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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 2009:
Monday 20th July Visit to the Sherborne HQ
Monday 17th August "Transportation" by Heather Sheeley
Monday 21st September "Up with the lark" by Ian Waller
Monday 19th October Three short talks
Monday 16th Nov To be arranged
Monday 21st December "All our Christmases" ... 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 2009:
Wednesday 8th July "Inner Sanctums, Private Business - A Social History of Sanitation" by Rob Curtis
Wednesday 12th August "A different look at Parish Registers" by Iain Swinnerton
Wednesday 9th September "Birth and Baptism in the 1800s" by Tom Doig
Wednesday 14th October "Quarter Sessions Records" by Jacqui Halewood (Dorset History Centre)
Wednesday 11th November "Castleman's Corkscrew - Dorset's first railway" by Brian Jackson
Wednesday 9th December Christmas Meeting "Weymouth in the 1960s" Slide show by Margaret Morris
... West DorsetWest Dorset Group meet in Loders Village Hall, at 2.00p.m. Programme Secretary: Brian Webber, Tel. 01935 812347 Programme for 2009:
July – Visit to be arranged
Saturday 12th September – “Transportation of Criminals to Australia” by David Hawking
Saturday 10th October – “Practical Guide to Reading Old Hand Writing” by Dr. Mark Forrest (DHC)
Saturday 14th November – “Manorial Records & their uses for Family Historians” by Caroline Meatyard
Saturday 12th December - Xmas Lunch ... Blackmore ValeMeetings held at the Methodist Fellowship Room, Church Street, Sturminster Newton (S.N.), or The Congregational Church, Station Road, Stalbridge (Stal) at 7.30 p.m. Please note: From September the Group will meet at The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1FH. Note also revised dates for these Meetings. Programme Secretary:- James Pitman, 15 Belmont Close, Shaftesbury SP7 8NF Programme for 2009: Wednesday 8th July Members Evening Solving Problems SN Thursday 17th September "My Family Reunion" by Michael Samuel Thursday 15th October "Presumed Curable: Lunatic Asylums and their records" by Staff from Dorset History Centre Thursday 12th November "Palaeography: An introduction to Old handwriting" by Staff from Dorset History Centre Thursday 17th December TBA Jan 2010 Blackmore Vale Group’s 20th birthday ... 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 2009: Thursday 9th July "In pursuit of the past - a pioneering photographer in India" by Christopher Penn July/August Trip to London. Details to follow Thursday 13th August "Life and death of a country policeman" by Chris & Judy Rouse Thursday 10th September "Update on Somerset Museums" by Tom Mayberry Thursday 8th October "Social History" by Ted Udall Thursday 12th November "Putting your Ancestors in their Place - Sources for reconstructing 19th century communities" by Janet Few Thursday 10th September 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 2009: August No Meeting
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:- Sheila Gane, 31 Turner's Barn Lane, Yeovil BA20 2LN Programme for 2009:
Tuesday 14th July Visit to Ilchester Museum & Walk 7 p.m. Meet at
Museum in High Street.
Tuesday 11th August "John Clavell Mansel-Playdell 1817-1902,
Benevolent Landowner and Founder President of the Dorset Field Club" by Mr.
Roger Peers, MA. FSA.FMA
Tuesday 8th September Bring your own Family Treasure and tell us about
it.
Tuesday 13th October "Sources for Somerset Rural History from the 18th
Century" by Dr. Janet Tall
Tuesday 10th November "Books we forget to use" by Richard Moore
Tuesday 8th December "Long Street, Sherborne" by Susan Penn & Dr. Ray
Penn
Programme for 2010:
Tuesday 12th January. "How we used to live" by Mike Bolton
Tuesday 9th February AGM & "It shouldn't happen to a Speaker" by
Colin Dean
Tuesday 9th March "Social History" by Ted Udall
Tuesday 13th April "Smuggling in Dorset" by Bonnie Sartin
Tuesday 11th May "Dorset Farmhouses & Cottages" by Bob Machin
Tuesday 8th June "Manorial Records" by Dr. Mark Forrest
Tuesday 13th July Crewkerne Walk - Meet Museum at 7 p.m.
Tuesday 10th August An evening on Yeovil: Newtown - Rosemary & June; Railway - John
Marshall
Tuesday 14th June Members evening - Family Research
... SedgemoorMeetings held in St Johns Church Hall, Highbridge Programme Secretary Trevor Davies, 101 Worston Road, Highbridge TA9 3JX Programme for 2009: Thursday 2nd July "Maps for Family Historians" by Delia Horsfall August - No Meeting Thursday 3rd September To be confirmed Thursday 1st October "Postcards" by Andrew Janes Thursday 5th November To be confirmed (followed by ABM) Thursday 3rd December The Edwardian Christmas" by Yvonne Bell. Followed by seasonal refreshments. ... 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 2009: Tuesday 28th July Tour of Frome with John Birkett-Smith. 7pm at rear of library. Please book by 30th June. £2 per head August No meeting Tuesday 29th September "Dancing with the dead: A journey through Zanzibar and Madagascar" by Helena Drysdale Tuesday 27th October "A History of Coroners and their records" by Mike Johnston Tuesday 24th November Members' Evening December No meeting ... |
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