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. Because of the area covered by the Society, it is divided into eight geographical Groups. The Groups hold regular meetings, so wherever you are in the two counties there is likely to be a meeting close to you in the near future. Members of the Society, and visitors, are welcome to attend any meeting. Groups in Dorset(Click on a name for that Group's Programme of Meetings)
Groups in Somerset(Click on a name for that Group's Programme of Meetings)
... East DorsetMeetings held at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne. Doors open 7.30 p.m., meeting starts 8.00 p.m. Click here for a location map. Meetings are in the Quarterjack Room. For further information contact: Alan Brown, 40 Valette Road, Moordown, Bournemouth; e-mail mail@ajbrown.eu.com Most Thursday mornings we are at the Local Study Centre, Poole Waterfront Museum. Programme for 2008: Monday 19th May "Marriage Licence Bonds" by John Hurley. Monday 16th June "White Mill, Sturminster Marshall" by Colin Cope – the curator, followed by a visit later in the same week. Monday 21st July "Victorian Pleasures and Pastimes" by Pat Hase. Monday18th August "Manorial Court Rolls and genealogical research: eleventh to twentieth centuries" by Dr Colin R. Chapman. Monday 15th September "Demolishing brick walls" by Group members. Monday 20th October "Catholic History and records in Dorset since Henry VIII" by Daniel Williams, Dorset Family History Centre. Monday 17th November "Waterman ancestors" by Pat Hilbert. Monday 15th December "Christmas past" talk by Priest's House Museum Staff. ... South DorsetAll meetings are held at 7.30 p.m. in the St.Francis Church Hall, Littlemoor, Weymouth (opposite the Somerfield Store) Programme Secretary:- David Lane, Tel. 01305 774220 Click here for the Group's own pages. Programme for 2008:
Wednesday 14th May "The 3Fs - Photography, Family History and Fun - what it says on the tin" by Mike Bolton.
Wednesday 11th June "Access to Inner Life (A Memoir of my father)" by Malcolm Lacey.
Wednesday 9th July "Presumed Curable - Lunatic Asylums and their Records" by Daniel Williams, Dorset History Centre.
Wednesday 13th August "Marriage & Courtship in the 1800s" by Tom Doig.
Wednesday 10th September "Turnpikes and Dorset Coaching Days" by Rob Curtis.
Wednesday 8th October "The Victorian Way of Death" by Pat Hase
Wednesday 12th November "We Will Remember Them (Weymouth's Civilian War Dead - WW2)" by David Lane.
Wednesday 10th December "My Early Christmas Memories" Audience participation.
... West DorsetWest Dorset Group meet in Salway Ash Village Hall, Salway Ash, at 2.00p.m. Programme Secretary: Helen Doble, Causeway Farm, Blackdown, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3LE; telephone 01460-30362 Programme for 2008: Saturday 14th June “History of Mapperton House -One of the country’s finest Elizabethan manor houses” by Lady Caroline Sandwich
Friday 18th July Visit to Mapperton House
August – no meeting ... Blackmore ValeMeetings held at the Methodist Fellowship Room, Church Street, Sturminster Newton (S.N.), at 7.30 p.m. Programme Secretary:- Judith Bennett, Newton Cottage, Orchard Close, Newton, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 2HN; telephone 01258 471623 Programme for 2008: Meetings (except June) will alternate between the Methodist Rooms in Church Street Sturminster Newton (SN) and the Congregational Room, Station Road Stalbridge (Stal) beginning at 7.30 pm Wednesday 14th May Members’ Evening Letters photos documents SN Wednesday 11th June Visit to Sherborne HQ with introductory talk Wednesday 9th July "Who Does She Think She is?" by Pat Hase SN Wednesday 10th September "My Gascoyne Ancestors" by Helena Drysdale Stal Wednesday 8th October "Law and Order" by Dr Alan Dodge SN Wednesday 12th November "Stourhead and Hoare Family" by Emily Blanshard Stal December Christmas meeting to be arranged ... Mid-SomersetPlease note the new meeting place: The United Reformed Church Hall, Orchard Road, Street. The Hall is next to 'Living Homes'. Open 7.15p.m. for 7.30p.m. start. Programme Secretary:- Steve Wilkinson, 4 King Alfred's Way, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4BB Programme for 2008: Thursday 12th June "Using Kew Archive Records" by Iain Swinnerton Thursday 24th July Visit to National Archives, Kew. Full day visit by coach. Thursday 14th August "In the Parish" by Ted Udall Thursday 11th September "Seeing it through their eyes" by Michael Gandy Thursday 9th October "Understanding Maps" by Delia Horsfall Thursday 13th November Title to be confirmed; Speaker Fred Feather Thursday 11th December Social Evening ... TauntonMeetings held at Kilkenny Old People's Centre, side of railway station car park, Taunton at 7.30 p.m. Programme Secretary:- Bob Steed, 77 Mountjoy Road, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5DS Programme for 2008: Tuesday 3rd June " A brief history of Canals & a Demonstration of Narrow Boat Art" by Clem Pryor Tuesday 1st July "How we used to live" by Mike Bolton August - no meeting Tuesday 2nd September "Tales of the Quantocks" by David Hinton Tuesday 7th October Members' own Research (3 Group Members will be presenting their own 20 minute research findings) Tuesday 4th November "Jugs to Jail" by Jan Hearn Tuesday 2nd December Xmas Social evening with a Quiz and some food The Taunton Group also holds a meeting on the third Monday of each month (except August) at the Robin Close Community Hall, Robin Close, Bishops Hull, Taunton. (Robin Close is off Heron Drive the road to St Margaret's Hospice). This is an informal self help meeting, where we try and help each other with research problems. ... YeovilMeetings held at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Lysander Road Yeovil (opposite B & Q) at 7.30 p.m. Programme Secretary:- Margaret Garratt, Old Court Barn, Orchard Court, Mudford, Yeovil. Programme for 2008: Tuesday 13th May "History of Quarrying on Ham Hill" by Grace Hall Tuesday 10th June "Aspects of Local Turnpikes" by Dr Peter Stanier Tuesday 8th July Visit to Sandford Orcas House. Meet at the House at 7.30pm Tuesday 12th August "History of the Dorset Regiment" by Mr N Speakman ... SedgemoorMeetings held in St Johns Church Hall, Highbridge Programme Secretary Val Crawford, 01278 784987 Programme for 2008: Thursday 5th June "Bristol Channel Shipping" by Geoff Williams (Bristol Shiplover's Society) Thursday 3rd July "Sources for Somerset Transport Records" by Jane Tall (Somerset Record Office) August - no Meeting Thursday 4th September "Mercers, Farmers and Nurserymen" by Robert Allwood Thursday 2nd October "Fire Insurance Records" by David Hawking Thursday 6th November "Time Line 1836-1957" by June Thomas; followed by short Annual Business Meeting Thursday 4th December Members' Social Evening ... Frome AreaMeetings held at 7.15pm for a 7.30p.m. start, in The Library, Justice Lane-just off Bridge Street, Frome on the last Tuesday of every month unless otherwise stated. Please use the back door of the library - approached via the staff car park next to the Round Tower. Contact Wendy Miller-Williams, Frome Library, Justice Lane Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE Programme for 2008:
Tuesday 27th May "Competing Images of Victorian Bath" by Dr Graham Davis Tuesday 24th June "My Ancestors were Thames Watermen" by Pat Hilbert Tuesday 24th July Visit to the National Archives, Kew Tuesday 29th July "The Pobjoy Family: insights into local records and the rise and fall of the local woollen industry" by David Smart August - No Meeting Tuesday 30th September "A Worldwide Railway Family" by Richard Moore Tuesday 28th October "IGI: the Agony and the Ecstasy" by Ken Dilkes ... |
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