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Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
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6
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18th January |
Open Forum |
|
| 15th February |
Promiscuous Letters
(a lesser known source for naval history) |
Meryl Catty |
| 15th March |
The World Of The Working Horse |
Anne Grimshaw |
| 19th April |
The Parish Pauper |
Liz Carter |
| 17th May |
Maps, Tithes And Terriers
(documents for family historians) |
E Anne Pegg |
| 21st June |
AGM
& Open Forum |
|
| 19th July |
Film Archives For Family Historians
(CANCELLED due to train delays) |
Cathy Chater |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 20th September |
My Ancestors Moved Around - How Do I Find Them? |
George Smith |
| 18th October |
Record Keeping - Aah! |
Ian Waller |
| 15th November |
GEDCOM Explained
(an international standard for importing/exporting
genealogical information) |
John Hanson |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
0
7
*
2
0
0
7
*
2
0
0
7
|
17th January |
Open Forum - Pedigrees and Eureka Moments |
|
| 21st February |
Film Archives For Family Historians
(postponed from July last year) |
Cathy Chater |
| 21st March |
British Wills, Administrations And Death Duties, 1858 And Later |
Eric Probert |
| 18th April |
The Origin And Development Of English Surnames |
Derek Palgrave |
| 16th May |
Ickfield Acres
(the story of an estate and its families) |
Barbara Megson |
| 20th June |
AGM
& Talk |
Tom Maclaughlan |
| 18th July |
Letters To Mother – A Family In World War I |
Keith Brinded |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 19th September |
Census Returns |
Kate Thompson |
| 17th October |
India Connection |
Ian Waller |
| 21st November |
An Enumerator's Tale |
Meryl Catty and
Audrey Gillett |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
0
8
*
2
0
0
8
*
2
0
0
8
|
16th January |
The Norton Project
The Victorian Way Of Death |
Howard Webber
Tom Doig |
| 20th February |
Sources For The Seventeenth Century |
Else Churchill |
| 19th March |
Ancestors Anonymous
(clues for dating photographs) |
Meryl Catty |
| 16th April |
In-house Teach-in |
|
| 21st May |
Victorian Costumes |
Mareen Bellet |
| 18th June |
AGM
& Open Forum |
|
| 16th July |
Insanity |
Kathy Chater |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 17th September |
Making Use Of Letters, Journals And Diaries |
Derek Palgrave |
| 15th October |
London Burials And How To Find Them |
John Hanson |
| 19th November |
Bread, Gruel & Dumplings - Life In The Workhouse |
Ian Waller |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
0
9
*
2
0
0
9
*
2
0
0
9
|
21st January |
Open Forum |
|
| 18th February |
Lost water-mills of Cherry Hinton
(could help with tracing village family names) |
Michelle Bullivant |
| 18th March |
Effects of War on Family (particularly WWI)
(and why they may have moved) |
Kim Coleman |
| 15th April |
Willpower
Probate & Wills) |
Meryl Catty and
Audrey Gillett |
| 20th May |
The Mayflower |
Jackie Painter |
| 17th June |
AGM followed by Norton Update |
Howard Webber |
| 15th July |
Gipsy Smith of Norton |
Peter Cannell |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 16th September |
Home Office Certified Industrial Schools 1857-1933
(education and its records) |
Gillian Gear |
| 21st October |
Mapping Your Ancestors |
John Hanson |
| 18th November |
Country Poor and Town Poor |
Michael Gandy |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
0
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2
0
1
0
*
2
0
1
0
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20th January |
You May Wish You Had Never Started This |
Ian Waller |
| 17th February |
Dating Photographs a Different Way |
Tom Doig |
| 17th March |
Poison and Powder
(a look at cosmetics through the ages) |
Michelle Bullivant |
| 21st April |
Leave No Stone Unturned |
Meryl Catty and
Audrey Gillett |
| 19th May |
Prisoner of the Japanese |
Kim Coleman |
| 16th June |
AGM followed by: The Good Time Girl |
Ann Searle |
| 21st July |
Memorials, Graveyards and Cemeteries |
Derek Palgrave |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 15th September |
Open Forum |
|
| 20th October |
Victorian Shopping |
Ian Waller |
| 17th November |
Seeing It Through Their Songs
(music hall songs of the 1890s and early 1900s) |
Michael Gandy |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
1
*
2
0
1
1
*
2
0
1
1
|
19th January |
Burning Poison
(a Georgian Liverpool murder mystery) |
Glenn Chandler |
| 16th February |
Open Forum |
|
| 16th March |
Apprenticeship |
Richard Harvey |
| 20th April |
The Norton Archaeological Project Update |
David Croft and
Howard Webber |
| 18th May |
Women in the 1800s |
Tom Doig |
| 15th June |
AGM — followed by
On The Streets Where They Lived |
Diane Paterson |
| 20th July |
Open Forum |
|
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 21st September |
Records Of Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians |
Michael Gandy |
| 19th October |
Rogues and Vagabonds Need Not Apply
(army records) |
Ian Waller |
| 16th November |
Turning Your Tree Into A Tale
(writing up family history) |
Kathy Chater |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
2
*
2
0
1
2
*
2
0
1
2
|
18th January |
Missing Links?
(what to do next) |
Eric Probert |
| 15th February |
The Name Game |
Meryl Catty and
Audrey Gillett |
| 21st March |
Bribery and Corruption |
Richard Harvey |
| 18th April |
Open Forum |
|
Date Change
23rd May |
Harrison & Simmonds
(history of a family business) |
Anne Simmonds |
| 20th June |
AGM |
|
| 18th July |
Open Forum |
|
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 19th September |
Relatives in the USA
Also share any family evacuation & wartime stories and taste some wartime food |
Howard Webber |
| 17th October |
Alms Houses and Council Houses |
Ian Waller |
| 21st November |
Cambridge Students Down the Ages
(where they came from and their lives in Cambridge) |
Honor Ridout |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
3
*
2
0
1
3
*
2
0
1
3
|
16th January |
Open Forum - Ancestor I Wish I Had Known |
Six Members |
| 20th February |
You Have the Poor Always With You |
Kate Thompson |
| 20th March |
Miners in your Family?
(discover more about their lives) |
Eirwen Palmer |
| 17th April |
Variety of Talks |
LDFHG members |
| 15th May |
Births and Baptism in the 1800s |
Tom Doig |
| 19th June |
Venue: Mrs Howard Memorial Hall
AGM
(N.B. Home Artefacts POSTPONED) |
|
| 17th July |
Venue: Fearnhill School
Coroners' Records |
Kathy Chater |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 18th September |
New Venue: Mrs Howard Memorial Hall
Where Did They Get Married Then? |
Eve McLaughlin |
| 16th October |
Norton Manorial Court Records (1244 - 1539)
(Hertfordshire Record Society Book) |
David Croft |
| 20th November |
Dining at Christmas Throughout the Ages |
Fiona Lucraft |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
4
*
2
0
1
4
*
2
0
1
4
|
15th January |
Open Forum - Successes and Brickwalls |
|
| 19th February |
Three Counties Hospital (Fairfield) Archives |
James Collett-White |
| 19th March |
WWI Trench Life and Tracing Ancestors |
Dan Hill |
| 16th April |
Heir Hunters |
Maurice Clarke |
| 21st May |
A Drummer Boy in Wellington's Army |
Alan Paterson |
| 18th June |
AGM |
|
| 16th July |
Heraldry and Family History |
Chloe Cockerill |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 17th September |
Court Records and Convicts for Family Histories |
Ken Griffin |
| 15th October |
Boots, Beats and Thieves |
Des Hoar |
| 19th November |
WWI and My Ancestor |
LDFHG Members |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
5
*
2
0
1
5
*
2
0
1
5
|
21st January |
Other Less Obvious Sources for Family Historians |
Kate Thompson |
| 18th February |
Family History Quiz — followed by
Q&As about getting the best from the TNA trip |
LDFHG Members |
| 18th March |
The Broken Branch
(name changes & overcoming the challenges) |
Ian Waller |
| 15th April |
The Name Game
(a light hearted look at the origins of surnames) |
Meryl Catty |
| 20th May |
Delinquents and Those Who Tried to Reform Them |
Kathy Chater |
| 17th June |
AGM — followed by
NCAG's Newly Published books of Norton Manorial Court Records |
David Croft |
| 15th July |
Magna Carta — 800 Year Anniversary |
John Neal |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
Event Change
23rd September |
Victorian Attitudes to Death |
Tom Doig |
| 21st October |
The Picture Postcard
(an Eyewitness to History) |
Mark Pardoe |
| 18th November |
World War II Stories — followed by
LDFHG 20th Anniversary |
LDFHG Members |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
6
*
2
0
1
6
*
2
0
1
6
|
20th January |
Origins of Language |
Graham Pointon |
| 17th February |
From Prison to Citizenship
(researching our suffragette ancestors) |
Eirwin Palmer |
| 16th March |
Members' Evening |
|
| 20th April |
Are We Really British? |
Ian Waller |
| 18th May |
The Electronic Family History
(use of the internet) |
Robert Parker |
| 15th June |
AGM — followed by
London Labyrinth (libraries, archives &
record offices in London.) |
Kathy Chater |
| 20th July |
Marriage and Courtship in the 1800s |
Tom Doig |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 21st September |
Members' Evening |
|
| 19th October |
History of the Trenchard Family
(an illustration of family history research) |
Mike Trenchard |
| 16th November |
19th Century Stevenage |
Hugh Madgin |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
7
*
2
0
1
7
*
2
0
1
7
|
18th January |
The life and times of Edmund Palmer - an ordinary man 1760-1843 |
Eirwen Palmer |
| 15th February |
Members (and friends) discussions on family history issues |
Open Forum |
| 15th March |
Up with the lark - Agricultural labourers |
Ian Waller |
| 19th April |
Members' Evening |
|
| 17th May |
Behind the scenes working for 'Who do you think you are?' |
Gill Blanchard |
| 21st June |
Land tax assessments for family history
followed by AGM |
Eric Probert |
| 19th July |
How social media on the internet can help with family history research |
Robert Palmer |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 20th September |
Female convicts |
Ken Griffin |
| 18th October |
Domesday for Letchworth |
Tom Doig |
| 15th November |
My Family's Guilty Secret |
Members
and friends |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
8
*
2
0
1
8
*
2
0
1
8
|
17th January |
Using DNA analysis in family history research |
Eirwen Palmer |
| 21st February |
Getting the most out of a visit to the National Archives |
Ian Waller |
| 21st March |
Mistakes I made (or nearly made) in my family history |
Members
and friends |
| 18th April |
Speaker Change
The British in India |
Mike Trenchard |
| 16th May |
Our newspaper heritage |
Meryl Catty |
| 20th June |
The lopsided barge
(tracking a Cambridgeshire ancestor)
followed by AGM |
Robert Palmer |
| 18th July |
Dating old photographs |
Tom Doig |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 19th September |
Using electoral registers |
Eric Probert |
| 17th October |
The history of treatment of the poor in England |
Kate Thompson |
| 21st November |
Open Forum - Family History websites I use |
Members
and friends |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
1
9
*
2
0
1
9
*
2
0
1
9
|
16th January |
Using sixteeenth century records - a case study |
David Croft |
| 20th February |
Education records for use in genealogy |
Eirwen Palmer |
| 20th March |
Heraldry and Family History |
Chloe Cockerill |
| 17th April |
Speaker Change
Countess of Lyttons hospital 1914-19 |
Jill Campbell |
| 15th May |
Dating postcards - plus a short talk on Militia lists |
Tom Doig |
| 19th June |
Short AGM followed by
Bringing Dead Street to life - British Schools Museum |
Andy Gibbs |
| 17th July |
Speaker Change
Using Computers in Family History |
Eric Probert |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 18th September |
Reading Old Handwriting |
Ian Waller |
| 16th Octber |
Researching Gardeners - Head Gardeners at Luton Hoo |
Felicity Brimblecombe |
| 20th November |
Letchworth's First Knight and a Family History Quiz |
Open Forum |
| <>---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
2
0
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2
0
2
0
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2
0
2
0
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2
0
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0
2
0
*
2
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2
0
|
15th January |
Seeking Servants at Knebworth House |
Jill Campbell |
Date Change
26th February |
History of Language and a Family History Quiz |
Graham Pointon and Open Forum |
| 18th March |
Meeting Cancelled
The Poor Child's Friend - Joseph Lancaster's Educational Revolution |
Andy Gibbs |
| 15th April |
Meeting Cancelled
The History of Measurement
A gentle and entertaining look at the history of measurement |
Paul Jiggens |
| 20th May |
Meeting Cancelled
The Receipt (i.e. recipe) Book of Baroness Elizabeth Dimsdale, c1800
She copied almost 700 recipes and over 80 housekeeping tips |
Heather Falvey
Hon Secretary of the Hertfordshire Record Society (HRS) |
| 17th June |
Meeting Cancelled
Short AGM followed by
TBA |
TBA |
| 15th July |
Meeting Cancelled
Two Bedfordshire estates - Old Walden and Southill |
Paul Langston |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 16th September |
Meeting Cancelled |
|
| 07th Octber |
Zoom Meeting
How our ancesors would have died (1338 - 1946) a topical subject of killer diseases, cures and medical theories from the Black Death to the NHS. |
Dr Janet Few |
| 21st Octber |
Zoom Meeting
Two topics - The Lloyd George Domesday Valuation Survey 1910-15 and The National Farm Survey 1941-43. You may remember Gill spoke to us in 2018 on the topic of the 'Who do you think you are' programme. |
Gill Blanchard |
19th November
Thursday
| Zoom Meeting
The Poor Child's Friend - Joseph Lancaster's Educational Revolution |
Andy Gibbs |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
2
0
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1
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1
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|
27th January |
Zoom Meeting
Short AGM followed by Open Forum |
Group Members |
| 24th February |
Zoom Meeting
Family History - Why it Matters |
Chris Broom |
| 24th March |
Zoom Meeting
Brief History of Coins Used in Britain
(some audience participation) |
Karen Adams |
| 28th April |
Zoom Meeting
Bridging the Gap
Tracing Forwards from 1911 Census |
Jackie Depelle |
26th May |
Zoom Meeting
Drawing Charts and Diagrams by Hand as a Research Tool |
David Cufley |
| 23rd June |
Zoom Meeting
Open Forum |
Group Members |
| 28th July |
Zoom Meeting
Writing Your Family History
Move on from record sheets and charts to create a narrative account to be treasured by future generations. Includes ideas for both content, style and supporting contextual sources |
Jackie Depelle |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 21th September |
Two Bedfordshire Estate Villages
Old Warden and Southill |
Paul Langston |
| 20th October |
A History of Measurement |
Paul Jiggens |
| 17th November |
Open Forum |
Group Members |
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|
|
Date |
Subject |
Speaker |
|
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0
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2
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26th January |
Zoom Meeting
Remember then: Memories of 1946-1969 and how to record your own
Free of charge to 2021 members |
Janet Few |
| 16th February |
Zoom Meeting
My ancestor was a pirate |
Sue Paul |
| 16th March |
Zoom Meeting
Tracing a house history in England and Wales |
Gill Blanchard |
| 20th April |
Open Forum - Re-scheduled meeting from November 2021 |
Group Members |
| 18th May |
Life and legacy: the remarkable Jill E Grey
| Andy Gibbs |
| 15rd June |
Welwyn: A village on the Great North Road |
Paul Jiggens |
| 20th July |
Open Forum - Members' experiences of using the 1921 census |
Group Members |
| ---- August |
~ no meeting |
|
| 15th September |
To Be Arranged |
|
| 26th October |
Zoom Meeting
Weather lore: Fact or fiction |
Ian Currie |
| 16th November |
Open Forum |
Group Members |
|
| ---- December |
~ no meeting |
|