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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society
Family History Society
Below is a list of upcoming SDFHS events. The listing includes both online events and in-person events planned for 2022. At present there are doubts as to whether the latter will be able to go ahead as planned, so please check in advance with the organising Group.
‘Son of a Spy’ by Mike Randall (a postponed talk from Oct 20th 2023)
“Those Old Photos and Postcards” – bring them to Loders: we will have an introduction from Jane and then an opportunity to have a Q & A session with your old photos and postcards to look at dating them and discuss how you can include them in your family history narratives.
Speaker – Andrew Janes, more jottings from a family historians notebook – Bastardy, Bigamy, Incest and Murder
“The Next Station is ….” Brita Wood talks about Dorset and Somerset Station Masters.
To lie abroad – the Georgian traveller
Speaker: Gordon Le Pard
In the eighteenth century, travel became easier for everybody. Roads were improved, canals and later railways were developed, and it became much safer to travel by sea. At the same time the idea of travelling for pleasure began, from seaside holidays to the Grand Tour of Europe and further to North America and the Far East.
This presentation is based around artefacts, the majority of which will be original. From maps and guidebooks for the traveller, to the equipment a traveller was advised to take, from Brighton Buns to pre-photographic cameras (and perhaps even rose-tinted spectacles); souvenirs from home and abroad, and objects brought back for armchair travellers – these will all be on display.
Gordon was, formerly, an archaeologist working for Dorset County Council. He has written extensively on Dorset’s history and archaeology and led numerous walks round archaeological sites and historic churches.