Notice Board
This page (started August 2020) serves as a notice board to advise members in particular of upcoming events that they may wish to
follow up, or participate in. It also includes handouts from speakers' talks. If you have an item you would like to be posted on this page, please contact
the Webmaster
who just may grant your wish.
The University of Newcastle in Australia requests volunteers for a survey (18 November 2020)
The research team at the University are conducting research into family history and DNA testing, and
are looking for volunteers to take part in an online survey, expected to take 20 minutes. If you are willing
to do this please follow this link.
Status update on West London Local History Conference (13 November 2020)
If you have tickets for this conference please see the recent updates made to our
Sponsored Events page, where the latest information on this
conference is given, especially as it affects existing ticket holders.
1/2 price tickets for the Family History Show Online in February 2021 (28 October 2020)
Family History Show Online will be running their first 2021 show on 20th February 2021. They have also
announced that members of exhibiting societies, which includes us, are entitled to
tickets at half price. The link to purchase these tickets is given on our (members only)
Discounts page.
New London's Transport at War gallery opens on 17th October (13 October 2020)
New London's Transport at War gallery opens at the London Transport Museum
on 17th October, telling the story of how men and women of London's transport played their part in
two world wars. Timed tickets may be booked online at
London Transport Museum's website.
Handout for Mia Bennett's talk on Occupations Records (17 September 2020)
Mia Bennett has prepared the attached handout providing reference information on the topics included
in her talk to us on 17th September 2020. Handout for the talk.
RootsTech 2021 (17 September 2020)
RootsTech 2021 will take place from February 25th to 27th 2021, and is a free online virtual event.
See
their website for the details.
ASK AGRA: Family History Question Time podcast project (28 August 2020)
The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives, the association representing professional
genealogists in England and Wales, has announced as their latest development a series of podcasts to be
streamed via the www.agra.org.uk website - Ask AGRA –
Family History Question Time. For further information see their
August 2020 Press Release.
FHF Website Podcasts (28 August 2020)
The Federation has decided to produce a series of themed podcasts with a format similar to that used by
Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time, ie Family History Question Time. See
this link for further detail.
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