L.R.F.H.S. GROUP MEETINGS

& TRIPS FOR 2009

 

LEICESTER

NEW VENUE FOR 2009

The Maple Room, Age Concern Oadby & Wigston

Hawthorn House, 51 Paddock Street,

WIGSTON, Leicester LE18 2AN 

Open at 7.00pm—Meetings Start at 7.30pm

ENQUIRIES leicester@lrfhs.org.uk

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 14th      Suffragettes & Granny Rawle                                      Mick Rawle

Feb 11th    AGM & The Theatres of  Leicester                            Virginia Wright

Mar 11th   Village names - the origin behind place names             Gareth King

Apr 8th      Thomas Augustine Finigan–a Town Missionary           Liz Adams                                        

May 13th   Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright- The 17th  Foot                Robert Gregory

Jun 10th     Life in the Workhouse                                               Wendy Freer

Jul 15th      "Bring & Tell"                                                            Members Evening

Aug 12th    Exploring Leicestershire Churchyards                        Alan McWhirr      

Sept 9th     Making Tracks-Laying Leicester's Railways'              Brian Johnson                       

Oct 14th    Victorian Terraced Housing                                       Colin Hyde                                            

Nov 11th   Understanding wills and how to find them.                  Trevor Parr

Dec 9th      The Thomas Jefferson Paternity Case                        Prof Mark Jobling

 

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MARKET HARBOROUGH

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE ROMAN WAY DAY CENTRE, ROMAN WAY,

MARKET HARBOROUGH.  MEETINGS START AT 7.30PM

ENQUIRIES: harborough@lrfhs.org.uk

 

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 15th         Using Family Tree Maker                                    Toni Smith

Feb 19th        AGM - A Scottish Soldier                                  Ann Spray

Mar19th         Question & Answer                                            All

Apr 6th          Leicestershire Villages                                         Chris Poole

May 21st       Making sense of the census                                 Wendy Freer

Jun 18th         Outside meeting                                                  TBA                          

Jul17th           No meeting                                                       

Aug20th         Members Evening  “Tell us your story or finds”    Members

Sep17th         The Great Shirley Pedigree                                  Robin Jenkins

Oct15th         Surviving the Blitz in London & Berlin                  Maureen Waugh

Nov19th        My Family Didn’t go to Canada – Did They? 

                      And My Cousin John – WW2 Hero -                 Toni Smith and Liz Adams

Dec17th         Social                                                                 TBA

 

     

 

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LOUGHBOROUGH

MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY LOUNGE, BURLEIGH COLLEGE,

LOUGHBOROUGH.  OPEN AT 6.30PM - MEETINGS START AT 7.30PM

ENQUIRIES: loughborough@lrfhs.org.uk

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 9th         Secret Listeners                                              Mike Coleman

Feb 13th     AGM - Making sense of the Census   Wendy Freer                                  

Mar 13th     They told me I was adopted -   The Sequel      Carole Smith                           

Apr 3rd       Local Civil War                                               Trevor Parr                                        

May 8th      Knight Templar                                                Erab Bauer                                     

June 12th    Lady Jane Grey                                                Sally Henshaw                          

July             Possible outing to Bradgate                       

August        No meeting                                                                                                                 

Sept 11th    Romany Life & History                                    Pete Edwards                                          

Ocr 9th       Georgian Churchyard Art                                Ted White                                             

Nov 13th    History of Military Archery                               Mark Streeton                                            

Dec 11th    Victorian & Edwardian Theatre                        Ted Bottle

 

 

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HINCKLEY

Meetings Are Held At The Holy Trinity Church, Hinckley. MEETINGS START AT 7.30PM

ENQUIRIES: hinckley@lrfhs.org.uk

 

Jan 8th            Computer Software for Family History                      Peter Cousins

Feb 5th           AGM followed by Members' Questions and Answers Session

Mar 5th          Hinckley and the Hungry 1840s                                 Hugh Beavin

Apr 9th          Further Steps in Family History                                  Mick Rawle

May 7th         Little Nottingham –Lacemakers in Calais                    Rosie Wileman

Jun 4th           Visit - Research Evening at Hinckley Library              Philip Lindley
                      (Meet at Hinckley Library for 7:30pm start)

July                No Meeting

Aug 6th          My Ancestors didn't go to Canada, did they?          

                      AND My Cousin John - WWII Hero                        Toni Smith & Liz Adams

Sept 3rd         Newspapers as a Source of Family History                Richard Ratcliffe

Oct 1st           Making Sense of the Census                                      Wendy Freer

Nov 5th          Researching Northumberland Ancestry                      Dr Ray Morris

Dec 3rd          Xmas Social and Bring & Tell

 

 

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MELTON MOWBRAY

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE UNITED REFORMED CHAPEL, CHAPEL STREET,

MELTON MOWBRAY.    MEETINGS START AT 7.30PM

ENQUIRIES: melton@lrfhs.org.uk

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 8th           Temporary Residents - Railway Navvies in

                      Leicestershire                                                        Fred Hartley

Feb 5th          AGM    +   Melton Then and Now, Part V           Arthur Payne

March 5th      Historical Directories                                             Evelyn Cornell

April 2nd       Melton Mowbray - the Capital of Hunting

                     1780 - 1914                                                          John Plumb

May 7th         A Skeleton in the Cupboard                                   Maureen Waugh

June 4th         Life of the Miller & Millwright in 19thC                   Dr. David Pearce

July 2nd         The Women's Land Army                                       Cynthia Brown

Aug 6th          Outing - Lost Village of Brooksby & Tour Of The Estate                                             

Sept 3rd         Bastardy                                                                Anne Cole

Oct 1st          Incidents & Inquests Touching my Family                Toni Smith

Nov 5th         The Poor Law Union                                              Bob Payne

Dec 3rd         The 1914 Christmas Truce                                      Peter Cousins

 

 

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RUTLAND GROUP

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT The Meeting Room, St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Station Road, OakhamMeetings Start at 7.30 pm

ENQUIRIES: rutland@lrfhs.org.uk

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 12th     Suffragettes and Granny Rawle               Mick Rawle

Feb 9th      Framework knitters                              Wendy Freer

Mar 9th      A Marriage Case                                              Ann Tarver

Apr 20th    Cholera in the 19th C                            Ray Morris

May 11th   Researching your Illegitimate Ancestors

                1700-1900                                          Anne Cole

Jun 8th      What on Earth Does That Say (2)?         Dr Margaret Bonney

July          Visit to be arranged

August      No meeting

Sept 14th  Surnames                                             Jean Perry

Oct 12th   The Plague, and Other Such Things         Christopher Cawle

Nov 9th    Parish Registers - a broad version           Simon Pawley

Dec 12th   Xmas meeting

 

 

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COMPUTER GROUP

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT THE EVINGTON VILLAGE HALL, EVINGTON, LEICESTER. MEETINGS START AT 7.30PM

ENQUIRIES: computerusers@lrfhs.orguk

DATE

SUBJECT

SPEAKER

Jan 19th         AGM - A Review of F H Programmes                        Mike Ratcliff 
March 16th    Leicestershire Villages Website                                    Chris Poole
May 11th       Ask the Experts - Family History and Computers
                      Questions and Answers                                               All

*July 20th      Evening of Discovery at Pilot House                             Peter Cousins

Sept 14th       Video Editing –

                      How to edit and make a Family History film                 Toni Smith
Nov 16th       
Internet Communications  - Talk to your

                      (living) relatives through your computer                        Peter Cousins   

 

 

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KEW NATIONAL ARCHIVES COACH TRIPS

ENQUIRIES: bustrips@lrfhs.org.uk

 

Humberstone Gate at 6.30 am and Narborough Rd at 6.45 am

 

Thurs Feb 19th

Sat June 20th

Thurs Sept 10th

Sat Nov 14th

 

TO BOOK - Phone Greg Chapman at 01530 242815

 

BOOKING FORMS IN THE CENTRE PAGES OF YOUR JOURNAL

Don’t forget to take identification to obtain your Readers Ticket when you arrive – if you haven’t already got one.

 

 

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009

2009 Open Day & Annual General Meeting

Sunday 8th March 2009 at 10.00 to 4.30 pm

Beauchamp Community College, Oadby, Leics

lrfhs.org.uk/agm2009

Speakers: Nick Barrett and Margaret Bonney

 

 

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