News & Information (Fairs, Seminars & Talks)

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22nd September 2018 Somerset & Dorset FHS AGM and Open Day 10am to 4pm at Queen Elizabeth School Blandford Road Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 4DT The event is free and you do not have to be a member to attend.The key Speakers are Nick Barratt and Gill Blanchard. There is free parking.

The History and Heritage on the Levels Exhibition will take place in Othery Village Hall on the 26th and 27th October. 11am -5pm all free of charge. At 7pm on the Friday 26th October you can come and see internationally acclaimed genealogist ,historian Guild member and author Janet Few The History Interpreter talking about "The burning time" witchcraft in the 17th Century". Groups attending include Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, Guild of One Name Studies, The History Hut, North Curry Archives, Langport and District History Society, Somerset Western Front Association, Othery History Group, Middlezoy History Group, High Ham Parish Community Group , Westonzoyland Aviation Museum. No entry charge for exhibition or talk. We will have a raffle, refreshments for sale and a bar in the evening.

If anyone would like to travel to Swindon on 30th June for the South West Area Group of Family History Societies Fair please get in touch with me asap.

I have a quote for a 30 seater at £16.50 pp plus entry fee of £2.50 (50p discount with a flyer which we have). A 16 seater will cost just as much so before I finalize details I need to know how many would be interested.

Don't forget that you can also visit Steam and the shopping outlets whilst you are there. (Charges may apply)

FFHS Members - FFHS Every Ancestor Matters Conference MShed, Prince’s Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RN Saturday 14th April 2018 The programme has been assembled to both broaden and deepen your understanding of the wonderfully diverse and absorbing interest we call 'Family History'. On Saturday 14th April you can expect to discover answers to many questions you don’t yet know to ask! Intrigued? You should be! Are you enthusiastic to learn from acknowledged experts on the following research topics: Wills? British India? Gypsy Heritage? Adoption? ... and maybe much more? The FFHS Every Ancestor Matters Conference sessions at the Bristol M Shed on Saturday 14th April are designed to enlighten your understanding in such areas. Our programme will include talks by the following accomplished speakers: John Hanson - Professional Genealogist Peter Bailey - FIBIS + FFHS Beverley Walker - Romany and Traveller Family History Society Dr Penny Walters - Adoption Research Expert Book for our Saturday Session of the FFHS Every Ancestors Matters conference ... and you'll also be offered the (optional) opportunity to attend further lectures on Friday 13th April ... and/or accompanied visits to places of interest in the Bristol area on Sunday 15th April. Booking: Attendance at the Saturday 14th April session of the FFHS Every Ancestor Matters Conference is £39:50. Capacity is limited to 60, so Please Book Early to avoid disappointment https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ffhs-every-ancestor-matters-conference-bristol-tickets-42528771701