Forwarded with SoG's kind permission. Contact SoG (see bottom of message) for more information. -------- Original Message -------- Information on Forthcoming Society Lectures ~ Jan-Feb 2005 [ With apologies to Members' List for duplication - G ] Using Family Historian Saturday 29 January, 10.30am - 1pm. A tutorial with John Hanson (£10/£8) This program has a number of innovative features and is geared for the British market. The tutorial gives you an overview of the program. ============= Making the Most of a Will. Saturday 29 January, 2pm - 5pm. A half-day course with John Titterton (£25/£20) What is in a will, how to interpret it and how to read it for clues to build up more information on your family history. ============= Genealogy on the Palm. Saturday 5 February, 10.30am - 12.30pm. A tutorial with Alec Tritton (£10/£8) Think it's time to get yourself a handheld computer? This tutorial looks at software, capacity, compatibility, cost and ease of use. This could make your family history research a lot easier! ============= Basic Britain: sources for Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wednesday 16 February, 2pm - 3.15pm. A lecture by Ian Waller (£5/£4) A continuation of the series of short talks on the family history resources available for the main geographical regions of Britain. The lecture will give information on the contents and accessibility of relevant archives and libraries. ============= Insurance policies and their linkage to the records of Eighteenth-Century East London. Saturday 19 February, 10.30am - midday. A tutorial with Derek Morris (£10/£8) A major challenge is linking records from a wide range of sources, such as land tax, insurance, apprenticeships, victuallers and manorial records. The records available for this period will be outlined, to include an online demonstration of the index to the Sun Insurance policies (1816-1825), which names many 18th-century citizens. ============= Using British Origins Wednesday 23 February, 2 pm - 4pm. A tutorial with Else Churchill, Genealogy Officer (£10/£8) The tutor will look at the various indexes and finding aids that the Society of Genealogists has thus far published in www.britishorigins.com -- namely the Vicar General and Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, the Bank of England Wills Index, the Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index, the Consistory Court of London Depositions Index, the City of London Apprentices Index and most of Boyd's Marriage Index. The tutorial will cover how to best from the databases either at home or at the Society's Library. ============= Beginners Course. Saturday 26 February and Saturday 5 March, 10.30am - 5pm. Two-day course with Audrey Collins and Geoff Swinfield (£48/£38.40) This is an intensive two-day course aimed at beginners to genealogy or those who wish to refresh their skills. It looks at the world of family history, civil registration records and other nineteenth-century sources, along with wills and church registers. The use of computers and the Internet is discussed as appropriate. ============= Events and Publications events@sog.org.uk Tel: 020 7553 3290 Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings Goswell Road LONDON EC1M 7BA Courses, regional fairs and details of library holdings per county are listed at http://www.sog.org.uk