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| Date and Time | - | 2nd Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00 |
| Meeting Place | - | Pottery Room, Amersham Community Centre |
We also meet on the occasional fifth Tuesdays for practical training sessions.
We've had the usual wide range of topics over the last three months. We managed to persuade Claire Paterson (no relation!), Deputy Registrar at High Wycombe Register Office, to talk about the history of registration and her current duties. She and a colleague officiated at the wedding of Prince Charles and Claire brought copies of some of the documentation from that event and mementos presented to her. May, June and July concentrated on War. In May we explored the background to the names on the War Memorial at Winchmore Hill, then in June we had a discussion about evacuation from London and members experiences. Vic Faulkner and Chalmers Cursley had organised a successful coach tour to WW1 battlefields in May and the July meeting hosted an opportunity for participants to share their experiences and what they found about their ancestors.
This is most of the group that went on the recent U3A Family History tour to the World War 1 Battlefields and Memorials. The party included members of both Chiltern Family History Groups as well as Chess Valley U3A Family History Group and general members of both U3A's. To see a lot more pictures, click here.
| 10 August: Barn Hall. 10:30-12.30. |
Joint meeting with Chess Valley and Family History 2 groups: Talk by Else Churchill of Society of Genealogists - "I'm Stuck!" |
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| 31 August: | Beginner's and Troubleshooting session |
| 14 September: | Talk by David Corfield -
"Medals and the London Gazette" (You might like to bring
any medals or other decorations you have); Talk by Brian Richards - "In search of two brothers" |
| 12 October: | "Famous for five minutes" - a series of short talks by Members about their own Research. We would like to encourage everyone to contribute to this meeting; bring along examples of what you have discovered and tell us where and when. Do please bring photos or papers or use a memory stick. |
| 26 October: | Proposed coach trip to The National Archives (TNA) at Kew. We have started the planning for another outing to Kew and will be inviting the Chess Valley and Family History 2 groups to join us to keep the cost to a minimum. Access to all those databases are free, although you have to pay for printouts, so start assembling a list of all those gaps in your records! A signing list for this visit will be available at the meetings - first come first served! |
