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The Society meets on the last Tuesday of each month at St Paul's Church hall Weston super Mare at 7.30pm (The meeting is open from 7.00pm for individual research). Each meeting usually has a speaker on a relevant topic The booked speakers for 2008 are as follows
       
  Jan 29th 2008

Some Chapel Allerton Families
 Researching local Families reveals some interesting backgrounds.

Pat Hase
     
  Feb 26th 2008

Was your ancestor really married?
 Marriage Laws, Records and Customs

Dr Colin Chapman
     
  Mar 25th 2008

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 Followed by“50 years of chasing the name”
The Trapnell family of Weston super Mare

Brian Austin
     
  Apr 29th 2008

West country migration in the 19th century
Why and how did our ancestors leave their homes?

 Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard
     
  May 27th 2008

MEMBERS’ EVENING
Research and sharing experiences

 

 Members of the Society
     
  June 24th 2008

RESEARCHING VICTORIAN SOLDIERS IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
The range of records available and discovering a little about the life of a victoran soldier

David Chilton
     
  July 29th 2008 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT PORTRAITS
Bath archives has a series of photographs of 19th century ciminals. This talk highlights the stories behind the photographs		 Prof Graham Davis
     
  August NO MEETING  
       
  Aug 30th 2008 Society Open Day  
     
  Sept 30th 2008 FASCINATION OF VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS
Understanding and dating of family photographs		 Jean Routley
     
  Oct 28th 2008 RAILWAY ANCESTORS
Railways played a large part in changing the lives of our ancestors. How do we find out more about the railways?		 David Hawkings
     
  Nov 2008 MEMBERS’ EVENING
Members of the Society
     
  December NO MEETING
Happy Christmas		  
       
   

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