Calling all members! Tues 17th Nov is our AGM!. Agenda, reports and proxy nomination forms (if you can't attend)can be found at dorsetfhs.org.uk. (Member area). To be followed by a talk "It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times".
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Join our zoom meeting with Karen de Bruyne Tues 27 Oct 19.30. Karen will tell the story of cousin Sophia-a Devon farmer’s daughter & her journey to an Edinburgh Mental asylum via India. See dorsetfhs.org.uk for more info/how to get login details.
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Join us Tues 20 Oct for our monthly talk at Treetops Research Centre in Poole. Luke Mouland, freelance genealogist & researcher will present Life in the Victorian Workhouse. Doors open 19.00. See dorsetfhs.org.uk for details. #familyhistory #victorianworkhouse #poorrelief
ALT Southwell workhouse
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Join us on zoom Tues 6 Oct 19.30, for a presentation on a DNA related topic followed by discussion. Seek advice on your DNA research. Members will receive the login details via e-news. Non members welcome-contact us via dorsetfhs.org.uk (select liaison) to arrange.
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Join us on zoom (both members and non members welcome) Tues 22 Sept for a talk - Hidden in Clear Sight – reminders of WW2 in the New Forest by Marc Heighway. See our website for more info and how to get the login details. dorsetfh.org.uk/events #Newforest #WWII
In the Bournemouth area? Pop along to Cherry Tree Nursery Plant Sale. Volunteers from #DorsetFHS will be on hand to answer your family history questions!
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Join us at #DorsetFHS for our talk Bournemouth Blue Plaques by Steve Roberts at Treetops, Stanley House Poole 15 Sept at 19.30. Go to dorsetfhs.org.uk for full details. #blueplaques #bournemouthhistory
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It's almost here. Visit us at the Dorset County Show this weekend - look out for the #FamilyHistoryFederation gazebo. #familyhistory #countyshow #dorset
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We are counting down to the #DorsetCountyShow 5th/6th Sept! Our volunteers will be helping out on the Family History Federation stall. If you are attending the show look out for us. Come to say hello - see how we can help with your family history research. #familyhistory
Join us on zoom for our next monthly computer group meeting #FamilyTreeMaker user group. Tue 1st Sept 19.30. Members will get the zoom login details via member e-news. Non members are welcome to attend request an invite from dorsetfhs.org.uk (liaison).
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Join us Tues 21 July for this talk - Rolls-Royce and the Silver Lady with Kevin Patience. Members and non members welcome - no pre-booking necessary. Doors open 7.00pm.
See dorsetfhs.org.uk for further details
Image courtesy of vladan rajkov/Pixaby
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#DorsetFHS will be at #WiltshireFamilyHistorySociety Family History Day, Sat 27th June 10.00 -16.00 at Bromham Community Hub (SN15 2JB). In the area? Pop in to say hello! Found out how we & the other societies and exhibitors attending can help with your #familyhistoryresearch.
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When thinking about WW1 deserters, most bring to mind those shot at dawn & pardoned. But these were a tiny minority.
Join us on zoom on 23 June at 19.30, for Deserters of the WW1-The Home Front by Andrea Hetherington, to look at the bigger picture. dorsetfhs.org.uk/events
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We’re pleased that Steve Roberts is returning to give us a talk on the Blue Plaques of Bournemouth, Tues 16th June at Treetops Research Centre, 19.30. Members & non members welcome.
**Please note the venue-Treetops Research Centre**
See dorsetfhs.org.uk/events for full details
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June 1-7 is #volunteersweek, so a massive thank you to our volunteers at #dorsetfamilyhistory-we could not operate without you. And thanks to volunteers across all #familyhistorysocieties in the UK & worldwide. Want join us? dorsetfhs.org.uk/volunteer
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Join us Tues 26 May on zoom, when @helen_baggott from Posted in the Past shares stories of determined people who sought new lives abroad, including a family connected with the bravery of the Kindertransport.
Visit dorsetfhs.org.uk for details.
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#DorsetFHS will host a community stall at the Beating of the Land Bounds event on Sat 16th May. Find us on Poole Quay from 1pm to 5pm-pop along, say hello to our volunteers, find out about the Society and how we can help with your family history research.
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Join us Tues 19th May for our talk (with a difference!). Members & non members welcome to St George's Hall Oakdale . Through song & slideshow Miranda Pender will entertain us with "Lifting the Lid"-an example of the perils of researching family history. dorsetfhs.org.uk
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One certainty about our ancestors-they were born. Childbirth practices vary through the ages. What was giving birth like for mothers in the past? Join us & #JanetFew on zoom 28th Apr for her talk: Women in Travail: Childbirth and midwifery 1600-1950 dorsetfhs.org.uk/events-and-…
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We are on countdown! Have you booked for the #FamilyTreeMaker South Coast Tour event hosted by #DorsetFHS on 14th April at #KinsonCommunityCentre? Full event details can be found on our website dorsetfhs.org.uk. Entrance is FREE - reserve your place now!
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