Autumn seems to be the season for family history events! Some additions: 4 October CATHOLIC FHS Annual Day Conference and AGM Salford Diocesan Archives, St. Augustine's Hall, Grosvenor Square, All Saints, Manchester M15 6BW Email maureenfitzgibbon94@gmail.com if planning to attend. http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm 9 October 8.00 pm - BURTON & NESTON HISTORY SOCIETY. "Wirral Pals: 13th BTN Cheshire Regiment" presented by Peter Threlfall. Gladstone Hall, Burton CH64 5TH www.wirralhistoryandheritage.org.uk 9 October 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm - Virtual Tour of Southern Cemetery. This virtual tour will explain the layout and history of this most significant of Manchester cemeteries. This talk will be given by Emma Fox, Manchester Tour Guide. Free and no need to book. Performance Space, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD http://www.archivesplus.org/events/a-virtual-tour-of-southern-cemetery/ 11 October 9:15am to 4:00 pm - LIVERPOOL & SW LANCASHIRE FHS Annual One Day Conference& AGM. Army Reserve Centre, Mather Avenue, Liverpool L18 6HF http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/index.html 11 October 10 am to 4 pm - SUFFOLK FHS Family History Fair & AGM. Family history lectures plus stalls from local and national family history societies and trade stands. University College Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/meet_us.html 12 October 10 am to 3 pm - NW GROUP OF FHS Family History Fair. "Families at War." Help Desk and refreshments. Stockport Town Hall, Edward Street, Stockport SK1 3XE http://www.nwgfhs.org.uk/ 18 October 11 am to 4 pm - ROMANY & TRAVELLER FHS Open Day. A drop-in event where you can meet other RTFHS members and share family history information, photos and stories. There’ll be a RTFHS bookstall and research helpdesk. Methodist Church Hall, Perrymount Rd, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3DN http://rtfhs.org.uk/event/rtfhs-open-day-haywards-heath-west-sussex/ 18 October 2 pm - MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS Anglo Scots Branch."Crooks and Coffin Ships". Description of the trials suffered by Emigrants in the 19th C, Part 2, presented by David Muil. Central Library, St.Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/calendar/index.php 18 October DONCASTER FHS Family History Day & Craft Fair. Learn about how to research your family history and understand more about the development of the local area. Talks: " A Family Historian’s Great War", "The Fun of Family History". Doncaster College for the Deaf, Race Course Roundabout, Leger Way, Doncaster DN2 6AY http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/node/1479 20 October 10:30 am to 1pm - HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES & LOCAL STUDIES. Title deeds for local and family history Booking required. Telephone: 01962 846154 Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TH http://www3.hants.gov.uk/record-office/eventdetails-hro?id=245668 22 October 10.30 am to 2.30 - MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS Quarterly Meeting. "The Forgotten Fields - Lost Burial Grounds of Manchester" presented by John Marsden; "The Workhouse" presented by Peter Higginbotham. Register by telephone 0161 234 1060 or at our Help Desk in Central Library. Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/calendar/index.php 23 October 2 pm - HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES & LOCAL STUDIES. Family history for beginners. Booking required. Telephone: 01962 846154 Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TH http://www3.hants.gov.uk/record-office/eventdetails-hro?id=245231 25 October 10.30 am to 4 pm - QUAKER FHS Autumn One Day Regional Meeting - Mid Somerset Quakers. Street Quaker Meeting House, 36 High Street, STREET, Somerset BA16 0EB http://www.qfhs.co.uk/public_html/society/autumn_form.htm 25 October 9:15am to 4:00 pm - CHESHIRE LOCAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION Cheshire History Day. Talks: 'Cheshire as a Frontier: the Medieval Castles of the Earls of Chester and their Barons', 'The Walls of Chester: High and Broad with many towers and bulwarks', 'The Home Front in World War 1'. Film Archive: 'The Home Front in Worlld War 2'. 'Cheshire's Wartime Airfields – Then and Now'. Lifestyle Centre, Winsford, CW7 1AD http://www.cheshirehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/History-Day-Application-Form-2014-1.pdf For postal applications forms e-mail: info @cheshirehistory.org.uk or telephone 01244 972559 26 October 10 am to 4 pm - Echoes of the Past - Lincolnshire. Workshops and talks will be held throughout the day including Military Research, Researching Online, Lincolnshire Family History and The Garton Archive. Free parking. Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln LN2 2NA https://www.facebook.com/EchoesOTP ~~~~~NOVEMBER 2014~~~~~ 1 November 10.30 am to 12.30 pm - MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS Beginners Talks ."Irish and Scottish Research". Booking is recommended via the website at www.mlfhs.org.uk or telephone 0161-234 1060 Performance Area, Central Library, St.Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/calendar/index.php 1 November 10 am to 4.30pm - WEST SURREY FHS Open Day & Family History Fair. Specialist Help Desks: Army Research; Dating Old Photographs; Scottish Research; Reading Old Documents; Irish Research Help Desk (available until 2pm); DNA and Genealogy. Free Talks: Recent Advances in DNA and in Welsh family History; Sex & Sin in the 17th Century; Medical Military History; Discovering the lives & experiences of our ancestors; Cloud Computing. Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Rd, Woking, GU22 9BA http://www.wsfhs.org/pages/openday.php 1 November - 2 November 10 am to 4 pm Sat., 11 am to 4 pm Sun, Old Liversedge Family History Event. Parish Records, Census, Landtax, 1800 Deeds from 1706-1830, old maps. Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Spenborough WW1 information; old photos, memorabilia etc.; and activities for children. The Parish Hall, Christ Church, Halifax Road, Liversedge, WF15 6JQ http://s514787894.websitehome.co.uk/?page_id=2335&event_id1=8 5 November 7.30 pm - MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS Bolton Branch Meeting.""Blunders and Bloomers of the 17th Century" presented by Lizzie Jones. Bolton Cricket Club, Green Lane, Great Lever, Bolton BL3 2JB http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/calendar/index.php 6 November FOLKESTONE & DISTRICT FHS Annual General Meeting, followed by “Researching the History of a Country House” (Trimworth Manor, Crundale) - G M & Dr. R Goodenough. The United Reformed Church Community Hall, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2QL http://folkfhs.org.uk/program.htm 6 November 7 pm - HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES & LOCAL STUDIES. Family history for beginners. Booking required. Telephone: 01962 846154 Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TH http://www3.hants.gov.uk/record-office/eventdetails-hro?id=243436 7 November 7 pm - GREASBY ON THE WIRRAL PENINSULA. Heather Chapman will give an illustrated talk about “1914 West Kirby” outlining the impact on West Kirby seaside town when war was declared. St Bridget’s Centre, St Bridget’s Lane, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 3JT http://www.greasby.btck.co.uk/2014Nov7 8 November 10 am to 4 pm - HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT FHS Family and Local History Fair. Talks: ‘Researching Public Lives in 19th Century Huddersfield’, ‘A peek inside Heritage Quay’, and ‘Yours for Eternity, a Romance of the Great War’. The Society will have our own researchers, society members and committee members on hand, to help and advise. Cathedral House, St Thomas’ Road, Huddersfield, HD1 3LG http://s514787894.websitehome.co.uk/?page_id=332 10 November 1.30 pm - MANCHESTER & LANCASHIRE FHS Irish Branch."The Catholic Church and the Manchester Irish, 1790 - 1922" presented by Mervyn Busteed. Performance Area, Central Library, St.Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/calendar/index.php ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ More events: Society of Genealogists (SOG) events and lectures can be found at http://www.sog.org.uk/events/calendar.shtml GENUKI calendar of events can be found at http://geneva.weald.org.uk/ Kew: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/calendar.htm Check with your local FHS! Each family history society has its own calendar of events. Be sure to consult the web site of the FHS closest to you or your area of interest for more events.