This page provides a brief log of the main items of news for the Society from 1st January 2021,
with most recent items shown first.
| 18-Apr-2024 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Ann Larkham on
'Dating & Identifying Your Family History Photographs'. |
| 21-Mar-2024 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - The AGM, followed by a talk by David Shailes on 'Brentford Gas'. |
| 24-Feb-2024 |
Ann Greene, Giz Marriner and Roland Bostock run our virtual booth at the Berkshire Heritage Fair. |
| 15-Feb-2024 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Janet Few on
'Ancestors on the Move: Finding elusive ancestors'. |
| 10-Feb-2024 |
Giz Marriner, Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual booth at The Family History Show - Online. |
| c 27-Jan-2024 |
Giz Marriner, Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual booth at the East Surrey FHS Virtual
Family History Fair. |
| 18-Jan-2024 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St. John's) - Talk by Sarah Slater on
'Secrets, Scandal and Salacious Gossip of the Royal Court'. |
| 21-Dec-2023 |
Christmas Members' meeting (Zoom from St. John's) - Giz Marriner, Nigel Bostock, Ann Greene and
Yvonne Masson talked about breaking down brick walls, and Julia Zouch talked about the surname Zouch. |
| 17/18-Nov-2023 |
Roland Bostock, Giz Marriner and Ann Greene run our virtual booth at the FHF Really Useful Family
History Show. |
| 16-Nov-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Hilary Blanford on
'Convicts Galore'. |
| 4-Nov-2023 |
Margaret Cunnew, Muriel Sprott and Roland Bostock run our stall at the Surrey
Family History Fair at Woking. |
| 19-Oct-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by James Marshall on
'Highwaymen, Outlaws and Hounslow Heath'. |
| 21-Sep-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Adele Emm on
'Why I am a Suffragist not a Suffragette'. |
| 2-Sep-2023 |
Margaret Cunnew, Muriel Sprott, John Seaman, Yvonne Masson, Pat Candler and Roland
Bostock all help run our stall at The Family History Show - London at Kempton Park Racecourse. |
| 17-Aug-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Mia Bennett on
'Introduction to DNA for Family Historians'. |
| 20-Jul-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Patricia Williamson on
'The experiences of an evacuee to Canada during WWII'. |
| 15-Jun-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St John's) - Talk by Jonathan Oates on
'Historical crimes in Middlesex. |
| 18-May-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St John's) - Talk by Val Bott on
'The 1841 Brentford Flood'. |
| 13-May-2023 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman and Muriel Sprott host our stall at
Richmond May Fair. |
| 20-Apr-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Ian Waller on 'My Average Ancestor'. |
| 16-Mar-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - The AGM, followed by a talk by Ann Greene on 'Sidelights on the Victorian Workhouse'. |
| 10-Mar-2023 |
Paul Kershaw, honorary member, who served as Examiner 1998-2002 and 2008-2016, dies. |
| 5-Mar-2023 |
Joan Storkey, committee member 2009-2015, dies. |
| 18-Feb-2023 |
Roland Bostock hosts our virtual stall at the The Family History Show Online. |
| 16-Feb-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by John Vigar on 'Leave No Stone Unturned'. |
| 12-Feb-2023 |
Ken Cox, honorary member, dies. |
| 1-Feb-2023 |
John Steward dies at end of previous week. |
| 28-Jan-2023 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock host our stall at the East Surrey FHS Virtual Family History Fair. |
| 19-Jan-2023 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St John's) - Talk by James Marshall on
'Moving Millions'. |
| 15-Dec-2022 |
Members' meeting (Hybrid Zoom) - Roland Bostock, John Seaman, Ann Greene, Kirsty Gray, Giz Marriner, Julia Zouch and
Hilary Blanford each bring an item to the meeting and talk about it. |
| 3-Dec-2022 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock host our virtual cabin at The Genealogy Show. |
| 24-Nov-2022 |
The committee hears of the recent death of Rob Purr, joint president with Bridget
until his death. Our condolences to Bridget. |
| 17-Nov-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Julie Goucher on 'Pursuing Surnames'. |
| 12-Nov-2022 |
Giz Marriner, Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual booth at The Really Useful Family
History Show. |
| 20-Oct-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St John's) - Talk by Roland Bostock and Ann Greene on
'The MIs and more at HM Prison, Feltham'. |
| 24-Sep-2022 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, Maggie Mold, John Seaman and Muriel Sprott run our
stall at the Family History Show at Kempton Park Racecourse. |
| 23-Sep-2022 |
Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman, Muriel Sprott and Hilary Strudwick run our
stall at the Full of Life Fair in Twickenham. |
| 15-Sep-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St John's) - Talk by Simon Fowler on 'Making Good Use of the National Archives website'. |
| 18-Aug-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom from St. John's) - Talk by Jessamy Carlson on 'Introduction to the 1921 Census'. |
6-Aug-2022 |
Giz Marriner and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at Berkshire Heritage Online Fair. |
| 21-Jul-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Rob Kayne on 'Old London Bridge: the one with the houses on top'. |
| 1-3 Jul-2022 |
Roland Bostock runs our virtual stall at The Genealogy Show. |
| 16-Jun-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Jenny Mallin on 'My British Raj Family - early days'. |
| 19-May-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Gill Blanchard on 'The Poor and the Parish'. |
| 7-May-2022 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at East Surrey FHS Virtual Family History Fair. |
| 21-Apr-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Antony Marr on 'Understanding a Birth Certificate - How difficult can it be?''. |
| 17-Mar-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - The AGM and a talk by Jeffrey Page on 'Annie Besant and the Match Girls Strike 1888'. |
| 19-Feb-2022 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at The Family History Show Online. |
| 20-Feb-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by John Hanson on 'My Ancestor didn't leave a will. Well - they should have done!'. |
| 20-Jan-2022 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Simon Fowler on 'Help, my Ancestor has vanished'. |
| 16-Dec-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Chris Broom on 'Humour in Genealogy'. |
| 18-Nov-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Janet Few on 'Remember Then? Memories of 1946-1969'. |
| 13-Nov-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at the Really Useful Family History Show. |
| 21-Oct-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Ian Everest on 'The Commonwealth War Graves Commission'. |
| 2-Oct-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at the Oxfordshire FHS
ZoomFair. |
| 25-Sep-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at The Family History
Show Online. |
| 16-Sep-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Dr Colin Chapman on 'Family Hisory from Education Records'. |
| 15-Jul-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Sue Paul on 'The Long Paper Trail'. |
| 17-Jun-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Gill Blanchard on 'Behind the Scenes Working for the Who
Do You Think You Are? television series', followed by the AGM for 2021. |
| 20-May-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Eric Probert on 'Registers of Electors for Family History'. |
| 15-Apr-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Jackie Depelle on 'Upstairs, Downstairs'. |
| 10-Apr-2021 |
Ann Greene and Roland Bostock run our virtual stall at the Really Useful Family History Show. |
| 18-Mar-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Graham Sutherland on 'Grave Tales and Memorials'. |
| 20-Feb-2021 |
Roland Bostock runs our virtual stall at the Family History Show Online 2021 event. |
| 18-Feb-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by Giz Marriner on 'Growing Up in Chiswick and Fulham'. |
| 21-Jan-2021 |
Members' meeting (Zoom) - Talk by David Bell on 'The Plague Doctor'. |