| Contact sue rawbone email: familyhist1@chessvalley-u3a.org.uk; brian trevette email: familyhist@chessvalley-u3a.org.uk | ||
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| Date and Time 1st Tuesday each month, 2pm to 4:30pm (see also activities) | ||
| Meeting Place 1st chesham scout hq, east street, chesham |
The group meets on the 1st Tuesday of every month at the 1st Chesham Scout Headquarters, East Street, Chesham (adjacent to the railway station) from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. We welcome new members and ask that contact is made with one of the convenors before attending the meeting.
Since
its inaugural meeting in January 2009 the Group has continued to attract an
increasing number of enthusiastic Family Historians eager to find ways of
learning more about their ancestors.
The
membership covers the full spectrum of experience, from those just starting out
on their
family history to others with considerable experience.
Accommodating the needs of such a diverse group is proving a challenge and
we are constantly
working on
the development and delivery of an appropriate programme of topics and
activities.
A
key element of this ongoing
programme, is the support for our
beginners through several of our more experienced members acting as Group Leaders and Mentors.
However,
the needs of the other members are
not forgotten.
Our lively and well attended monthly meetings encompass a wide range of
topics covered by means of presentations and discussions, plus, of course,
there’s the opportunity to chat to like minded people.
Information
Centre
Our Information
Centre includes handouts relating to presentations at our monthly meetings,
notes on particular research topics, a set of useful links to other websites and
details of our loan library.
click
here to access the information centre
| 3rd august |
There will not be a meeting in Chesham this month
but we are joining with Chiltern Family History Group a week later –
see details below
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| 3rd august 2010 | There will not be a meeting in Chesham this month but we are joining with Chiltern Family History Group a week later – see details below |
| 10th august 2010 | A talk entitled "I'm stuck: techniques for localizing that elusive ancestor" from Else Churchill, a very experienced and interesting speaker. The meeting will take place at the Barn Hall, Amersham Community Centre starting at 10.30 am and will cost £1.00 including refreshments. All members of Chess Valley Family History Group are welcome. |
| 7th september 2010 |
Talk by Jackie Cobb on the Poor Laws and members'
Memorabilia afternoon such as school day memories, either your own or
those of an ancestor
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| 5th october 2010 | We have another visit from Jeanne Bunting who is an excellent speaker. Her talk is entitled ‘Bringing it All to Book’ which is about the different ways in which you can present your family history, from trees and charts to books and websites |
| 26th october | Possible visit to National Archives organised by Chiltern Family History Group |
| 2nd november 2010 | Old Photographs – their identification and dating’ a talk by Tom Doig |
| 6th December 2010 |
‘The
Brazils of Amersham’ : A talk by one of our own members, Annie Hamilton-Pike who is
related to this interesting family. |