one of them. This talk aims to offer simple and effective ways to organise notes and also demonstrate that even though a computer can help it really isn't necessary to use one.

September 13th
Maps for Family and Local History (Speaker TBA)

We are all familiar with the use of a variety of different maps in our daily lives, e.g. street A to Z; weather maps on the TV; the unique plan of the London Underground network. Family historians may initially limit their use of maps to locating a particular parish or village, but a greater use of maps can prove indispensable, since there are several specialised maps that can greatly assist in the research of family and local history.

November 8th
The Villages of East London
by Peter Lawrence
Two Hundred years ago "East London” consisted of 26 villages in the County of Middlesex. This talk identifies some of these villages and provides the evidence that many are still there, hidden in modem suburbia.

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Southwark Group
Group Secretary: Sheila Gallagher - click box to send an email

Southwark Local History Library, 211 Borough High Street, SE1 1JA (map)
Monday meetings at 12 noon. Doors open 11.45am
Local History Library website

Due to unforeseen building work there
may be disruption to the planned programme of talks.
Check this page for changes.


February 25th
Mapping Rich & Poor: Charles Booth's Enquiry into London Life & Labour - including data local to Southwark.
Talk by Sue Donnelly, Archivist at London School of Economics

April 28th
Bermondsey: Exploring Traces of a Family and a Community – c1856-c1939

Talk by Vivien Kermath

June 23rd
Housing the working classes of Victorian Southwark

Talk by Martin Stillwell

July/August - To be arranged

October 27th
Constructing my Crome Family Tree – 3 centuries in Norfolk & 2 centuries in London
Talk by Leslie Crome, ESFHS member
- To be reorganised

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Sutton Group
Group Secretary: Chris Pocock - click box to send an email

St. Nicholas Church Hall, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, SM1 2RG (map)
Thursday meetings at 8.00pm. Doors open 7.30pm.
St. Nicholas website

January 3rd
The History and Heritage of the London Borough of Sutton.

Local historian and archaeologist John Phillips will talk about the parishes of Cheam, Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington and Beddington using a Microsoft powerpoint presentation.
John is the Heritage Projects Officer for the London Borough of Sutton.

February 7th
The future of the Internet in Genealogy

Talk by Peter Christian. Peter regularly writes for family history magazines reviewing the latest developments in IT for Family History Research.

March 6th
Members evening

Get help with your research from experienced members of the Society.

April 5th (Saturday)
ESFHS Annual General Meeting
Speakers: Paul Blake, Ted Scott, Gill Alford and Dr Ron Cox.

May 1st
South Metropolitan District School, Sutton

Talk by Ann Morton

June 5th
Guilds and Livery

Talk by Richard Harvey

July 3rd
Practical Jewish Genealogy

Talk by Gordon Barnett

August 7th
Members help evening and
The future of family history,
a talk by Chris Pocock.

September 4th
“Bread, gruel and suet dumplings” - Life in the Workhouse
Talk by Ian Waller

October 2nd
Womens’ voices in the17th/18th century
Talk by Else Churchill

November 6th
Industry in Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe

Talk by Stephen Humphrey

December 4th
The future of the Internet in Genealogy

Talk by Peter Christian

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