Events & Lectures
Events Calendar
All are held at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road London EC1M 7BA, unless otherwise stated.
Where two prices are given the second price shown reflects the 20% discount for members.
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Non-members now have the opportunity to make use of the Society's library before or after attending a lecture, tutorial or half-day course at a special discount rate shown below
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Package Deal |
Lecture |
Tutorial |
1/2 Day Course |
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Event + |
£7.50 |
£11.50 |
£15.50 |
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Event + |
£12) |
£16 |
£20 |
Further information and a booking form for events will be made available closer to the event.
Sat 22 Dec |
18:00 |
The Society closes for Christmas - re-opens 10:00 Wednesday 27th December |
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Wed 27 Dec |
10:00 |
The Society re-opens after Christmas |
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Sat 29 Dec |
18:00 |
The Society closes for New Year - re-opens 10:00 Tuesday 8th January 2008) |
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Tue 8 Jan |
10:00 |
The Society re-opens after New Year and Closed Week |
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Wed 9 Jan |
14:00 |
Insanity and Family History A Lecture with Kathy Chater (£5/£4) |
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Thu 10 Jan |
14:00 |
10 Useful Websites A Lecture with John Hanson (£5/£4) |
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Sat 12 Jan |
10:30 |
Tracing your Medieval Ancestors A Half Day with Dr Adrian Jobson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 12 Jan |
14:00 |
My ancestor was an Agricultural Labourer A Half Day with Ian Waller (£15/£12) |
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Wed 16 Jan |
14:00 |
Family Tree Maker for Beginners A Tutorial with Helen Williams (£10/£8) |
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Sat 19 Jan |
10:30 |
Adoption and Fostering circa 1850-1930 A Half Day with Louise Taylor (£15/£12) |
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Sat 19 Jan |
14:00 |
Publishing to the Web A Half Day with Teresa Pask (£15/£12) |
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Mon 21 Jan |
14:00 |
Genealogy from your Armchair: What's Free Online A Tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) |
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Wed 23 Jan |
11:00 |
Getting the Most from the SoG Library Catalogue A Lecture with Sue Gibbons (FREE - but must be pre-booked) |
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Wed 23 Jan |
14:00 |
More than just Manhole Covers - Halsted & Sons Archive A Lecture with Alan Green (£5/£4) |
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Thu 24 Jan |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Shoemaker A Lecture with Ian Waller (£5/£4) |
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Thu 24 Jan |
18:00 |
My Ancestor was a Nonconformist A Lecture with Michael Gandy (£5/£4) |
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Sat 26 Jan |
10:30 |
My Ancestor was a Londoner A Full Day with Paul Blake, Geoff Swinfield, Else Churchill (£25/£20) |
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Wed 30 Jan |
14:00 |
Your Ancestors, Population & Birth Control A Lecture with Colin Chapman (£5/£4) |
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Thu 31 Jan |
14:00 |
VISIT: Caird Library - National Maritime Museum A Visit with (£10/£8) |
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Sat 2 Feb |
10:30 |
Alternatives to the FRC/Easy Family History A Half Day with Dave Annal (£15/£12) |
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Sat 2 Feb |
14:00 |
Family Historian Software for Beginners A Half Day with John Hanson (£15/£12) |
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Wed 6 Feb |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was Catholic A Lecture with Michael Gandy (£5/£4) |
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Thu 7 Feb |
14:00 |
Visit: Parliamentary Archives at the House of Lords A Visit with (£10/£8) |
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Sat 9 Feb |
10:30 |
Caring for your Family History Collection A Half Day with Liz Yamada (£15/£12) |
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Sat 9 Feb |
14:00 |
Learn about your Ancestors from Old Photographs 1850-1950 - Workshop A Half Day with Jayne Shrimpton (£15/£12) |
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Mon 11 Feb |
11:00 |
Open Day A Free with Last Library tour at 3:30pm (£0/£00) |
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Wed 13 Feb |
14:00 |
Forgotten Heroes: Researching those killed in the Great War A Lecture with Geoff Bridger (£5/£4) |
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Thu 14 Feb |
18:00 |
I'm Stuck A Half Day with Geoff Swinfield (£15/£12) |
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Sat 16 Feb |
10:30 |
Tracing Birth, Marriage and Deaths at Sea A Half Day with Chris Watts (£15/£12) |
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Sat 16 Feb |
14:00 |
Workhouse Records A Half Day with Simon Fowler (£15/£12) |
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Wed 20 Feb |
14:00 |
Parish Registers Online A Lecture with Geoff Swinfield (£5/£4) |
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Thu 21 Feb |
14:00 |
Death Duty Registers A Lecture with Paul Blake (£5/£4) |
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Thu 21 Feb |
18:00 to 20:00 |
Family History Skills Course: Beginners an 15-week course with various lecturers (£180/£144) |
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Fri 22 Feb |
17:30 |
Marjorie Moore Memorial Lecture - "Ey Up Mi Duck! The History of the English Language A lecture with John Titford at the Society premises (£15) inc. Buffet |
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Sat 23 Feb |
10:30 |
Where there's a Will - Finding & Understanding Probate A Half Day with Else Churchill, Geoff Swinfield (£15/£12) |
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Sat 23 Feb |
14:00 |
Understanding Catalogues - both online and offline A Half Day with Vivienne Aldous (£15/£12) |
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Mon 25 Feb |
14:00 |
Using Pay-per-view Websites A Tutorial with Alec Tritton (£10/£8) |
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Wed 27 Feb |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was Italian A Lecture with Elaine Collins (£5/£4) |
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Sat 1 Mar |
10:30 |
Hospital Records for Family Historians A Half Day with Dr. Christopher Hilton (£15/£12) |
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Sat 1 Mar |
14:00 |
Using Office Software for Family History A Half Day with Sue Turner (£15/£12) |
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Mon 3 Mar |
14:00 |
Scared of Mouse? A Tutorial with Neviile Taylor (£10/£8) |
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Wed 5 Mar |
14:00 |
Society of Genealogists Document and Special Collections A Lecture with Else Churchill (£5/£4) |
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Thu 6 Mar |
14:00 |
Suicide in your family? A Lecture with Kathy Chater (£5/£4) |
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Sat 8 Mar |
10:30 |
Northumberland & Durham FHS Meeting |
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Sat 8 Mar |
14:00 |
Norfolk FHS Meeting |
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Wed 12 Mar |
14:00 |
Cardinal Points: Cracking the Code of the GRO Marriage Index A Lecture with Howard Benbrook (£5/£4) |
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Thu 13 Mar |
14:00 |
Visit: British Library Newspapers at Colindale A Visit with Stewart Gillies (£10/£8) |
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Sat 15 Mar |
10:30 |
London Group of Yorkshire FHS Meeting |
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Sat 15 Mar |
14:00 |
Lincolnshire -London Branch FHS Meeting |
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Wed 19 Mar |
14:00 |
Research Before Parish Registers A Half Day with Ian Waller (£15/£12) |
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Thur 20 Mar |
20:00 |
Society closes for Easter Weekend. |
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Tues 25 Mar |
10:00 |
Society re-opens after Easter Weekend. |
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Tue 25 Mar |
18:00 |
Powerpoint for Family Historians A Tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) |
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Wed 26 Mar |
14:00 |
Get to Grips with TNA Online Resources A Lecture with Helen Osborn (£5/£4) |
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Thu 27 Mar |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Royal Marine A Lecture with Ken Divall (£5/£4) |
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Sat 29 Mar |
10:30 |
Apprenticeship Records for Family Historians A Half Day with Richard Harvey (£15/£12) |
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Sat 29 Mar |
14:00 |
The Master Genealogist Software - Advanced A Half Day with Teresa Pask (£15/£12) |
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Wed 2 Apr |
14:00 |
Immigration to Australia and New Zealand A Lecture with Jane Cavell (£5/£4) |
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Thu 3 Apr |
14:00 |
Company and Business Records for Family Historians A Lecture with Eric Probert (£5/£4) |
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Sat 5 Apr |
10:30 |
Birmingahm & Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Meeting |
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Sat 5 Apr |
14:00 |
Accidents at Work: How to Find Records A Half Day with Ian Waller (£15/£12) |
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Wed 9 Apr |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Thatcher A Lecture with Ian Waller (£5/£4) |
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Thu 10 Apr |
14:00 |
Visit: Kensington & Chelsea Local Studies Archives A Visit with David Walker (£10/£8) |
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Sat 12 Apr |
10:30 |
Palaeography for Beginners: Learning to Read Tudor & Stuart Handwriting A Full Day with David Smith (£25/£20) |
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Wed 16 Apr |
14:00 |
Divorce Records A Lecture with Liz Hore (£5/£4) |
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Sat 19 Apr |
10:30 |
Off the Beaten Track: The West Midlands A Half Day with Doreen Hopwood (£15/£12) |
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Sat 19 Apr |
14:00 |
Careers in Genealogy: Research in Probate and Missing Heirs A Half Day with (£15/£12) |
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Wed 23 Apr |
14:00 |
Tracing French Ancestry A Lecture with Sophie Pigott (£5/£4) |
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Sat 26 Apr |
10:30 |
My Ancestor was Scottish A Full Day with Alan Stewart, Dr Jonathan Oates, & Else Churchill (£25/£20) |
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Thu 01 May |
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The Society will be open but the bookshop will be closed for the Family History Show |
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Fri 02 May-Sat 03 May |
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The Society will be closed for the Family History Show |
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Fri 02-Sat 03 May |
10:00 to 17:00 |
Society of Genealogists |
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Wed 7 May |
14:00 |
Mobile Genealogy A Tutorial with (£10/£8) |
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Sat 10 May |
10:30 |
Using Legacy Software A Half Day with Alec Tritton (£15/£12) |
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Sat 10 May |
14:00 |
Off the Beaten Track: Tracing Ancestors in Cornwall A Half Day with David Holman (£15/£12) |
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Wed 14 May |
14:00 |
Tracing the Lives of Professionals A Lecture with Eric Probert (£15/£12) |
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Sat 17 May |
11:00 |
Open Day with Free Beginner's Lectures no charge, but lectures must be pre-booked |
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Wed 21 May |
14:00 |
License to Marry A Lecture with Meryl Catty (£5/£4) |
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Thu 22 May |
14:00 |
Family Historian Software - Advanced A Half Day with John Hanson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 24 May |
10:30 |
Writing up your Family History A Full Day with Roy Stockdill, David Lambert and John Hanson (£25/£20) |
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Wed 28 May |
14:00 |
Local History Ressources for Family Historians A Lecture with Dr. Gillian Draper (£5/£4) |
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Thu 29 May |
14:00 |
Visit: Hyde Park Family History Centre - FULLY BOOKED |
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Sat 31 May |
10:30 |
Palaeography for Improvers A Full Day with David Smith (£25/£20) |
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Wed 4 Jun |
11:00 |
Using the Society of Genealogists Library - FREE A Lecture with Sue Gibbons (£5/£4) |
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Wed 4 Jun |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Bigamist A Lecture with Ian Waller (£5/£4) |
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Sat 7 Jun |
10:30 |
London Cemeteries A Half Day with John Hanson & Alec Tritton (£15/£12) |
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Wed 11 Jun |
14:00 |
Non-Combatants and Others - The Home Front During the Great War A Lecture with Christine Kendall - Cancelled |
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Thu 12 Jun |
18:30 |
My Ancestor was a Huguenot A Lecture with Michael Gandy (£5/£4) |
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Sat 14 Jun |
10:30 |
My Ancestor was a Civil Servant A Half Day with Alan Ruston & Else Churchill - Cancelled |
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Sat 14 Jun |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Bastard A Half Day with Dr. Ruth Paley (£15/£12) |
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Mon 16 Jun |
14:00 |
Using Pay-Per-View Websites A Tutorial with Alec Tritton (£10/£8) |
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Wed 18 Jun |
14:00 |
The British in Argentina A Lecture with Jeremy Howat (£5/£4) |
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Sat 21 Jun |
10:30 |
London Group of Yorkshire FHS Meeting |
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Sat 21 Jun |
14:00 |
Lincolnshire London Branch FHS Meeting |
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Tue 24 Jun |
16:30 |
Society Annual General Meeting Venue to be confirmed |
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Wed 25 Jun |
11:00 |
Society Databases Online A Lecture with Else Churchill (£5/£4) |
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Wed 25 Jun |
14:00 |
London Administrative Boundaries for Family HIstorians A Lecture with Michael Gandy (£5/£4) |
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Thu 26 Jun |
14:00 |
Family Historian Software for Beginner A Half Day with John Hanson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 28 Jun |
10:30 |
Off the Beaten Track: Lancashire, Cumberland\, Westmoreland & Cheshire A Half Day with Peter Park (£15/£12) |
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Sat 28 Jun |
14:00 |
Pauper Palaces: Records of the Poor A Half Day with Peter Park (£15/£12) |
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Thu 3 Jul |
18:30 |
Manorial Records A Lecture with Michael Gandy (£5/£4) |
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Sat 5 Jul |
10:30 |
Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Meeting |
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Sat 5 Jul |
14:00 |
Tracing Caribbean Roots A Half Dat with Guy Grannum (£15/£12) |
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Mon 7 Jul |
14:00 |
Scared of Mouse? The Next Step A Tutorial with Neville Taylor (£10/£8) |
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Sat 12 Jul |
10:30 |
Maps for Family Historians A Half Day with John Hanson & Alan Ruston (£15/£12) |
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Sat 12 Jul |
14:00 |
Northumberland & Durham FHS Meeting |
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Wed 16 Jul |
14:00 |
Family Historian Software practical A Half Day with John Hanson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 19 Jul |
10:30 |
DNA tests & Heredity for Family Historians A Half Day with Geoff Swinfield (£15/£12) |
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Sat 19 Jul |
14:00 |
London's East End Cancelled due to ill-health of the lecturer |
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Wed 23 Jul |
14:00 |
Our Women Ancestors A Lecture with Else Churchill (£5/£4) |
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Sat 26 Jul |
10:30 |
London Repositories for Family Historians A Full Day with Ian Waller, Mari Takayanagi, Stacey Gee (£25/£20) |
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Sat 2 Aug |
10:30 |
All you need to know about the Census A Full Day with Jeanne Bunting, John Hanson, Else Churchill (£25/£20) |
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Sat 9 Aug |
10:30 |
Careers in Genealogy: The Road to AGRA & Running a Genealogical Practice A Half Day with Ian Marson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 9 Aug |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Blacksmith A Half Day with Ian Waller (£15/£12) |
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Sat 16 Aug |
10:30 |
Off the Beaten Track: Nottingham, Leicestershire & Derbyshire A Half Day with Dominic Johnson (£15/£12) |
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Sat 16 Aug |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was in the Army Workshop A Half Day with Simon Fowler (£15/£12) |
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Mon 18 Aug |
14:00 |
Genealogy from your Armchair: What's Free Online A Tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) |
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Wed 20 Aug |
14:00 |
The Elephant & Castle A Lecture with Stephen Humphries (£5/£4) |
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Sat 23 Aug |
10:30 |
Using the India Office Library A Half Day with (£15/£12) |
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Sat 23 Aug |
14:00 |
Home Office Certified Industrial Schools 1857-1933 A Half Day with D. Gillian Gear (£15/£12) |
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Wed 27 Aug |
14:00 |
Village Crafts A Lecture with Alec Tritton - CANCELLED |
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Sat 30 Aug |
10:30 |
The National Archives for Family Historians A Half Day with Simon Fowler (£25/£20) |
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Wed 3 Sep |
14:00 |
The Huntley Film Archives: Local & Social History around Britain A Lecture with Amanda Huntley (£5/£4) |
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Thu 4 Sep |
18:00 |
Intermediate Skills Course week course with Else Churchill, Paul Blake and Geoff Swinfield (£180/£144) |
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Sat 6 Sep |
10:30 |
Finding your way around a County Record Office A Half Day with Gill Shapland (£15/£12) |
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Sat 6 Sep |
14:00 |
Family Tree Maker Software Practical A Half Day with Helen Williams (£15/£12) |
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Sat 13 Sep |
10:30 |
Learn about your Ancestors from Paintings and Photos 1700-1950 Workshop A Half Day with Jayne Shrimpton (£15/£12) |
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Sat 13 Sep |
14:00 |
Off the Beaten Track: Hereford, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire- Chartists & Mormons A Half Day with Alec Tritton and Polly Rubery (£15/£12) |
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Mon 15 Sep |
11:00 |
Open Day A Free with (£0/£00) |
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Wed 17 Sep |
14:00 |
Records of Nonconformity for Family Historians A Lecture with Alec Tritton (£5/£4) |
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Thu 18 Sep |
14:00 |
Visit: The Guildhall Library A Visit with Claire Titley (£10/£8) |
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Sat 20 Sep |
10:30 |
Records for One-Name Studies - Halsted Day - FREE A Full Day with John Hanson, Else Churchill, Alec Tritton (Free - but places still need to be booked) |
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Wed 24 Sep |
11:00 |
How to get the best from FamilySearch A Lecture with John Hanson (£5/£4) |
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Wed 24 Sep |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was a Prisoner Of War A Lecture with Alan Bowgen - CANCELLED |
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Sat 27 Sep |
10:30 |
London Group of Yorkshire FHS Meeting |
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Sat 27 Sep |
14:00 |
Lincolnshire London Branch FHS Meeting |
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Wed 1 Oct |
14:00 |
Tracing your Manx Ancestors: Researching the Isle of Man A Half Day with Dr Colin Chapman (£15/£12) |
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Thu 2 Oct |
14:00 |
Getting the Most from the SoG Library Catalogue FREE A Lecture with Sue Gibbons (£5/£4) |
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Sat 4 Oct |
10:30 |
Birmingham and Midlands Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Meeting |
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Sat 4 Oct |
14:00 |
The Breadwinner A Half Day with Meryl Catty (£15/£12) |
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Wed 8 Oct |
14:00 |
UK Immigration to Canada A Lecture with Sherry Irvine (£5/£4) |
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Sat 11 Oct |
10:30 |
My Ancestor was Irish A Full Day with Anthony Adolph, Else Churchill and Michael Gandy (£25/£20) |
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Wed 15 Oct |
14:00 |
Children in Poor Law Union Records 1834-1930 A Lecture with Amy Proctor of the LMA (£5/£4) |
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Sat 18 Oct |
10:30 |
Mortality Day A Full Day with Peter Park, Audrey Gillett, SoG staff (£25/£20) |
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Mon 20 Oct |
14:00 |
Using Pay-per-View Websites A Tutorial with Alec Tritton (£10/£8) |
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Wed 22 Oct |
14:00 |
My Ancestor was Welsh A Lecture with Mari Alderman (£5/£4) |
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Thu 23 Oct |
14:45 |
Visit: Inner Temple Archives A Visit with Dr Clare Titley (£10/£8) |
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Sat 25 Oct |
10:30 |
Royal Navy Workshop A Half Day with Paul Blake (£15/£12) |
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Sat 25 Oct |
14:00 |
Scotland Land & Property Records A Half Day with Willie Cross (£15/£12) |
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Wed 29 Oct |
14:00 |
Death & Resurrection A Lecture with Alec Tritton (£5/£4) |
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Sat 1 Nov |
10:30 |
Quarter Session Records A Half Day with Richard Ratcliffe (£15/£12) |
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Sat 1 Nov |
14:00 |
School Records for Family Historians A Half Day with Richard Ratcliffe, Dr. Colin Chapman (£15/£12) |
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Mon 3 Nov |
10:30 |
Genealogy for Archivists & Librarians A Full Day with Doreen Hopwood, Else Churchill (£25/£20) |
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Wed 5 Nov |
14:00 |
SoG Collections: Wills A Lecture with Else Churchill (£5/£4) |
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Sat 8 Nov |
10:30 |
Sex, Sin & Immorality: The Bawdy Courts & Wicked Women A Half Day with Mark Priddey & Graham Sutherland (£15/£12) |
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Sat 8 Nov |
14:00 |
The British Overseas A Half Day with Else Churchill (£15/£12) |
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Wed 12 Nov |
14:00 |
Weights, Money and other Measurements used by our Ancestors A Half Day with Dr Colin Chapman (£15/£12) |
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Sat 15 Nov |
10:30 |
Northumberland & Durham FHS Meeting |
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Sat 15 Nov |
14:00 |
Norfolk FHS Meeting |
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Mon 17 Nov |
14:00 |
Scared of Mouse? A Tutorial with Neville Taylor (£10/£8) |
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Wed 19 Nov |
14:00 |
British Waterway Archive A Lecture with Teresa Wilmshurst (£5/£4) |
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Sat 22 Nov |
10:30 |
London Group of Yorkshire FHS Meeting |
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Sat 22 Nov |
14:00 |
Lincolnshire London Branch FHS Meeting |
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Wed 26 Nov |
14:00 |
The Victorian Child A Lecture with Liz Carter (£5/£4) |
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Sat 29 Nov |
10:30 |
Women in the 1800's: Birth & Baptism A Half Day with Tom Doig (£15/£12) |
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Sat 29 Nov |
14:00 |
Off the Beaten Track: Suffolk A Half Day with Vivienne Aldous (£15/£12) |
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Wed 3 Dec |
14:00 |
Family Tree Maker Software Advanced A Half Day with Helen WIlliams (£15/£12) |
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Sat 6 Dec |
10:30 |
The Auxiliary Services A Full Day with (£25/£20) |
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Mon 8 Dec |
14:00 |
Genealogy from your Armchair: What's Free Online A Tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) |
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Wed 10 Dec |
14:00 |
The Great Western Railway Project at the SoG A Lecture with Frank Hardy (£5/£4) |
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Sat 13 Dec |
10:30 |
I'm Stuck A Half Day with Geoff Swinfield (£15/£12) |
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Sat 13 Dec |
14:00 |
Family Historian Software Advanced A Half Day with John Hanson (£15/£12) |
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