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East Surrey Family History Society

2006 MEETINGS

Non-members are welcome to attend our meetings at
Croydon
, Lingfield, Richmond, Sutton and Southwark
Click here for addresses and meeting times.

Croydon Branch - Thursday meetings except 6th May event

12th January
Industry in Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
Talk by Stephen Humphrey

9th February Probate Sources for family Historians
Talk by Else Churchill from the SoG

9th March Non-Conformists
Talk by Michael Gandy

6th May 10.00am to 4.30pm Progressing your Family Tree
Speakers include Maggie Loughran of the FFHS, Michael Gandy and Ian Waller.

11th May
Maps Directories and the census
Talk by Jean Bunting

8th June A comedy of errors a talk for beginners
Talk by Richard Ratcliffe,

13th July Members Evening - Sharing information

14th September Sources at the Surrey History Centre
Talk by Mike Page

12th October Apprentices
Talk by Eve McLaughlin

9th November The Lloyd George Domesday and National Farm Survey
Talk by Paul Blake


Lingfield Branch - Wednesday meetings except AGM

January 25th The Romanies and their crafts: a thousand years on the move and still a mystery Talk by Stuart King

February 22nd Group meeting - to include old handwriting

March 22nd Poor Law Records
Talk by Norman Holding

Saturday April 22nd ESFHS AGM with guest speakers including Ian Waller on ‘Rogues and Vagabonds need not apply’.

April 26th Sussex cures and customs
Talk by Brion Purdey

May 24th The Name Game
Talk by Meryl Catty and Audrey Gillett

June 28th The Happiest Days?
Talk by Ron Cox

July 26th Beyond the written word - postcards and tax returns, where they can lead you Talk by David Bartram

September 27th Petty Sessions: the highly personal records of the court on your doorstep Talk by Eve McLaughlin

October 25th Were your forebears in Nelson's navy?
Talk by Geoff Lee

November 22nd Railway Records
Talk by George Yalden

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Richmond Branch - Saturday meetings

January 7th My trip to India in search of my Family History
Talk by Rev. Peggy Jackson

March 25th Records of the 17th and 18th centuries
Talk by Michael Gandy

May 13th Members Afternoon - family history tales and trails.

July 15th Finding genealogy on the internet
Talk by Peter Christian

September 9th Hidden Surrey
Illustrated talk by Brian Thorn

November 11th Appreciating Parish Records: a lighthearted view of family history
Talk by Peter Lawrence

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Sutton Branch - Thursday meetings

January 5th Finding Genealogy on the Internet
Talk by Peter Christian

February 2nd Maps, Directories, & Censuses
Talk by Jeanne Bunting

March 2nd Beyond the written word: Postcards to Tax Returns -
Where they can lead you
Talk by David Bartram

April 6th The Parish Chest - local government from Elizabeth to Victoria
Talk by Ron Cox

May 4th Members Evening
Sharing your family history experiences together

June 1st The Indian Mutiny
Talk by Paul Blake

July 6th Using the Family Records Centre more than you realise
Talk by George Smith

August 3rd
Wills and Administrations
Talk by Mary Teviot

September 7th Swing Riots
Talk by Judy Hill

October 5th A look in Sutton Archives
Talk by Kath Shawcross

November 2nd He just appeared out of thin air
Talk by Joyce Hoad

December 7th The Drew dynasty of Streatham
Talk by Brian Bloice

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Southwark Branch- Monday meetings

February 27th The Marshalsea Prison
Talk by Stephen Humphrey

April 24th Germans in London from the 17thC onwards
Talk by Peter Towey of the Anglo-German FHS

June 26th "Surrey Records - Where have they gone?"
Talk by Michael Page, Head of Acquisitions, Surrey History Centre

August 7th Turning your tree into a tale
The first steps in writing up your family history Talk by Kath Chater.

October 23rd City of London Cemetery Records
Talk by David McCarthy of City of London Cemetery and Crematorium

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Venue and meeting times,
unless shown differently in the programme.

CROYDON United Reformed Church,
Addiscombe Grove,
Croydon (click here for map)
Thursday 8.00pm,
doors open at 7.30pm.
LINGFIELD Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre,
High St, Lingfield (click here for map)
Wednesday 2.30pm,
doors open at 2.00pm.
RICHMOND Vestry House,
21 Paradise Road,
Richmond-upon-Thames.
Saturday 2.30pm,
doors open at 2.00pm.
SUTTON St. Nicholas's Church Hall,
Robin Hood Lane,
Sutton (click here for map)
Thursday 8.00pm,
doors open at 7.30pm.
SOUTHWARK John Harvard Hall,
Southwark Local Studies Library,
211 Borough High Street, SE1.
Monday
from 12.00pm to 2.00pm.

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Updated 5/1/08