Our group supports beginners who may need help getting started in researching their family history. This involves reconstructing past generations through birth/marriage/death certificates, census data, to build their family trees.  You will learn how to use key resources within a friendly group which includes the use of internet facilities such as Ancestry, primary sources like… Read more

The Local Social History Group was formed in 2018 and is run by the members for the members, who are encouraged to contribute short items they find interesting but are under no pressure to do so. Read more

CONVENOR For further details please contact the conveners by email using the link. We start to gather at 10am to socialise with the session proper starting at 10.30am until about 11.45am. We share information about random historical subjects relating to Britain from pre-history to 20th century. We have use of microphones and visual display equipment… Read more